Local Line
Local Line is a farm-to-fork commerce platform with two sides. Farms, CSAs and food hubs use it to run online sales, subscriptions, inventory, fulfilment and payments. Restaurants, grocers and distributors use it to find local farm suppliers and manage ordering, receiving, invoices and reporting across locations.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Restaurant groups sourcing direct from farms, Grocers and distributors buying local
- Pricing
- From USD 109 per month
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Restaurant groups sourcing direct from farms
Central supplier catalogue, approved supplier lists and location-level ordering, with consolidated reporting across locations.
Grocers and distributors buying local
Supplier discovery, onboarding and purchase orders in one place, with ERP, OMS and POS integrations on the higher buyer plan.
Farms and food hubs selling wholesale and retail
Storefront, price lists, fulfilment tools and a wholesale marketplace where buyers can find the farm.
What it does
Supplier discovery
Buyers search a directory of local suppliers by region, product, certification and distance from their locations.
Supplier onboarding
One digital flow collects vendor details, banking, certificates and product data, with reminders and an approval workflow.
Multi-supplier cart and purchase orders
One checkout across several farms; Local Line splits it into separate purchase orders and emails each supplier.
Standing orders and reorder
Recurring weekly orders and one-click reorder of past orders.
Order by weight
Variable-weight items are ordered by approximate weight and charged on the weight actually packed.
Receiving and invoice matching
Mobile receiving flags shortages, issues credit memos and matches invoices to what was received.
Multi-location controls
Approved supplier lists, per-location permissions and order approval limits for stores, kitchens and distribution centres.
Reports and analytics
50+ reports on spend, supplier performance, on-time in-full rates and local-sourcing share, exportable to CSV, Excel or PDF.
Food safety documents
Stores supplier certifications and compliance documents and prompts suppliers to renew expiring ones.
Consolidated payments
Buyers can pay several suppliers in one batch by card, ACH, wire or cheque.
Online storefront and website builder
Farms get a branded online store with delivery and pickup scheduling, price lists and store credit.
Subscriptions and recurring orders
Supports CSA-style subscriptions; included on Premium and Ultimate, an add-on on Core.
Fulfilment tools
Delivery zones, pick lists, pack lists, label printing and route exports.
Multi-vendor food hub tools
Order aggregation across vendor farms and one-click vendor payouts.
Farm point of sale
In-person sales with barcode scanning and a two-way Square sync of inventory and transactions.
Distributor channels
Suppliers can list on Sysco Marketplace, US Foods Direct and GFS Endless Aisle through Local Line.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 109 per month
- Pricing model
- Subscription (suppliers); percentage of order value (buyers)
- Minimum contract
- Month-to-month on buyer Basic and Scale; annual contract on buyer Enterprise
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial, no credit card required (supplier plans)
Supplier plans are Core $109, Premium $199 and Ultimate $399 per month billed monthly, or $87, $159 and $319 per month billed annually, plus card processing of 2.5% to 2.9% + $0.30. There are no commissions or setup fees. Buyers pay no subscription or per-user fee: Basic adds 2% on gross order value (up to $2M a year), Scale 1% ($2M to $25M), and Enterprise is custom priced. The $109 figure is the supplier (farm) plan; a restaurant buying from farms pays the percentage.
How it compares
Compared with the 5 products in Farm-to-Business & Local Food Marketplaces (business-facing) that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 6 integrations. The median in this category is 2.
- Has a free trial. All 1 products in this category that say whether they have a free trial do.
- Lists Web only. Among the 5 products in this category that state their platforms, 0 list an iOS app and 0 list an Android app.
- The category's 9 most-named integration partners are Mailchimp, QuickBooks, Routific, Forage, Square, Stripe, Sysco Marketplace, Xero, Zapier. Of these, this product's listing names Mailchimp, QuickBooks, Routific, Square, Sysco Marketplace, Zapier.
Works with
- Accounting
- QuickBooks
- Point of sale
- Square
- Suppliers
- Sysco Marketplace
The buyer side says it connects to ERP, OMS and POS systems (Scale plan and up) but names none.
Where and how it runs
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- Optional POS device for farm in-person sales, a one-time $399 purchase.
Local Line says it is used by more than 100,000 businesses across 14 countries but does not list them.
The company
- Company
- Local Line Inc.
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Waterloo, Canada
- Founders
- Cole Jones
- Customers named by the vendor
- Chipotle, Sysco, Tops, Sweetgreen, Roche Bros. Supermarkets
Security and support
- Support
- Support is available seven days a week, 9am to 9pm EST. Onboarding and data migration are included on every plan at no setup fee.
Listing details
- Built for
- Food manufacturing
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- localline.co
Alternatives to Local Line
See all 6 in Farm-to-Business & Local Food Marketplaces (business-facing)Local Food Marketplace
Local Food Marketplace (LFM) is US software for farms, food hubs, co-ops, farmers markets and CSAs that sell local food online.
Starts at USD 129 per month, billed annually, against USD 109 per month for Local Line. The two prices are quoted on different terms.
Open Food Network
Open Food Network is an open source online marketplace platform run by an international not-for-profit.
Names 2 integrations, against 6 for Local Line.
Full Harvest
Full Harvest is a business-to-business platform for North American fresh produce that matches buyers and suppliers, using AI agents to find, negotiate and coordinate freight.
Listed as best for: Produce buyers; Fresh produce growers and suppliers.
Processor Links
ProcessorLinks is an Ontario online booking dashboard that helps farmers find and book slaughter and processing dates at abattoirs, and gives abattoirs a place to publish profiles, species, services and booking lead times.
Listed as best for: Ontario livestock farmers; Ontario abattoirs and meat processors.
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Named ERP, OMS and POS integrations on the buyer side
- List of the 14 countries
- Funding, team size, security certifications
- Native mobile apps (receiving is said to work on any iOS or Android device)
- Interface languages (multi-language storefronts are mentioned for suppliers)
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepage and audiencehttps://www.localline.co
- Supplier plans, add-ons, integrations, supporthttps://www.localline.co/suppliers/pricing
- Buyer pricing tiers and termshttps://www.localline.co/buyers/pricing
- Buyer features and customershttps://www.localline.co/buyers
- Restaurant fithttps://www.localline.co/customers/restaurants
- Farm POS and Square synchttps://www.localline.co/suppliers/point-of-sale
- Sysco Marketplace channelhttps://www.localline.co/sysco-marketplace
- Company story, founder, footprinthttps://www.localline.co/about-us