Residents of big cities rarely think about where the simplest products come from in stores. Of course, everyone understands that someone bakes the bread, and someone has to grow the potatoes, but it’s unlikely that people think about exactly what stages must be overcome before quality goods hit the shelves. Theoretically, there are several ways: a full cycle, starting from cultivation and ending with delivery to the final consumer, or a chain of interconnected processes handled by different organizations. For example, purchasing potatoes from the population for subsequent wholesale sale is just one of the stages, which is a completely independent business process.
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The attractiveness of the full cycle lies in the opportunity to receive the largest percentage of profits, and at the same time properly control the process, earning an excellent commercial reputation. The downside, perhaps, is the huge amount of capital investment that will be required for such a large-scale project.
To grow ordinary potatoes, you will need land, equipment and fuels and lubricants, fertilizers, healthy seed material, irrigation systems, storage facilities and a huge amount of freight transport. At the same time, we should not forget about human resources - even despite modern agricultural machinery, it is impossible to do without labor.
That is why, for example, purchasing potatoes from the population in Belarus in order to deliver a batch to a wholesale buyer or sell it at retail yourself is becoming more affordable. Narrowed boundaries of responsibility can significantly reduce start-up costs and keep profitability under control.
Agricultural holdings versus private owners
Large agro-industrial enterprises usually take the first path. The scale makes it possible to reduce costs per conditional cultivated hectare: large wholesale fuel and lubricants at competitive prices, full load of equipment. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the final cost of products, and private owners are not happy with such competition.
Nevertheless, the purchase of potatoes from the population continues to be in demand. It is believed that farmers do not abuse mineral fertilizers and pesticides, so their products have other competitive advantages.
Tender deliveries
Small organizations and companies can independently organize the purchase of the necessary quantities of any vegetables from an intermediary or even a manufacturer, creating tenders for supplies on special exchanges. There are sites on the Internet that specialize in publishing advertisements for the purchase and sale of agricultural products. Intermediaries can also make money from this.
Suppose, after concluding an agreement for regular supplies, potatoes are purchased from the population in Orel, if it is possible to find a quality product at an affordable price. The work of an intermediary is not so simple, but it is also useful: the manufacturer does not have to organize transportation, look for transport and pay for fuel, and he can devote himself entirely to growing a quality product.
How to register a batch purchased from the public?
To avoid claims against the accounting department, it is necessary to draw up a procurement act on the purchase of agricultural products from an individual. The company can develop its own form, which must include information about the parties to the agreement, the name of the company and the seller’s data, the contents of the transaction - name of the product, quantity and category, if necessary. The act also includes the date of the transaction, amount and method of payment. Documentary registration of the purchase of potatoes from the population is a transaction with an individual, during which the buyer is not a tax agent, therefore, personal income tax is not deducted, and the seller independently declares income on which tax must be paid.
Depending on the specific purposes for which agricultural products are purchased, appropriate amendments are made to the procurement act form. In this case, the seller is not obliged to pay VAT, since he is not an individual entrepreneur. But the buyer, when reselling, calculates VAT in accordance with current regulations.
Advantages of purchasing potatoes from the population
Small batches of agricultural products from trusted private traders may be of higher quality than large wholesale ones, since there is the possibility of a thorough check at the stage of the transaction. The peasants themselves often note that buyers set certain demands, and they are quite high. For a businessman engaged in processing or supplying food to restaurants and cafes, one-time purchases of potatoes from the population in the Kursk region are sometimes more profitable than a long-term contract. It must be remembered that with each week of storage the quality deteriorates, the cost also changes, and business requires a more flexible scheme than the rigid conditions of a long-term contract.
Problems
Agriculture is always associated with certain risks that can be difficult to foresee and react quickly. Drought, flood, wireworm invasion, which can ruin the entire harvest. This not only reduces quality, but can even negate all efforts. In this case, it is not only the producer who suffers, because it is impossible to purchase potatoes from the population if there is simply nothing to purchase.
Given a sharp decline in quality on average in the region, farmers quickly react by raising prices for products that fit into the required standards. This is a market economy as applied to agriculture; specific risks exist, and they must be taken into account.
In Russia, as is known, potato- second bread. The appearance of potatoes in Russia is associated with the activities of Peter I. However, potatoes became most widespread in Russia in the 19th century. Since then, potatoes can be considered one of the favorite agricultural crops of Russians. And if not everyone likes to grow potatoes, then everyone loves to eat them. Well, or almost everything.
If you have no desire to grow potatoes for sale yourself, we connect to potato business as an intermediary.
The essence of the idea is very simple and uncomplicated - we buy potatoes during the harvest season (August-September), we sell them at the peak of the rise in potato prices - from December to June.
