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Why Food Web only earns on a completed booking, where the referral kickback actually comes from, how the tiers work, and the discount controls kitchen owners keep.
Justin Andrews
Changing what he ate changed Keegan’s mood, skin and energy. Soil, pesticides, organics, animals and the farmers’ market — the food lessons that followed, and why they compound.
Keegan Francis
Eczema pushed Keegan into elimination diets, herbs and gut health, and his kitchen became the first line of defence. What was in it, what was not, and what it has to do with Food Web.
Keegan Francis
A high-school yearbook quote, a decade in FinTech, and one line from a cofounder about bread. Why Keegan Francis ended up building an Airbnb for kitchens.
Keegan Francis
Food Web Kitchens launches 8 December 2025: a platform where licensed commercial kitchens list their unused hours and food entrepreneurs across Atlantic Canada book them.
Justin Andrews
The company version of the story: how Food Web went from a food-system mapping idea at Dalhousie to a live kitchen rental platform, one research project at a time.
Justin Andrews
Certified kitchens sit idle while food businesses hunt for space. What the shared-kitchen model actually changes, what the evidence says, and how Food Web connects the two sides.
Justin Andrews
Food entrepreneurs are ready to grow and cannot find licensed kitchens to rent. What is actually blocking them, why the kitchens are already there, and what it takes to connect the two.
Justin Andrews
Food Web began with one chef's struggle to find a kitchen. Justin Andrews could not find licensed space to grow a small baking business — so he set out to fix the thing that stopped him.
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