OUR STORY
Hello and thank you for visiting our crowdfunding page.
I'm Vincent and I have been growing Bien Manger since 2022. Some of you might know me from the Foodbarn in Tregrew, Flushing - a weekly non-profit farmers market where I have a regular stand.
Since I started Bien Manger, post covid, my aim was to offer French style rustic dishes using regional ingredients which would help to reduce the carbon footprint of my business, and support independent local producers. My main motivation was to offer quality street food to customers through championing the local economy.
We have been to date purely self funded, but as we navigate growing costs and with the desire to remain true to our values we need some help to grow and develop.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
We want to improve our customer offering and increase employment opportunities for local people by doing the following:
- Build a movable outdoor kitchen at the Foodbarn which we can leave on site, or move to events allowing us to have a more efficient and professional set up. This will help us to expand our menu offering and improve the experience for our customers. The unit can also be utilised by visiting traders.
- Install much needed kitchen equipment in our unit to complete the refit at La Cabane which will enable us to extend our catering offerings and in turn allow us to offer more employment opportunities for local people.
- Install an outdoor canopy at our unit La Cabane and outdoor foldable tables to extend our current cafe space beyond 12 people enabling us to reach out to more of the local community with a varied calendar of events and collaborations with other local businesses such as crafts; pottery; wine tasting; cooking demonstrations and meeting groups for example
- Improve signage and menu boards
- Introduce a POS system to speed up checkout for our customers and help with data analysis to make us more efficient
- Introduce a customer loyalty scheme
REWARDS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
We understand that we are all facing challenging times so to thank you for your donations we have created a selection of lovely rewards to choose from.
We would love to continue the Bien Manger story and with your support we hope to be able to make that happen
Thank you so much
Merci
Vincent