Food Waste
Sell or Donate Surplus Food
Rumbella LLC
Key Features
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Environmental protection: Our primary objective is to support the UAE Government’s ambitious goal of reducing food waste by 50% before 2030, contributing to the preservation of the local environment.
Business community support: We assist our F&B and Hospitality partners in identifying, selling & delivering surplus food and beverage items that may likely end up going to the landfill as waste if a consumer isn’t found. This helps our partners avoid the costs associated with landfill disposal whilst optimising sustainable practices.
Supporting vulnerable community members: We actively donate unsold items to those in need, combating undernourishment and offering support to less privileged individuals within our community.
Carbon footprint reduction: In order to reduce our partner’s carbon footprint, we plant trees on behalf of our partners and consumers making purchases on the platform. This initiative helps local businesses and consumers alike to mitigate their environmental impact further.
Actionable insights for partners and the government: We offer our partners comprehensive analytics on the volumes of F&B being successfully diverted from the landfill to the consumer, thus preventing unnecessary landfill disposal. Our analytics encompass associated emissions reductions (CO2 & Methane), cost savings/revenue recovery, goodwill community donations, and the number of trees planted as a result of partnering with Rumbella. These insights help demonstrate the progress being made by our business partners in embracing ESG & CSR best practices.
Furthermore, it helps our partners showcase their commitment to supporting the UAE in achieving its sustainability objective of reducing regional food waste by 50% ahead of 2030.
The Process
With Rumbella there are:
- No Upfront Costs
- No Restrictive Terms
- No Commitments
Our partners simply use Rumbella
- as & when they need it.
- Partners select their surplus F&B items from their pre-made Rumbella profile.
- The inventory is then listed on the marketplace… the customer selects & the courier collects. It’s as easy & flexible as that!
- Rumbella manages payments, delivery & customer support. Our partners even have their own dedicated account manager to help with anything day-to-day.
- Rumbella takes a revenue share from each item that is successfully prevented from becoming a landfill loss, and that is converted into a successful sale.
The Process
With Rumbella there are:
- No Upfront Costs
- No Restrictive Terms
- No Commitments
Our partners simply use Rumbella
- as & when they need it.
- Partners select their surplus F&B items from their pre-made Rumbella profile.
- The inventory is then listed on the marketplace… the customer selects & the courier collects. It’s as easy & flexible as that!
- Rumbella manages payments, delivery & customer support. Our partners even have their own dedicated account manager to help with anything day-to-day.
- Rumbella takes a revenue share from each item that is successfully prevented from becoming a landfill loss, and that is converted into a successful sale.
Sustainablity Story
Chris Wilson, Rumbella’s Co-founder grew up in a small town called Kirkliston, on the outskirts of Edinburgh is now the CEO and co-founder of Rumbella, a green start up that partners with businesses to reduce their food waste. Growing up in a single-parent household, finances were tight and food security was a constant challenge. However Chris was fortunate enough to receive a free private education and free school meals through a school trust. It’s this experience that has led Chris to where he is today and made him ‘deeply passionate about ensuring that no other family has to endure such hardships’. He describes Scotland as an ‘incredibly philanthropic place, where the community comes together to support one another’, and why he now finds himself wanting to extend this generosity to any community he finds himself in. This is what drives the passion behind Rumbella and their priority ‘to donate as much food as we can to those less privileged, even if it comes at our own expense.’ Rumbella’s platform enables businesses to sell excess food and beverage items at discounted rates through an intuitive app, offering consumers the opportunity to purchase surplus goods. Currently focusing their business in the UAE they’ve partnered with prominent UAE businesses including Starbucks, Costa Coffee and Radisson Hotels, to tackle the pressing issue of food waste. Rumbella’s ambitious mission is to reduce food waste by 50 percent in the region by 2030. It was only after leaving Scotland that Chris truly appreciated the abundance of nature and clean air he had been surrounded by and is now determined to help preserve that elsewhere as much as possible. “We are committed to preserving the UAE’s environment while supporting our community,” says Chris. The platform tracks businesses’ progress towards Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, including landfill avoidance, goodwill donations, and tree planting initiatives. Through sustainability promotion, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advocacy, and innovative technology, Rumbella is spearheading positive change, inspiring others to join the cause.
