Feeding the City Accelerate

Feeding The City Accelerate is a 5-month accelerator programme that provides bespoke support to help food businesses grow their business and impact.

Feeding the City Accelerate’s impact:

businesses supported

years of delivery

The Feeding the City Accelerate programme, offers a transformative journey for food businesses in London. Through bespoke support, it enables those ready to scale to achieve growth potential through access to industry experts, mentoring, peer support, and networking opportunities.

This intensive 5-month accelerator has empowered 21 businesses to flourish, providing them with the tools, expertise, and connections needed to thrive in London’s dynamic food

What Feeding the City Accelerate offered

This impactful programme, co-designed with insights from EIT Food, Sustain, Food Chain, and major buyers, tackled the core challenges of scaling sustainable food businesses head-on.

Participants benefited from

In-depth business analysis: Personalised development plans crafted by expert consultants.
Expert-led sessions: Targeted workshops on crucial topics like productivity, procurement, and securing investment.
1:1 mentoring: Guidance from industry veterans, including those with buyer insights, to help secure major contracts.
Unparalleled networking: Opportunities to connect with key players, including major contract catering companies and large-scale retailers.
Peer support: Collaboration and learning alongside a cohort of like-minded businesses.
Impact Hub membership: Access to our vibrant community and a global network of 16,500 changemakers.
Dedicated coaching: Ongoing support to track progress and ensure individual needs were met.
Thought leadership opportunities: Participation in roundtables with partners to drive positive change in our food

Success stories

Nemi Teas

Snackzilla

Better Nature

NEMI Teas is a social enterprise making a difference, one cup at a time. They offer delicious teas in circular packaging, provide work experience to refugees, and now have a cafe in Islington! You can find their products at Co-op and PwC.

Since launching, this healthy kids snack brand with recyclable packaging has secured a deal with Sainsbury’s and investment from Warburtons.

Better Nature is the world’s first food-tech company dedicated to tempeh. Their innovative products are now stocked at Selfridges and on Amazon, proving that tempeh is a delicious and versatile meat alternative

Our impact

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It delivered beyond all expectations and I'm now seeing a subsequent surge in demand, as consumers become more focused on their health and the wider planet. Finally I have the tools that I need to grab such opportunities with both hands.

Sharing experiences, hearing other business ideas, helping each other out with next steps, and bouncing ideas off each other has been absolutely fantastic.