Community mobile fruit and vegetable vans aim to improve access to fruit and vegetables for people living in areas with limited access to shops selling fruit and vegetables.
The vans are either leased or bought for the project. Refrigeration in the vans is useful but this increases the initial cost and the running costs substantially.
If the fruit and vegetables are bought at a wholesale market at least one member of staff will need to be working from 6-7am.
Fruit and vegetables will be considerably cheaper if they can be bought from a wholesale market. However the increased costs required to have staff available to buy from the market has to be set against this benefit. It may be more cost efficient to buy fruit and vegetables from a local wholesaler who can deliver within the ‘working day’.
The storage requirements of fruit and vegetables requires specialist knowledge. You will need someone who has this knowledge or can be trained, to minimise any wastage.
Step-by-step:
1. Establish a need
2. Identify Partners
3. Develop a bid for funding
4. Who will be the suppliers
5. Market the service & establish a customer base
6. Evaluating the project
7. Developing the business
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