Pandobac

Pando means “I spread out” in Latin and bac means “crates” in French.

Pandobac introduces a new model of functioning for the transport of fresh produces between food professionals, respectful of the planet, following a zero waste approach and profitable to all actors of the chain.

Currently, food commodities are packaged in disposable packaging , such as cardboard, wooden and plastic crates or polystyrene crates. Merchants waste time dealing with this packaging waste, have little storing space and not enough bins to sort out and throw everything away.

From the producer, farmer, breeder, fisherman through the wholesaler to the delivery person to the trader, Pandobac provides reusable crates to replace and remove disposable packaging in the transport of fresh produces with a turnkey solution. Indeed, the service includes crates washing and tracking through a mobile and web application.

The crates are designed especially for food contact, and they are made of 100% recyclable plastic. They are lightweight, ergonomic and easy to handle. They can be nested and stacked together, in order to save storing space. For instance, when a truck delivers fresh produces to a restaurant, it can collect previously used crates and bring them back to the wholesale market (e.g. Rungis, France) without adding any transport.

Pandobac washes the crates in compliance with food regulation. The washing process uses a small amount of water thanks to steam washing. It is made directly in wholesale markets where Pandobac is implemented.

The crates are tracked from Pandobac’s warehouses, to the wholesalers, and to the restaurants, in order to ensure their full reuse. Each user has a web and mobile app, to track the crates in real time. 

Pandobac also implements awareness-raising measures to help users of the service understand the ecological aspect of the project.

Pandobac is supported by 3 co-founders : Shu, Roch and Anaïs, with engineering and business backgrounds. Shu also created a restaurant in 2014 in Paris.