The Drive tout nu

The Drive tout nu is a zero waste drive that offers a wide range of local, national (for what can not be local) and ultra national (products considered as current consumption products that can not be found in metropolitan France. This is for example the case of bananas).

The goal is to avoid having to go to multiple stores to shop: consumers should find all the products they need in one place.

After ordering, customers receive their products in glass jars. They can also return their washed jars for a 10 cent voucher.

Dry goods, cheese and solid cosmetics are sold in glass jars. The products are thus presented in their raw state.

As far as household products are concerned, they are subject to strict standards. They are sold in plastic containers and each container is specific to a product.

Le Drive tout nu is working on referencing meat that will be sold in vacuum-packed glass jars.

At the creation of the first drive, the glass jars came from donations. Today, due to the success of the project, the donations of glass jars are not sufficient to cover the demand. The vast majority of the jars used have therefore been purchased.

The operation with a deposit system was not feasible. To recover the empty jars, the Drive tout nu has set up a voucher system: the customers bring back the containers and accumulate 10ct of voucher per container brought back when they reach 2€. This model, based on trust, allows the recovery of the jars. 

The jars and capsules are washed by the customers. When they come to the drive-through, they are exchanged for vouchers. Once received, they are washed and pasteurized before being reused in the drive.

Some suppliers of the drive operate with a reverse deposit system.

Product sourcing is based on 3 rules:

• zero waste : a work is carried out with the producers who wish to develop this zero waste side. For the processed dishes, the producers recover the jars.
• local products: 60% of producers are located within 100km of the drive.
• quality : although the organic label is an indicator of quality, it is not exhaustive. This is why the Drive tout nu does not restrict its catalog to products from organic agriculture but chooses its suppliers according to their agricultural practices. The suppliers must answer a schedule of conditions elaborated internally.

Domestic products, which cannot be sourced locally, come from companies offering a circular economic model.

The drives do not offer ultra-processed products; the products sold cannot have a list of ingredients that cannot be found in the kitchen. Attention is also paid to the manufacturing process.

For ultra-national products, the drives only offer products for everyday consumption (bananas, chocolate, tea…) that cannot be found on French territory so as not to compete with French products. The Drive tout nu works with Etic Miam for the sourcing of international products in respect of the values of short circuit and fair trade.