The sun is here (or almost), it's the season of holidays, of meals with family or friends, the time of grilling, of endless discussions and of delicious smells emanating from lively meals with our loved ones! For a zero-waste summer season and successful barbecues, we are proposing to our partner shops a special offer on the purchase of our three delicious organic bulk sauces made in France. Offering zero-waste sauces in our Jean Bouteille catalogue is a real source of pride for our team and it was no easy task! We tell you about our adventures up to the launch of this new family of bulk products...
Our team had set itself a new challenge: to save 100,000 jars from the bin! The jars in question? The containers of various jams and sauces of everyday life: ketchup, mustard... etc. Consumers had difficulty finding this type of product in bulk today. There was a real demand on their part, as consumers want to see the range of bulk products extended to as many everyday products as possible.
However, these products represented a real challenge for bulk! The thick texture of the sauces and jams made them difficult to sell. They were previously offered either in individual formats by supermarkets or in large buckets in specialist shops (buckets were still very rare). After a year of R&D and hard work, our teams succeeded at the beginning of the year in enabling the efficient and secure distribution of two new product families: sauces and jams!
We have thus embarked on the zero waste adventure with two organic, artisanal and French producers. For the service of these products, ourur teams have worked hard to ensure that our fountains provide fast, efficient and safe distribution of these products and avoid any waste.
This is how we were able to launch our tasty range of organic sauces made in France:
Our fountains are essential for the safe and efficient distribution of our bulk sauces. Watch a video demonstration!
The first partner shops that trusted us and followed us from the start testify:
"Customers are delighted to be able to find these products in bulk at the grocery shop. How fast the sauces are served!" Mont Vrac grocery store in Voiron
"Thanks to Jean Bouteille, we still continue to offer you liquid or pasty bulk products... And this is where they have been innovative and we have followed them in this adventure with the sauce dispensers." Les Bocaux d'Ana in Brest
To celebrate the barbecue season, we are offering our partner shops from the 1st to the 31st of August a discount* of
👉-5% on our Organic Mayonnaise and Organic Mustard
👉-10% on our organic Ketchup with short DDM** (September 2021)
One more argument to spice up meals during the holidays and avoid food waste! The offer is available on our ordering site and on WeBulk.
"This is the indicative date after which the product may lose taste or nutritional quality but does not present any health risk."
Jean Bouteille is also participating this year in the new Bulk Network Working Group on the Secondary Shelf Life of bulk products identified as sensitive. This group aims to enable bulk distributors to justify the microbiological shelf life of bulk products delivered to the final consumer.
A first meeting has already taken place. Together with the other member suppliers and distributors, we are carrying out ageing tests on a selection of bulk products identified as sensitive, after opening the original packaging. The storage and decanting stages of the products, as well as the maintenance of sales equipment, are analysed. For this purpose a standardised protocol must be established for each product family.
Thanks to the work of our quality team, Jean Bouteille is in charge of testing oils and sauces (mayonnaise and ketchup). This is a great step forward for the sector, which will enable us to gain recognition and toprovide an even better framework for our sector .
Our teams are already working on the next challenges! We will finish with a little secret: we are currently working on our future spread and on the possibility of offering fresh products in bulk. Keep an eye on our networks and in the bulk aisles: To be continued!
