Eat Better Live Better operates a small neighborhood shop and community-driven farmers market. Their need became clear: provide food in a way that helps people access nutritious food in a way that feels welcoming, simple, and dignified.
CASE STUDY
How LINGA Retail Helps Eat Better Live Better Expand Access to Healthy Food
A single, centralized system empowering a local nonprofit to serve more families with faster checkout, broader payment access, and clearer inventory visibility.
Mission first. Technology that keeps up.
Eat Better Live Better is a community-centric nonprofit dedicated to reducing and preventing childhood obesity and other diet-related health issues. Through access to fresh, healthy produce and hands-on food education, the organization works to strengthen its community one family at a time.
For Founder and Executive Director Debra Tardif and Outreach and Family Coordinator Wesley Hind-Francis, that mission meant finding technology that could support the organization's growth.
LINGA Powers Eat Better Live Better With
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Expanded payment access, including EBT, to better serve the community.
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Faster, more accurate checkout for volunteers and shoppers.
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Clear inventory insight to reduce waste and improve ordering.
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Simplified operations with one centralized system.
LINGA Powers Eat Better Live Better With
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Expanded payment access, including EBT, to better serve the community.
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Faster, more accurate checkout for volunteers and shoppers.
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Clear inventory insight to reduce waste and improve ordering.
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Simplified operations with one centralized system.
Outgrowing a system that could not serve the community
Eat Better Live Better's current POS system lacked flexibility and made it difficult to support the payment types the community relied on.
For many families, Eat Better Live Better's market is a vital support system. Being a payment type that LINGA could fully support mattered.
EBLB needed an adaptive solution that could grow alongside its mission and remove barriers at checkout instead of creating them.
Finding a better way to support access and inclusion
Eat Better Live Better looked for a system that could do more than process transactions. They needed a platform that could centralize operations, simplify day-to-day workflows, and support inclusive payment acceptance.
LINGA Retail stood out for its flexible payment capabilities and unified platform. With one system supporting payments and operations, the team could focus less on workarounds and more on serving its community.
The ability to accept EBT was a turning point. It allowed Eat Better Live Better to welcome more families, reduce friction at checkout, and create the kind of access to healthy food it set out to build from the start.
Expanding impact through better payment access
With LINGA Retail in place, Eat Better Live Better transformed how it serves the community.
Accepting a wider range of payment types means families no longer have to navigate extra friction at checkout. Volunteers can move transactions along smoothly, even during busy hours.
The expanded payment acceptance led to a noticeable increase in sales, allowing Eat Better Live Better to support more families while further investing in its mission.
Reducing waste through clearer inventory insight
LINGA Retail gave the team a better understanding of inventory movement. With clearer visibility into what sells and what does not, Eat Better Live Better can optimize ordering and avoid purchasing items that may go to waste.
That improved inventory awareness helps ensure fresh produce and essentials are stocked more intentionally. An enhanced flow helps the organization accommodate more people while maintaining a positive experience for shoppers.
A smoother farmers market experience
Beyond payment acceptance, LINGA Retail improved the overall flow of Eat Better Live Better's farmers market operations. Centralized controls and reliable checkout experience reduced bottlenecks and simplified training for volunteers.
With fewer disruptions and a clearer process, the team could spend more time engaging with families, answering questions, and supporting food education efforts.
“LINGA Retail transformed how we run our store. The speed and accuracy are a game changer.”
- Wesley Hind-Francis, Outreach and Family Coordinator
Technology that supports purpose driven organizations
For Eat Better Live Better, choosing LINGA Retail is more than upgrading technology. It is about removing barriers, expanding access, and ensuring that every family feels welcome.
LINGA Retail helps mission-driven organizations operate efficiently while staying focused on what matters most: serving their communities.