How a small supermarket is revolutionising the way we buy food

A third of all carbon emissions are created by the food system – in production, packing, distribution, and consumption. Ruth Anslow spent 15 years in the corporate sector and formed the HISBE supermarket brand to try and change that.

Ruth is a social entrepreneur and a keen advocate of doing business for social benefit, beyond just making profit. In 2010 she decided to take on supermarkets and cofounded HISBE Food with her sister, Amy. HISBE is a supermarket chain with a difference, built on a social enterprise business model and designed to support a sustainable future for food and farming.

Alongside running HISBE, Ruth cofounded The Good Business Club, to connect entrepreneurs who are starting, running and growing a “business for good” with the support and resources they need.

Links

• Connect with Ruth on LinkedIn
• HISBE
• The Good Business Club
• Katie Paterson
• Living Wage Foundation
• Lizi’s granloa
• Ethical Consumer organisation
• If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito