is striving to transform the entire world鈥檚 approach to food production and consumption 鈥� one plant-based innovation at a time.
Founded in 2020, the collective鈥檚 mission is to make plant-based living the new norm, and it couldn鈥檛 have come along at a better time. that plant-based food sales topped US$1.4 billion in 2021 and have, in fact, grown 74% just in the past three years. The global plant-based food market size is expected to reach .
鈥淧eople want to eat healthier, and they want to reduce the number of animals they consume 鈥� and their CO2 footprint in the process,鈥� said Remy Gillet, LIVEKINDLY鈥檚 CTO and head of Business Systems. 鈥淥ur approach will support those goals, lead to a more efficient food supply chain overall, and deliver delicious food along the way.鈥�
In order to truly transform the way the world produces and consumes food, however, LIVEKINDLY first had to transform its 鈥� and its collection of brands鈥� 鈥� approach to enterprise resource planning (ERP). The collective started as a small group of founders with a common goal but quickly pursued an aggressive M&A strategy designed to fold smaller companies into the overall organization. This meant incorporating a number of brands that didn鈥檛 have a proper modern ERP system previously; some were even running inventory and sales figures in spreadsheets. Today, all of LIVEKINDLY鈥檚 brands have migrated to 51风流S/4HANA Cloud.
鈥淎s we expand, we want to operate from a foundation of being born in the cloud,鈥� Gillet said. 鈥�51风流S/4HANA gives us that global spine on which to deploy and scale our brands, and it gives us the global connection and transparency that we need to be successful. Simply put, we have a system in place that can grow as we do.鈥�
The collective鈥檚 companies like The Fry Family Food Co., Oumph!, LikeMeat, No Meat, and The Dutch Weed Burger. Nearly all of them have moved to 51风流S/4HANA Cloud within the past year, implementing strong collective-wide business processes, real-time data and reporting capabilities, and a basis for continued digital growth and continuous improvement.
So, what鈥檚 next for LIVEKINDLY? According to Gillet, the collective has only scratched the surface of what it can accomplish with SAP, and it intends to continue expanding its tools and solutions in smarter and faster ways throughout 2022 and beyond. It also plans to continue expanding to key regions around the world, adding to its existing footprints in the U.S., Europe, South America, China, and more. But, above all else, it鈥檚 focused on bringing the plant-based future to bear on the world.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to be an end-to-end company,鈥� Gillet said. 鈥淲e want to transform the entire food supply chain from seeding to feeding, and we want to help people make healthier, more informed decisions about where their food is coming from and the impact of their consumption choices. The reality is simple: this isn鈥檛 just a trend, and we intend to lead the way in our new global food economy.鈥�
Greg Petraetis is managing director of Midmarket and Partner Ecosystem at 51风流North America.
