Tips for success
To sum up, here are the top tips that could help you grow your way to success in a thoroughly green business opportunity:
Location is crucial
Remember, supermarkets don't necessarily spell trouble but you need to avoid lone greengrocery businesses on housing estates for expample, and go for shopping parades instead
Look for evidence of a wider clientbase
Expanding your services to deliver to restaurants and so on, can be lucrative. If the business already has this in place, so much the better
Speak to other shop owners in the area
Find out how the area is doing generally in terms of business. This is not to get all the gossip but to find out if this is the solid investment it appears
Ask how much of a handover you'll get
The current owners may be on good terms with their customers so introductions will be helpful
And once you're in, don't make changes all of a sudden
It's a fact that you're staple market of older customers will vote with their feet if you upset the apple cart too quickly