Firm Aims to Shake Up Food-Supply Chain

WELLESLEY - When a superstore moves into a neighborhood, owners of the corner bodega and other small shops cower in the shadows of the behemoth, according to Food Sol, an ambitious two-month-old start-up at Babson College that says things don’t have to be that way.

In an ideal world, executives of the superstore might sit down with the neighborhood grocer, the local farmer, and a middle manager from a fish processing plant. At the end of a discussion, each would emerge with a better understanding of what their counterparts face in getting food to market. It’s a strategy called the “uncommon table,’’ and it’s the first step to finding solutions to such global food problems as safety and scarcity, said Rachel Greenberger, cofounder of Food Sol.   To continue reading about Food Sol on Boston.com, click here.    About PepsiCo 
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