Asking price: £2,200

Sales revenue: < £200k

Net profit: < £100k

Fixtures value: Undisclosed

Stock value: Undisclosed

Business description
This healthy snacks company represents a fantastic home based business opportunity with huge potential for the right purchaser.
fruit to suit supplies healthy, affordable and appealing snacks to school tuck shops and other child based organisations, with the potential to expand into adult snacks for offices etc..
It is a great opportunity for you to make a difference to the health of your local children, support your local schools, work hours to suit the demands of your family whilst earning money.
No experience in any aspect of running a successful business is required as full training and support will be given. The fruit to suit manual will initially guide you through every stage of your business. Advice and support continues from the franchisor by email or telephone and via the website.

Your role will be to:
- contact schools, nurseries and any other child based organisations and market the fruit to suit products.
- purchase the snacks in bulk (via the website) and repackage them into small child friendly bags.
- assist schools in the setting up of their tuckshops if they don’t already have one

You will be provided with quality materials to run the business: training manual, retail scales, book keeping system, filing system, uniform, use of website, continued advice and support.
fruit to suit franchisees pay a membership fee of 2% of their sales.

The business launched 1st Sept 08 and already has an established delivery round of schools. Financial info available on request.

Home based: This business can be run from home.

Location
Home based (in CF postcode area). Business has been launched in the Vale of Glamorgan but can cover Cardiff, Bridgend and RCT.

Expansion potential
Only primary schools in Penarth and Barry have been contacted so far. Currently 30% take up from schools contacted. Potential to expand into other schools in the Vale of Glamorgan. The company has the backing of the area Healthy Schools Steering Group. Franchise covers all CF postcode areas so there is huge potential to expand the business into Cardiff, Bridgend and RCT. There is also potential to add in NP postcodes. The team of franchisees have been working to launch an adult snack range for offices etc which will be available shortly.

Competition / Market
No other company offers the healthy, child friendly snacks and whole tuck shop service that Fruit to Suit does.

Support & training
Full support from the seller plus initial and ongoing support from the franchisor and franchisee network.

Reasons for selling
Family illness.

Financing available
Stock is extra (currently approx £110. Asking price can be paid in installments at no extra fee (£600 initially and then £100 per month)

Related website: www.fruittosuit.co.uk