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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Riverford Organic Launch Cookbook

Riverford Organic launch a new cookbook which has perfect recipes for franchisees.

"I like Riverford’s fruit and vegetables, I like their recipes, I like their philosophy. This is a super book," says Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Veg box delivery franchise, Riverford Organic, has done it again. Following the success of the award-winning Riverford Farm Cook Book, Everyday & Sunday is the company’s latest offering. Full of mouth-watering recipes from head chef Jane Baxter and Riverford founder Guy Watson, the 350-pager aims to help customers make the most of their seasonal veg. 

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Self Service Box Franchise is Ideal for Women

Since buying a Snack-in-the-box franchise, Debbie Shrimpton has managed to free up her time and enjoy work.

Working in a call centre in Cleveland for two years had left Debbie frustrated and fed up at being tied to long and rigid hours. Before that she'd been a line-manager at a KP factory where, despite the stringent working conditions, she got a valuable insight into the snack food industry.

Debbie says, “I've gone from manufacturing snacks to selling snacks for a living, and I know which one I prefer! Snack-in-the-box is a people business, and that was what attracted me to the franchise in the first place.

“I love meeting my customers, spending time chatting with them and knowing they appreciate seeing me every week. After all, I am bringing them something they want – those snacks and little treats that keep their employees happy!”

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Self Service Box Franchise Offers Work/Life Balance

Owning a Snack-in-the-Box franchise allowed the Sheik’s to reduce their working hours and spend more time with their family.

Kashif Sheik and wife Sarah bought their self service box franchise three years ago. Kashif had been looking for a franchise for some time, but needed to be confident that it could offer the work-life balance he desired, as well as giving him the amount of support he felt he would need to get his new business off the ground. The answer was closer to home than he imagined when he heard from a local Snack-in-the-Box franchisee.

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Portuguese Couple Enjoy Success with Delivery Franchise

Since moving to the UK from Portugal eight months ago, the Snack-in-the-Box franchisee Vitor Reid finds business stress-free and profitable.

Sitting in his garden at 3pm, sharing a chilled glass of wine with his wife, Karla, and knowing his working day is over, is something Vitor relishes, today he lives by the adage that ‘less is more’.

“We came to this country because the pace of life is actually much slower here,” he says. “We’re better off in every way since we started our Snack-in-the-Box business. We’re less stressed and we see more of each other. Back in Portugal we would often work until 7 or 8pm, whereas now my day is from 9am until 3pm, and my wife works just two hours a day packing the boxes.”

Starting their delivery franchise five months ago, Vitor has been so impressed with its returns he is keen to invest in some Snack-in-the-Box vending machines to expand his Northamptonshire-based business.

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