In the fall of 2014, the price per kilogram of potatoes at agricultural fairs was at the level of 12-14 rubles per kilogram (this is the selling price to a retail buyer). In the winter of 2014-2015, the store price of potatoes fluctuates between 30-40 rubles. The cost of washed potatoes reaches 60 rubles and more.
Despite the difference in prices in different regions, and the level of inflation at different times, you can roughly imagine the order of the numbers. We sell for 3-7 times more expensive than we buy. Inflation is not a threat to this business.
Since there are no details here, you need to carefully think through all stages of the business - purchasing, storage, sales.
Purchase of potatoes
There are several options - purchasing from wholesale stores, purchasing from the population, purchasing at agricultural fairs, purchasing from farms or collective farms.
Purchasing at a wholesale base - everything is simple here. We come, buy, receive copies of the necessary documents for the products for further sale to the end consumer. When purchasing products from the population, we submit advertisements in the media about the purchase of potatoes.
We consider the most promising “topic” to be the purchase of potatoes directly “in the field”. The collective farm/farm does not spend money on packaging, sorting, transportation, or storage of products, so purchasing products directly “in the garden” is the most profitable option. In this case, it remains to think through a system for drying potatoes - you cannot store raw potatoes - this creates the preconditions for the rapid development of mold. There may also be problems with the documentation for a batch of potatoes (giving the right to retail sale) - the farm/collective farm may not have time to receive it from the relevant authorities by this time.
It's good if you have your own cargo transport. However, its absence is not an obstacle to running this business. We have been visiting nearby collective farms, state farms, and farms since the spring, and are clarifying under what conditions it is possible to purchase potatoes in the fall directly “from the garden.” Perhaps they will offer you their own transport to deliver products to their destination. As a last resort, you can rent a car for the required number of hours.
As one of the options, you can consider the issue of cooperation with a collective farm (another farm) - for example, the storage and sorting of potatoes is carried out by the collective farm, and you are engaged in the sale of collective farm products and have a certain percentage from this. However, the income in this case will be less than an “independent” business, but there will be less hassle.
You should not buy potatoes in areas where a phytosanitary quarantine zone has been established - there will be problems with sales. Information about this can be obtained in advance from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Sanitary Surveillance. There, by the way, you can immediately consult regarding obtaining the necessary documentation for selling potatoes - you are unlikely to be denied the amount of information that concerns this department.
Potato storage
To implement this business, you will need storage (cellar, caisson). If you have your own garage with a caisson, this is an additional plus. Although in any case, you will most likely have to rent a room, since a standard 2m*2m caisson won’t fit a lot of potatoes.
Before storing potatoes for storage, we immediately throw away tubers that contain signs of rot - otherwise very large losses are possible in the future.
It is also necessary to periodically sort potatoes during storage to avoid rotting, since any rot is a loss for business.
Potatoes should be stored in dry, cool, dark, ventilated storage at a temperature of +2C +4C with an air humidity of 85-95%. We lay previously dried (for example, in the sun) tubers. Typically, the height of filling tubers should not exceed 1-1.5 meters, but it all depends on the ventilation system. Some experts put leaves of certain plants (rowan, elderberry, etc.) in potatoes - this helps prevent rot.
Potatoes can be stored in bulk, in wooden boxes or bags.
With proper storage organization, the percentage of discarded spoiled potatoes can be minimized.
Selling potatoes
Here we divide buyers into wholesale buyers (shops, restaurants, cafes, canteens, schools, kindergartens), and retail buyers. When selling to stores, kindergartens, etc. It is necessary to have all the documents for the potatoes being sold, this is a prerequisite. Products can be sold to stores or offered for sale under the terms of a commission agreement.
Retail buyers, as a rule, are not very interested in documents - they usually ask the question “where are the potatoes from?” The verbal answer, as a rule, completely suits them. In principle, an ordinary consumer would be more willing to buy potatoes without documents from a collective farm from his own or a neighboring district of his region than potatoes from the other side of the world with documents in a store.
You can offer a discount to socially vulnerable segments of the population.
You can offer potatoes for delivery directly to the apartment, or to the cellar (caisson).
A very interesting option is the sale of washed potatoes. There is no need to wash in advance; it is better to wash the potatoes immediately before delivering the goods to the client (upon the client’s order, of course). Technically, we will not consider the issue of washing in depth - everyone can work on this on their own. Packing potatoes in containers of various sizes is also a plus - in bags of 3, 5, 10, 25 kilograms.
As a rule, if a client orders a batch of potatoes once and is completely satisfied with the quality and price, then in the future he becomes a regular customer.
And you need to love regular customers - periodically organize promotions, provide discounts, etc. It is not considered bad manners to call and offer a product to a customer who purchased potatoes from you some time ago (you can offer a discount as a regular customer). There is always a certain portion of customers who agree to buy more. If the buyer refuses, you can clarify the reason - perhaps the client was not satisfied with the taste of the potatoes. If the majority of clients indicate such a reason, then you will have to look for new suppliers.
