in Digital and Ecommerce • But newbie in Food Ingredients • 46 years old • Worked and lived in multiple countries • Lives in Den Haag, two daughters, cycles Connect: @klawer Who is this..? Jan Klawer
B2B? • Anyone working in food? • Back to first question (remember - you work in digital...): ◦ Is meeting physically (on a conference like this) important then? ◦ Is meeting sales people helpful when you need something? Who are you? Audience poll
B2B are shifting drastically • Consumerisation of the B2B buyer • 50% of the working population are millennials - expect to buy online • 83% of B2B decision makers feel digital selling models are as effective as or more effective B2C B2B
know I need to be online but don’t know how. I want to expand in a new country or region How can I best promote my innovative ingredient? Ingredient Suppliers cannot reach and support all Producers I work with agents but have zero transparency I would love to have more market insights
an issue • Uber, AirBnB and Amazon: platforms connecting demand to supply • 1-2-Taste: the platform connecting demand to supply for Food Ingredients & Services The World’s First Digital Food Ingredients & Service Marketplace
Process Product Development The concept is turned into an actual product Procure required ingredients Order samples Commercialisation Product is approved and goes to market Evaluate Different versions are tested Product Concept
Industry Product development services: freelance product developers Software tools: for sensory testing and analysis and more 1 2 Hybrid sales Services Conference organisers: Partnership with FI Global (Informa Markets): 1-2-Taste is Sample Store partner for FI conferences 3 Partnerships Online: ecommerce sales of all ingredients and sizes Traditional: senior sales force is supporting customers in R&D process 4 QA & QC Customer & Suppliers: partners for sensory evaluation for product approval
India since March 2019 as first beta: ◦ 10 Categories ◦ 15 Suppliers • Live in Europe since October 2020 ◦ 25 Categories ◦ 40 suppliers • Proud winner of Prize for Best Starter in Ecommerce at the Shopping Awards 2021 • Transforming the Food Ingredients and Services Industry • 250 Suppliers per current region in 2022 • 50 Categories per region in 2022 • Extend into 2 more regions in 2022 • Qualified and Marketable Leads penetration of 10% in each region in 2022, growing to 20% and beyond Today: Tomorrow: