This crisis turned Mercato into a billion dollar company

Bobby Brannigan, Mercato, Covid Recession, Customer Acquisition, Food, Marketplace

Nobody cared about local grocers like Bobby’s dad, the New York pork grocer. Then the coronavirus hit the world.

Bobby Brannigan created Mercato to give local grocers like his dad an easy way to sell online. It was a nice goal, he’s a good son, but Amazon was still beating him.

Then covid hit. Everything changed and consumers were open to trying new food. His 25-person company is on track to do a billion dollars this year.

Bobby Brannigan

Mercato

Bobby Brannigan is the founder of Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores.

Andrew Warner 0:04
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