What documents should I fill out for potatoes when selling them?
A declaration of conformity is issued for potatoes; it gives the right to sell potatoes in the territory of our country and the customs union. The declaration of conformity can only be issued to an organization or individual entrepreneur.
Submission of the declaration of conformity is carried out in accordance with the requirements of two current technical regulations of the Customs Union:
Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 021/2011 “On the safety of food products” (approved by Decision of the Customs Union Commission dated December 9, 2011 No. 880).
Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 022/2011 “Food products regarding their labeling” (approved by Decision of the Customs Union Commission dated December 9, 2011 No. 881).
The applicant has the right, in addition to the declaration, to also issue a voluntary certificate for potatoes. This document is not a permit for the sale of products on the territory of Russia - it only confirms compliance with Russian standards of those characteristics of potatoes that are not subject to mandatory verification during the declaration process. Consequently, a certificate for potatoes obtained on a voluntary basis contributes exclusively to increasing the competitiveness of this product.
In the process of reviewing documents, the necessary research and examination of the potato batch is carried out.
There is also another document for voluntary use. This is the national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 51808-2013 (UNECE FFV-52:2010) "Wood potatoes. Technical conditions", modified in relation to the UNECE standard FFV-52:2010 concerning the marketing and control of commercial quality of early and ware potatoes , with an effective date of July 1, 2014, replacing GOST R 51808-2001. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with this document.
In Russia, legislators are very fond of frequently changing the regulatory framework (the “priority” is land legislation, tax legislation and everything related to doing business), constantly complicating the conditions for running a small business. Since the information may become outdated at any time, the easiest way to do this is to contact a wholesale warehouse or a collective farm/farm to purchase a small batch of potatoes for resale. We ask for certified copies of documents for the batch of potatoes (by the way, it is not a fact that you will be given all the necessary documents) in order to “sell potatoes in the store without problems with regulatory authorities.” Then we study the issued documents, contact the authorities that issued them, and receive the necessary advice to obtain documents for “our” batch of products.
Or you can contact specialized organizations in your city that provide such services - specialists from these companies will help you quickly and without bureaucratic delays obtain all the necessary documents from government agencies.
We strongly recommend having on sale potato all necessary documents. It's not that hard to get them if you want. You still have time before the season, so you will be able to find more detailed information on this issue on your own and study the necessary documents.
This business can be conducted by registering as an individual entrepreneur or opening an LLC. There is a very good video on the topic of choosing between individual entrepreneurs and LLCs with a comparative analysis of the main criteria, we recommend that you watch it. The video is located.
The food market is the future, so now it’s better not to miss the chance to carve out your niche in this market.
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- 1 Is it profitable to grow potatoes for sale?
- 2 Potato growing technology
- 3 Growing potatoes as a business
- 3.1 Land acquisition
- 3.2 Business registration
- 3.3 Selection of premises
- 3.4 Equipment purchase
- 3.5 Purchase of planting material
- 3.6 Formation of a team of workers
- 4 Business plan for growing potatoes
- 5 Frequently asked questions
- 5.1 What is the demand for potatoes today?
- 5.2 Where to look for potato sales channels?
- 5.3 What documents need to be prepared for potatoes?
- 5.4 Is it possible to build a business on the resale of potatoes?
One of the most profitable business niches is growing and selling potatoes. Today it is difficult to imagine the diet of most Russians without this root crop, so this agricultural crop will always be in great consumer demand. Growing potatoes is a promising and long-term activity, and there are no problems with the sale of products. To successfully develop in this direction, an entrepreneur needs to competently organize his own business.
First, it is recommended to analyze the market situation, determine the profitability of the activity, and also calculate the amount of investment and possible income. Today, farmers cannot fully satisfy the needs of buyers, so growing potatoes for sale is very profitable. Despite the large number of manufacturers, the business is not afraid of competition and is highly profitable.
Is it profitable to grow potatoes for sale?
What will a novice entrepreneur who decides to grow potatoes for sale need to know? This type of activity is highly profitable, and today modern technologies are used that make it possible to grow root crops in greenhouses year-round and harvest several harvests per season. The business of growing and selling potatoes has its positive and negative sides. The advantages include:
- the ability to grow root crops even on a small plot of land;
- quick return on investment;
- high consumer demand for potatoes regardless of seasonality;
- the possibility of combining business with other activities;
- relative ease of crop care.
If a person has a garden, he can also start growing potatoes and earn decent money from it. There are no taxes to pay for this type of home business. Fertilizers are inexpensive, and in rural areas there are many people who want to earn money (it doesn’t hurt to hire them to weed the land and care for potatoes). The costs will be insignificant.
