40
Franchises from £10,000 to £20,000
5aDay Box Supplies
Investment level:
£19,000 plus VAT
Website:
www.5adaybox.co.uk/franchise
Email:
franchise@gsfruits.co.uk
New Launch
Phone:
0844 800 9174
classification:
Food delivery
one of the fi rst franchise territories:
“Having a background in fi nancial
services, I have written the business
plans for a number of new businesses
and I continue to work with SMEs,
including some that operate as
franchisees,” says Steve.
“I was brought up with lots of fruit
and vegetables and, as an adult with
my own growing family, I always made
sure there was plenty of fresh fruit and
vegetables in the house. For a while I
had the local shop delivering produce
and then I became a customer of a local
box scheme, so I could see the potential
for a good quality box scheme at a
Get your fi ve a day
discount to supermarket prices.
“I started operating the 5aDay Box
franchise at the beginning of November
2008. I still work as a full-time pension
Cultivate a healthy career with 5aDay Box Supplies specialist by employing Matt to run the
day-to-day deliveries whilst I manage
T
HE UK has seen a huge rise in The 5aDay Box trial franchise
“I still work
the business accounts, PAYE, etc. I’m
the acknowledgement of health territories have confi rmed that a
as a full-
pleased to say that we are making a
and obesity issues being related demand for the scheme can be healthy profi t after the costs of running
to unhealthy lifestyles and bad eating nurtured in other parts of the country.
time pension
the business.
habits. The government has been raising It now delivers to hundreds of homes
specialist by
“Everyone who has tried a box
the profi le of these issues over the last and businesses on a weekly basis and
employing
scheme before is wowed by the content
few years and has now implemented the has a proven business model for the of a 5aDay Box and always comment on
‘5 a Day’ campaign through the National launch and expansion of a 5aDay Box
Matt to
how pleased they are with the regular
Health Service and the Department of management and delivery franchise.
run the
free gifts.
Health to get the population eating more You can start with one van as the
day-to-day
“In the main we don’t seem to be
fruit and vegetables. owner and operator or as a manager competing with organics, our customers
Meanwhile, the media has also of multiple vans and drivers. Of your
deliveries…”
are people who eat a lot of fruit and
been highlighting these issues by £19,000 franchise fee, £7,000 is spent on vegetables (or aspire to) and have been
broadcasting television programmes local promotion so that when franchisees buying it with their weekly supermarket
about improving lives through healthy launch with their fi rst van they have shop. We – that’s Matt and I – are
eating and keeping active. enough orders to keep them busy for just about to expand and take on our
5aDay Box Supplies has always four days of the week (with the fi fth day second van.”
preached the benefi ts of eating healthily left for admin and promotional activites). Steve continues: “To put it in a nutshell,
and that is one of the reasons it has The 5aDay Box head offi ce takes we’ve been successful in an area of
been delivering such a successful fruit orders through its online system at the country that probably operates
and vegetable box scheme to homes
www.5adaybox.co.uk or via a dedicated more fruit and vegetable schemes than
since 2005 in areas surrounding its head 5aDay Box call centre. The boxes are anywhere else.”
offi ce in Somerset. The 5aDay Box team’s then packed and delivered to the The 5aDay Box team would love
knowledge and experience of fresh franchisee’s depot. The franchisee then to hear from you if you are a friendly
produce totals 600 years! coordinates the deliveries using the and ambitious person who would
The company purchases from local 5aDay Box unique desktop application, savour the challenge of managing
farmers and growers daily, as well as from which shows the fastest and most cost- and growing your own business with
around the world, which means the boxes effective routes. the support of an established brand.
consistently contains a wide choice of Franchisee Steve Clemence manages Call the team on 0844 800 9174,
quality fruit, vegetables and salad, which the 5aDay Box South Devon franchise. email
franchise@gsfruits.co.uk or visit
keeps it so popular with customers. He explains why he got involved with
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