Case Study: Grocery Delivery Franchisee

Vanessa Cook left her public sector job in 2005 to join her husband delivering organic vegetables, and other produce, in the Milton Keynes area.

Here she talks about her transition from 9-5 office work, to life on the open road as a Riverford Organic delivery franchise owner.

Says Vanessa: “My husband Russell used to be a high level electronics engineer working for global companies. He was fed up about always being away from home – staying in hotels and living out of suitcases. And I was tired of my corporate policy and communications role within local government. We both wanted to make a life change and had been discussing starting a business, but we hadn’t considered buying a franchise.

Then Russell saw a Riverford Organic van while he was stuck in a traffic jam on the M40. We’d used a veg box scheme in the past, and liked it, but had stopped using it, probably for circumstantial reasons.

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Mail Boxes Etc. Opens 1,000th Franchise Worldwide

Mail Boxes Etc. UK Ltd. part of the global franchise Mail Boxes Etc. Worldwide, is proud to announce the opening of the 1,000^th store in Europe under the Worldwide brand.

The courier franchise store in Fulham, South West London, is owned by 28-year-old Vladimira Ondruskova, who came from Slovakia 11 years ago specifically to learn English. 

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Husband-Wife Team; Successful Franchisees

Martin Roberts, former CEO of a worldwide transportation company, and his wife Carole have been Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees for almost nine years, during which time their business has grown significantly.  

Based at their Plymouth distribution franchise store, they serve a large area of the West Country.

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Case Study: Delivery Franchise Owner

“I love the variety of my business and every day is different,” says Justin Brookes, who owns two Mail Boxes Etc. delivery franchise stores in Oxford.

“My working day begins with a pleasant drive with my wife from the pretty Cotswold village where we live to the middle of Oxford where we both work. Travelling is about the only routine part of the working day. Anything can happen.

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Mail Boxes Etc Franchisees Win Award

Friends, former colleagues and now business partners, Faraz Ahmad and Osman Ahmed have scooped the coveted “Franchisee of the year award for 2010” from their franchisor, Mail Boxes Etc.

Still in their 20s and franchisees for less than two years, Faraz and Osman already own five central London MBE stores and have ambitious plans for the future. 

“Winning the award was an amazing and totally unexpected surprise,” Faraz said. “We had no idea whatsoever so naturally we are delighted.”

Osman met Faraz 10 years earlier when he joined Faraz’s family business in North London. When they discovered courier franchise MBE, they were keen to buy a store together and move out of the original business.

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