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We grow the vegetables, you grow your business |
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With over 25 years' track record of success, countless awards and more than 65,000 happy (and healthy) customers across the UK, Riverfordís now the UKís leading organic vegbox delivery company. |
About us
Our philosophy is simple. We bring delicious organic grub straight from the fields to our customers' kitchens - it's less than 48 hours from ground to plate. Who says fast food canít be healthy eh? Starting off with just 20 customers over 25 years ago we now deliver to over 65,000 households. If that sounds like an impressive rate of growth, it is. At the heart of our success are our franchisees, people who share our passion for great tasting food and a top notch service. Whilst they come from all walks of life they all share one distinct quality - they're not afraid of hard work.
About you
You'll be delivering boxes of the very best organic fruit and vegetables around, fresh from the farm direct to your customers' kitchens. You'll be far from just a delivery driver though. Try MD, Driver, Marketing Manager, Accountant, PA and Customer Services... that's more like it, after all you'll be responsible for everything from building your business to running it. So youíll really need to know your onions. You'll need to be willing to live, breathe, sleep and eat the veg too, passing on your passion to your customers and growing a business you can really call your own. Like our fruit and veg itís a tasty proposition, but it takes just as much hard work (expect early starts, late finishes and plenty of lifting and shifting of heavy loads) to produce the best results.
What do you need?
To become a full franchisee for a new territory you'll need £12,500 (+van, office equipment and some working capital) and we'll be looking for a 20% deposit to secure your patch. The cost to buy an existing territory will be dependent on it's size and valuation. You'll also need to live in (or be willing to relocate to) your chosen territory and you must have a fully equipped home office with a computer and broadband access. Working capital for your first few months of trading and finance for your delivery van are also essential. A few tasty recipes wouldn't do any harm either.
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What do you get?
In return for your investment we'll give you:
• the training week
• a launch package
• an exclusive protected territory with market intelligence and consumer profiling
• full operations manuals
• access to Riverford's home delivery software
• stationery
• corporate clothing
• marketing materials
• first set of show equipment
• sign writing of your first van
• access to www.riverford.co.uk and online ordering
• vehicle selection and ordering
• advice on the selection of banking and business insurance
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We also offer our franchisees unlimited ongoing support. As our founder, Guy Watson, explains "Our idea is to retain the social, environmental and economic advantages of small, local businesses, while sharing the advantages that scale gives. This brings business benefits like sharing IT and finance systems, but even more importantly, we can share knowledge."
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A management service fee is charged at 3% of your sales and includes:
• website advertising, order taking and ongoing development
• customer call centre
• all the in-box marketing and promotions
• quality marketing materials
• meetings, advice and further training
• sales development manager
• samples, special offers and promotional gifts
• future developments to the systems and the franchise network |
Profit potential
The more energy and effort you put in, the more potential profit youíll get out. Work hard and you could have an annual turnover of £350,000 within three years. One of our franchisees reached a turnover of £3,600 per week, delivering to over 340 customers, in just five months! Profits can obviously be grown by adding new customers and increasing their average spend. Some of our top performing franchisees now gross over £600 per delivery round.
PLEASE NOTE: Itís a pre-requisite that our franchisees live in, or are prepared to relocate to, the franchised area.
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