Bakala started with a simple thing we kept seeing: a shop on the corner throwing away good bread at closing time, while people two doors down would gladly have taken it home.
Bahrain is full of bakeries, cafés and corner shops that are open late, a couple of minutes away, and know their customers by name. We're not building a new supply chain. We're making the food already on your street easier to find.
Shops pay nothing to list. Shoppers pay nothing to reserve. Money changes hands once, in person, at the counter, the way it already does.
We're starting with a first group of shops in Bahrain. From there: more neighbourhoods, restaurants, and eventually any shop with food it would rather sell than throw away.
Bakala is built here in Bahrain by a small team. It exists because throwing away good food every night never made sense, and because the people who'd happily eat it often live a few doors away. If you have an idea, a question or a shop, get in touch.
