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The Modern Milkman
Return & Re-Use grocery delivery
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- Retail
- Marketplace
- Sustainability
- Food
- Logistics
- eCommerce
- Castlefield, Manchester, UK
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Company mission
To revolutionise consumer habits by delivering fresh ways to return and reuse packaging, shop ethically, and feel good about convenience.
Our take
The 2020s are the age of the Green Consumer. Consumers are voting with their wallet to express widespread concerns surrounding climate change and the environment. The Modern Milkman is one company which is dedicated to helping find a solution to this problem through its range of return and reuse groceries.
Starting off with attempting to eliminate single-use plastics in milk delivery, the Modern Milkman has since expanded to become a fully fledged online grocer. Since launch, the company has helped reduce hundreds of tonnes of single-use plastic waste. The company is taking a unique approach in the space, leveraging mobile technology to ‘return and reuse’ packaging which allows its users to combat food and plastic waste.
According to the Modern Milkman, recent funding secured will be put towards creating over 1,000 jobs in the UK and helping save 282 million plastic bottles from landfills by the end of 2024. However, competing with major online grocers will be difficult. The future of the company will likely depend on its ability to achieve the economies of scale that will allow it to compete on cost as well as service.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Enhanced parental leave & pay
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2022
$61.6m
SERIES C
Jul 2022
$2.8m
SEED
Total funding: $71.2m
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Leadership
Simon Mellin
(CEO)Previously founded two companies in the fresh produce space: Roaming Roosters and Grass Roots Wholesale Foods