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Sustainablity Story
Chris Wilson, Rumbella’s Co-founder grew up in a small town called Kirkliston, on the outskirts of Edinburgh is now the CEO and co-founder of Rumbella, a green start up that partners with businesses to reduce their food waste. Growing up in a single-parent household, finances were tight and food security was a constant challenge. However Chris was fortunate enough to receive a free private education and free school meals through a school trust. It’s this experience that has led Chris to where he is today and made him ‘deeply passionate about ensuring that no other family has to endure such hardships’. He describes Scotland as an ‘incredibly philanthropic place, where the community comes together to support one another’, and why he now finds himself wanting to extend this generosity to any community he finds himself in. This is what drives the passion behind Rumbella and their priority ‘to donate as much food as we can to those less privileged, even if it comes at our own expense.’ Rumbella’s platform enables businesses to sell excess food and beverage items at discounted rates through an intuitive app, offering consumers the opportunity to purchase surplus goods. Currently focusing their business in the UAE they’ve partnered with prominent UAE businesses including Starbucks, Costa Coffee and Radisson Hotels, to tackle the pressing issue of food waste. Rumbella’s ambitious mission is to reduce food waste by 50 percent in the region by 2030. It was only after leaving Scotland that Chris truly appreciated the abundance of nature and clean air he had been surrounded by and is now determined to help preserve that elsewhere as much as possible. “We are committed to preserving the UAE’s environment while supporting our community,” says Chris. The platform tracks businesses’ progress towards Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, including landfill avoidance, goodwill donations, and tree planting initiatives. Through sustainability promotion, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advocacy, and innovative technology, Rumbella is spearheading positive change, inspiring others to join the cause.
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FAQ’s
Setup is simple, simply send us your menus, images & prices. We will then set up your profile for you. The app is simple to use and manage, and you will receive instructions on how to use the app on a day-to-day basis. You’ll also have a dedicated account manager to help with any enquiries going forward.
There are 2 ways to list products. Option 1 – Staff can select individual items from the pre-listed product range in your profile. The staff member selects the item, quantity & price then the item is listed on the Rumbella marketplace for consumers to purchase. Option 2 – A ‘Brag Bag’ can be listed, which is a bag that is filled with an assortment of random available surplus items available at that time. Our business partners have full freedom & flexibility to include what they wish into the bags, however there will be an example of a typical Brag Bag’s contents listed for customers to see.
Business partners can sell finished items and/or raw ingredients for customers to prepare at home
The items will typically be delivered to the customer after they make the purchase by our courier partner (Careem). Some businesses also allow their customers to come and collect the items, for this you just need to specify the location.
All items sold are within the trading hours of your business. When the consumer makes a purchase, they are advised to follow the consumption guidelines on the packaging. These can be adjusted by the Business Partner per product if required, along with storage or heating instructions. When the customer makes the purchase of these items using the Rumbella Platform, he or she simultaneously signs a waiver to confirm that they will adhere to these consumption/storage guidelines.
Rumbella is free to use and list items. We simply take ONE THIRD of the final sales price on any successful sales we facilitate for our business partner. Our success fee covers: customer service, sales and marketing activities, payments management, delivery, goodwill donations, tree planting, as well as the tools, analytics & dashboards that track waste reduction and revenue. TWO THIRDS of the transaction revenue will be sent back to the business partner.
We simply need the menus with food images and pricing, these can be sent electronically in Word or Excel Format. We can also collect them from you in person with a memory stick
FAQ’s
Setup is simple, simply send us your menus, images & prices. We will then set up your profile for you. The app is simple to use and manage, and you will receive instructions on how to use the app on a day-to-day basis. You’ll also have a dedicated account manager to help with any enquiries going forward.
There are 2 ways to list products. Option 1 – Staff can select individual items from the pre-listed product range in your profile. The staff member selects the item, quantity & price then the item is listed on the Rumbella marketplace for consumers to purchase. Option 2 – A ‘Brag Bag’ can be listed, which is a bag that is filled with an assortment of random available surplus items available at that time. Our business partners have full freedom & flexibility to include what they wish into the bags, however there will be an example of a typical Brag Bag’s contents listed for customers to see.
Business partners can sell finished items and/or raw ingredients for customers to prepare at home
The items will typically be delivered to the customer after they make the purchase by our courier partner (Careem). Some businesses also allow their customers to come and collect the items, for this you just need to specify the location.
All items sold are within the trading hours of your business. When the consumer makes a purchase, they are advised to follow the consumption guidelines on the packaging. These can be adjusted by the Business Partner per product if required, along with storage or heating instructions. When the customer makes the purchase of these items using the Rumbella Platform, he or she simultaneously signs a waiver to confirm that they will adhere to these consumption/storage guidelines.
Rumbella is free to use and list items. We simply take ONE THIRD of the final sales price on any successful sales we facilitate for our business partner. Our success fee covers: customer service, sales and marketing activities, payments management, delivery, goodwill donations, tree planting, as well as the tools, analytics & dashboards that track waste reduction and revenue. TWO THIRDS of the transaction revenue will be sent back to the business partner.
We simply need the menus with food images and pricing, these can be sent electronically in Word or Excel Format. We can also collect them from you in person with a memory stick
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