Premium Food-Service Distribution.
Local Connect provides your restaurant with affordable staples and top-quality local food through one reliable wholesale system.
Why Local Connect
Built by chefs, for chefs.
Local Connect was built inside kitchens to solve a simple problem: great local products weren’t reaching restaurants easily. We bring local produce, poultry, bread, paper, and janitorial products into one reliable, centralized wholesale system.
We source directly, warehouse, and deliver ourselves, making buying local as seamless and dependable as traditional distribution while strengthening the local food system.
For Producers & Suppliers
Grow your wholesale sales through Local Connect.
Sell directly into Local Connect's growing wholesale network of restaurants, cafes, caterers, retailers, and institutional foodservice operators. We help suppliers reach new customers, streamline ordering, and grow wholesale sales without building their own sales or technology infrastructure.
Access Existing Buyers
Put your products in front of restaurants and food businesses already purchasing through Local Connect.
B2B Online Ordering
Enable wholesale customers to browse products, place orders, and view delivery schedules through a professional ordering platform.
Flexible Fulfillment
Deliver products yourself or leverage Local Connect logistics and distribution to reach more customers.
Marketplace Snapshot
$6M+
Annual buying power targeted through Local Connect's network
1 Platform
Products, ordering, delivery schedules, and customer management
2 Options
Fulfill yourself or leverage Local Connect logistics
Sell more. Admin less.
Local Connect helps suppliers spend less time managing orders and more time producing great products.
Existing Wholesale Network
Local Connect is a partner in these businesses.
Local Connect works alongside restaurants, breweries, retailers, caterers, and institutional foodservice operators throughout British Columbia.
These partners — and many more — are actively purchasing through Local Connect.
Join the marketplace to put your products in front of an existing wholesale customer network already purchasing produce, protein, bakery, paper products, and foodservice essentials every week.
Product lines
Four core categories. One clean wholesale system.
BC Farms
Fresh Produce
Our produce program is built in partnership with the Kamloops Farmers Market and a network of local farms, giving restaurants access to fresh, seasonal product sourced close to home. We focus on quality and consistency, aggregating supply and handling logistics so kitchens can rely on local produce without the usual friction.
Specialty Bakery
Frozen Bakery
Our frozen bread program features premium products from Specialty Bakery, giving restaurants access to high-quality, artisan bread with the convenience of frozen inventory.
Colonial Farms
Poultry
Our poultry program features high-quality product from Colonial Farms, with both fresh and frozen options available.
R3 Distribution
Paper & Janitorial
Our paper and janitorial program offers a full suite of products through R3 Redistribution.
Paper products rebate
Turn paper into profit.
Buy paper, takeout, and janitorial products through Local Connect and earn monthly LC Credit toward future food orders.
Spend
$1,200
Earn
$60
Use On
Produce, bread, dairy, poultry.
How it works
From scattered sourcing to one clean order flow.
We’re not just a tech platform. We’re a hands-on partner in your business, with real people helping you source, order, warehouse, and receive the products your kitchen depends on.
Create account
Set up your buyer profile and tell us what your kitchen usually orders.
Browse supply
View available product lines and build a clean weekly order guide.
Submit order
Send everything through one flow instead of chasing sheets and texts.
We coordinate
Your dedicated account representative handles supplier coordination, delivery planning, and communication.
Buyer access
Start ordering smarter.
Get access to the Local Connect wholesale marketplace and build your first order guide with support from a dedicated account representative.