A young entrepreneur from Tyneside is taking on the might of supermarket giants with an online grocery delivery service. Henry Malton, 19 , of Whitley Bay , had been due to start a degree at Durham University last year but cancelled those plans to follow his dream of becoming his own boss. Keen to set up a hyper-local alternative to supermarkets and delivery service Ocado, he launched Henry’s Local, an online service which delivers local, high quality produce around the coast. The young innovator wanted his firm to tap into the growing demand from consumers for local produce, so his business also aims to boost awareness of the rising number of local producers. To that end, he has already teamed up with a number of North East firms selling high quality meat, fruit and veg, bread, eggs, dairy products and other pantry delights, including the likes of Geordie Banger Company, Collingwood Seafood and Acorn Dairy. Henry’s Local offers free delivery on orders above £10, which is the minimum spend, and he makes the deliveries himself Tuesday to Saturday during two time slots to addresses in Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth. Just a few months in, Henry has already seen the number of orders almost treble, purely through word-of-mouth, glowing reviews on Facebook and TrustPilot and his growing social media presence.
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