How to organize grocery delivery to restaurants

One of the promising types of entrepreneurial activity is the organization of food delivery to cafes and restaurants. The survival of catering enterprises depends primarily on the quality of the dishes that they offer their visitors. Therefore, in the fight against competitors, many restaurateurs bet and advertise the ecological purity and freshness of the raw materials. They need those products that you can’t buy in a regular store.

Instruction manual

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If you decide to arrange grocery delivery to restaurants, start with a business plan. You should initially understand that your company will not only transport products, but also guarantee the quality and freshness of everything that will be offered to restaurateurs.

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Accordingly, you will need a special transport equipped with refrigeration units, during transportation in which the products will remain fresh for a long time. In addition, ordinary cars for transportation of canned and non-perishable food products will be needed.

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Consider buying or renting a room for a food warehouse, in which refrigerators must also be installed. This will allow you to always have a small supply or to keep the product in case of force majeure, as well as if the customer refuses to supply.

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Contact the restaurant owners in your city. Conclude a supply contract. Find out their need for products: quantity, assortment. Talk to them about quality control and product acceptance. Do not immediately insist on large orders, your task is to establish yourself as a reliable partner.

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Visit the nearest agricultural farms and peasant farms. Agree on cooperation, conclude contracts for the supply of vegetables, meat, milk, poultry and eggs. Find those specialized stores where you can buy exotic products: high-quality olive oil, good weighted olives, anchovies, capers, semi-finished products for making today's fashionable Japanese dishes. To complete orders, you can start cooperating with several wholesalers or large chain stores such as METRO Cash & Carry.

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Order and keep your own website up to date. Ideally, of course, you need IT technologies that link an online store, an order processing and product procurement system, warehouse storage and order picking, and transport management into a single information space. But this is a matter for the future. Get started and remember that a long journey starts with a small step.