RekoTori

Get to know the service

What are REKO & RekoTori?

A Finnish marketplace for local food, built alongside REKO, not to replace it.

  • What is REKO?
  • The idea
  • Who is it for?
  • What the app does
  • How it works
  • Our promise
  • Get involved

What is REKO?

REKO (Rejäl Konsumtion, or Fair Consumption) is a local food movement that started in Finland in 2013 and has since spread to hundreds of local rings across the Nordics. REKO runs on volunteer work, with no intermediaries and no resale.

  • Short chain

    The product goes straight from the producer to the customer. No long distribution chains.

  • Direct contact

    You buy from the person who produces your food. You know the farm and the story behind the product.

  • Volunteer-run

    Rings are run by local volunteer admins, not by companies or organisations.

  • A familiar model

    REKO has been running in Finland for over ten years and grown into hundreds of rings across the country.

Read more about REKO's principles: aitojamakuja.fi/reko.

Why RekoTori exists

REKO is one of Finland's finest food movements: local food straight from the producer to the customer, no middlemen and no artificial marketing. Thousands of families and hundreds of small producers meet every week at local pickup events.

The whole thing grew up inside Facebook groups, and it has worked well there for a long time. But collecting orders from comments is heavy work for producers, and not everyone is on Facebook anymore. RekoTori is built to complement that. It runs around the same REKO rings, but brings ordering, stock and pickup management into one place.

No commission. No ads. Always free.

Who is RekoTori for?

RekoTori has three kinds of users, and the service is built to make life easier for all three.

For customers

You want to buy local food easily. Browse local producers, order in advance and pick up at a familiar spot at the agreed time.

For producers

A small farm or local baker. You get clear order lists, a shareable listing page, and free hours that used to go into scrolling Facebook comments before every pickup day.

For ring admins

You run a local REKO ring. Set up recurring pickup events once, approve new producers, and let the app handle the rest.

What does RekoTori do?

RekoTori is an ordering tool for REKO events. It doesn't replace the ring or the pickup spot. It just makes ordering, order management and communication easier.

The whole offering on one page

The event page brings every producer's products into a single view. Instead of scrolling through Facebook posts one by one, you see everything at a glance.

Event-based ordering

Each REKO pickup event is its own catalogue with a clear order deadline and pickup window.

Real-time stock

Producers set quantities and the app tracks reservations. No overselling and no "sorry, sold out" comments after the fact.

Notifications under your control

Email and in-app notifications for new orders, approvals and reminders. You decide what you want to hear about.

Shareable links and FB posts

Every event and producer has its own URL. One click gives you a ready-made Facebook post of your whole offering.

Finnish, Swedish, English

The interface works in all three languages. Handy for rings in multilingual areas.

How it works

  1. 1

    The ring admin opens an event

    The admin sets the pickup location and pickup time. A recurring event creates the next ones on its own.

  2. 2

    The producer adds their offering

    The producer adds their products to the event and sets prices and quantities. The offering appears immediately at the event and on the producer's own page.

  3. 3

    The customer orders in advance

    The customer browses, adds to cart and orders. Even from several producers at once, each producer gets their own clean order.

  4. 4

    Pickup at the agreed time

    The customer arrives at the pickup spot and pays the producer directly. Cash, MobilePay or bank transfer, whichever the producer accepts.

  5. 5

    The producer settles the event

    The producer marks orders as picked up, stock updates automatically and the next event is already waiting.

Our promise

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    Always free for customers

    You never pay RekoTori anything. You only pay the producer for what you buy, at pickup.

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    No commission from producers

    We don't take a cut of your sales. Basic use is and stays free for producers.

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    We don't handle money

    Payment always goes directly between customer and producer. RekoTori never sees your account or charges your card.

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    Your data is yours

    We collect only what's needed to handle orders. You can delete your account and your data at any time.

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    Open to feedback

    RekoTori is a Finnish developer's passion project. Tell us what you need, and the next features are built together with the rings.

Get involved

Find your nearest REKO event, join in as a producer, or step up as an admin for your ring.

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