Thursday 5 May 2011

Start your own Vegetable Delivery Business

Grow your own business with a vegetable delivery franchise

by Simon Read, Daily Mirror 28/04/2011

Decrease font size Increase font size TURNING their passion for organic food into a business has paid off in spades for Nigel and Sophie Rogers.



The couple started their ­Riverford Organic food delivery franchise in north Oxfordshire just over a year ago.



“Over the last year the business has grown beyond our ­expectations,” says Nigel. “With the marketing and community activity we’ve been running, we’ve taken on 60 new customers in the last three months alone.”



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The couple had their own ­horticultural business before looking at Riverford, but things didn’t work out as they hoped.



“We were determined to be our own bosses, but going it alone didn’t give us what we were looking for,” Nigel admits. “We’d work every weekend, picking vegetables on Saturday and selling them on Sunday.



“We did it for a year and soon realised we would be better off letting someone else grow the produce and deliver it to us while we built up the business.”



The couple already knew the south Oxfordshire Riverford franchisee. “He really seemed to enjoy it and do well out of it, and so I became interested in a ­franchise myself,” Nigel says.



The next door territory quickly became available, and the couple went for it. They say they have no regrets about snapping it up.



“Getting support from head office has made life much easier,” Nigel tells me. “We got training and knew what to expect.



“There is no big secret to our success. We just keep marketing and treat our customers well.”



A Riverford Organic franchise costs £18,500. You’ll also need a van and working capital.







Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/advice/jobs/2011/04/28/grow-your-own-business-with-a-vegetable-delivery-franchise-115875-23090664/#ixzz1LUkiFFds

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