Company details

HEADCOUNT

1-24

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Food & Ag

WEBSITE

https://www.equalfood.co

About the company

Equal Food is a Lisbon-based food business focused on rescuing surplus and “ugly” produce and selling it through subscriptions and B2B channels. Public descriptions frame the work around reducing food waste by working directly with farmers and businesses and creating value from produce that would otherwise be rejected. Equal Food positions the company as operating mainly around Lisbon and Porto. Public profiles also show the team is small, with a startup-style pace and broad roles.

Locations and presence

Equal Food is headquartered in Lisbon and publicly references activity across Lisbon, Porto, and surrounding areas. Hiring and public comms are strongly Portugal-centered.

Palpable Score

47.7

/ 100

Equal Food has a few credible early-career entry points, including finance work pitched as suitable for someone just out of university and a procurement role asking for 1–2 years’ experience. The score is pulled down hard by public employee feedback alleging very low pay and unpaid extra hours, plus thin evidence of structured progression or stable early-career outcomes.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

12.7

/ 20

The company publicly advertised a finance and operations role “perfect for someone just out of university,” covering forecasting, reconciliations, cashflow and payroll admin alongside the CFO.
Equal Food has also advertised a procurement-facing “Product Analyst” role asking for 1–2 years of experience, which is a realistic early-career threshold.
The company’s publicly visible team size is small, so the total number of 0–3 year openings looks occasional rather than consistently repeatable year-round.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

9.5

/ 20

The company shares concrete task areas in public hiring posts, including specific finance responsibilities and procurement scope (COGS impact and procurement ownership language).
Equal Food published an explicit pay range for at least one role (Product Analyst listed at €1,200–€1,300), which is rare and helpful for candidate decision-making.
The company has public employee feedback alleging unpaid extra hours and even “illegal” management practices, which is a serious transparency and fairness risk for early-career applicants.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.5

/ 20

The company frames at least one early-career finance role around close exposure to senior work, explicitly positioning the role as hands-on learning alongside the CFO.
Equal Food has employee review text that credits “lots to learn” and learning “from the very start,” which matches an apprenticeship-style environment.
The company also has public reviews describing inexperienced management, which can undercut coaching quality and make learning highly manager-dependent.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

6.0

/ 20

The company published a monthly pay band for one Portugal-based role (Product Analyst at €1,200–€1,300), giving at least one concrete benchmark.
Equal Food has public employee feedback stating “the lowest I have been paid” and alleging extra hours are not paid, which is a direct pay-fairness red flag.
The company does not consistently publish salary ranges across roles, so early-career candidates cannot reliably assess pay before investing time in interviews.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

7.0

/ 20

The company has very limited independent outcome evidence (only a small number of public reviews), so retention and promotion patterns over 12–24 months cannot be validated.
Equal Food has public employee feedback that is negative on core outcome drivers for juniors, including workload sustainability and pay, which usually correlates with weaker retention.
The company’s LinkedIn footprint suggests a small team, but it does not provide enough public signals of repeated junior-to-mid progression (clear promotions, structured leveling, or frequent conversions).

Useful links & resources

Equal Food on LinkedIn (company page)Equal Food “Product Analyst” job post (example role with pay range)The Equal Food reviews on Glassdoor

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

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