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Fresh Fruit Delivered Daily

A small kitchen, an old starter and a belief that good bread brings people together. Here's how it all began.

Fresh grapes, watermelon and berries ready to order
Our beginning

Why Watermelon Arrives Perfect Every Time

It started with weekend loaves for friends and neighbours. Word spread faster than we could bake, and before long we'd swapped the kitchen table for a little shopfront on the corner.

Today we're a bakery and coffee house rolled into one — but the heart of it hasn't budged. Same starter, same slow mornings, same welcome.

What we care about

Berries That Taste Like Summer

Same-Day Delivery to Your Door

Locally milled flour, real butter and seasonal fruit. Nothing we can't pronounce.

Grapes Picked at Peak Ripeness

Long, slow ferments give our bread its flavour. You can't hurry a good loaf.

Healthy Snacks, Weekly

A café should feel like someone's kitchen. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.

In the kitchen

How 500 FS Keeps Fruit Fresh in Transit

Our day starts at four in the morning, when the ovens go on and the first doughs get shaped. By the time the doors open, the counter's full and the whole street smells like breakfast.

It's early, floury, tiring work — and we wouldn't trade it for anything. There's real joy in handing someone a warm bun and watching their morning get a little better.

  • Ripe fruit picked fresh and delivered straight to your door
  • Seasonal berries sourced from local growers we trust
  • Bruised produce rescued and turned into 500 FS smoothie packs
Hands selecting ripe fruit for your delivery box
5amOrders packed
48hFarm to box
9Ten years delivering
1Same growers, every season
The people behind every box

Seasonal Berries: What's Available Now

A small crew who genuinely love what they do — and who probably know your favourite snacks already.

Our produce buyer portrait

Rosa Mendez

Founder & produce buyer

Up before dawn at the markets, keeper of our grower relationships, happiest with soil under her fingernails.

Our delivery coordinator portrait

Marcus Chen

Delivery & logistics

Routes every box with precision and will happily talk ripeness all day.

Our customer service team portrait

Sophie Laurent

Customer care

The friendly voice on the phone and the one who remembers your weekly berries order.

Taste the difference yourself

Order a box, unpack something that actually tastes like fruit, and see why fresh matters. We'd love to have you as a regular.