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Journal of Service Science and Management, 2011, 4, 357-367 357 doi:10.4236/jssm.2011.43042 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jssm) Box-Scheme Based Delivery System of Locally Produced Organic Food: Evaluation of Logistics Performance T. Bosona, G. Gebresenbet, I. Nordmark, D. Ljungberg Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Email: Techane.Gari.Bosona@slu.se, tg.bosona@live.se th th th Received May 7 , 2011; revised June 18 , 2011; accepted June 30 , 2011. ABSTRACT The local food systems such as fruit and vegetable box-schemes are gaining new profitable niche markets as the de- mand for local food is increasing. This paper presents the study made on box-scheme based local food supply system in Sweden, the Roslagslådan network, in which three distributors of locally produced organic food (LPOF) were the main actors. The objective of the study was to investigate the Roslagslådan LPOF supply network and evaluate its logistics performance. The study was based on literature review , interview, field measurement and route simulation and optimi- sation (in terms of route distance and driving time) analysis. The geographic information system (GIS) software was used to map the locations of the distributing companies and their delivery points (customer locations) while Route LogiX software was used for the simulation and optimisation analyses of routes for collection and distribution of LPOF , mainly vegetables and herb-based products. From the quantified information, the three companies distributed, on av- erage about 134 boxes of LPOF to about 116 delivery points, once in two weeks period mainly during August-October. The distribution via Roslagslådan network was supplemented with ot