Growing potatoes not only can bring profit all year round, but also allows you to save on fertilizers, since the tops are used to form humus on the site. If you install greenhouses on the ground, you can harvest 3 crops in 1 year. Investments usually pay off after 4 months from the start of the first planting.
This business is not without its drawbacks, and every entrepreneur who is interested in profitable self-employment should know about them. First of all, there is a great dependence on the quality of the crop on weather conditions. If the region experiences extreme heat, plants need to be protected with irrigation systems. Potatoes have quite a lot of enemies among insects. To combat them, various chemicals are successfully used today to save the harvest. Therefore, these disadvantages should be considered rather as additional precautions.
To understand how profitable it is to grow potatoes for sale yourself, let's give a simple example. Let's say a businessman has rented (or owns) 30 acres of land. From every 100 sq. m you can collect about 280 kg of potatoes, and from the entire area - 8.4 thousand kg. If you sell it wholesale at a price of 20 rubles, you can get revenue of 168 thousand rubles.
To cultivate the land, you will need to buy a walk-behind tractor (mini-tractor) with a body, as well as a hiller, a mounted plow and a device for digging up root crops. You also need to purchase fertilizers for the site. Investments for these purposes will amount to about 80 thousand rubles. The benefits of this type of activity are obvious. If you install greenhouses and grow plants all year round, your profits will increase significantly.
Potato growing technology
There are many different ways to grow potatoes that allow you to reap a fairly good harvest. Let's focus on the Dutch method, since it does not require large expenses and allows plants to develop in natural conditions (without the use of greenhouses).
A feature of this technology is minimal mechanical tillage of the land and the potatoes themselves. The method involves the use of ground aeration, which ensures effective ventilation of soil layers by mixing them with atmospheric air. To implement it, the soil is first loosened, after which the planting material is placed in the formed earthen ridges, while it is necessary to ensure that the distance between the planting rows is sufficiently large.
Growing potatoes using this method makes it possible to collect up to 1.8-2 kg of root crops from one bush, while the potatoes themselves can be stored for a long time if certain conditions are met. When selecting planting material, pay attention to the tubers: each of them should have about 5-6 eyes to get a good harvest.
Immediately before planting, root crops should be warmed up in spacious, bright areas. Then they are placed in the ground until sprouts form, while the material should be in a room where it is recommended to maintain 6-8° heat. Ready seedlings need to be sent for further growth in natural conditions in well-warmed soil.
On one hundred square meters of land, it is allowed to plant up to 600 potato bushes, but it is better to place them in such a way as to ensure good lighting. The formation of beds is carried out from north to south with an interval between rows of up to 0.75 m. As for watering potatoes, this must be done no more than 3 times during the entire life of the crop. The first is carried out when sprouts appear, then before flowering begins, and after it ends.
Important: To protect potatoes from the Colorado potato beetle and other pests, it is recommended to treat the tops with pesticides before the flowering period begins.
Growing potatoes as a business
Let's consider the main stages of business development.
Land acquisition
An important stage in organizing a potato growing business is the acquisition of land. On average, you will have to pay 5 thousand rubles for one hundred square meters, and about 0.25-0.3 hectares will be required for planting. Thus, the minimum investment for the purchase will be 75 thousand rubles.
A person can organize a small business in his country house, in which case his income will be small, but he will not have to spend money on buying a plot of land. As for renting land, its cost can reach several thousand rubles per hundred square meters, so it is more advisable to invest money in your own land. Before purchasing a plot of land, you should consult with a lawyer who will inform you about all the intricacies of land registration and provide assistance in filling out documents.
Business registration
To start entrepreneurial activity, a businessman needs to contact the Federal Tax Service at his place of residence and register a peasant farm or individual entrepreneur. Often such a business is organized simultaneously by several partners. In this case, to register an enterprise, it is worth submitting an appropriate contract indicating the contact information of each of the co-owners of the business. In addition, the contract should specify the rights and obligations of each of the partners, as well as the procedure for exiting the business of each of them. If necessary, you can find out from a specialist at the Federal Tax Service department how to correctly calculate land tax and agree on the frequency of payment.
When registering an enterprise, you must indicate OKVED codes. To grow potatoes you can choose:
- 01.1 – “Growing annual crops”;
- 01.13 – “Growing vegetables, root crops, melons and tubers, mushrooms and truffles”;
- 01.13.1 – “Growing vegetables”;
- 01.13.12 – “Growing vegetables in protected soil.”
Newbie entrepreneurs who want to make money by growing and selling vegetables and fruits do not know which form of taxation is best to choose. For this type of activity, the best option would be to pay the unified agricultural tax, the rate of which is only 6%.
Selection of premises
A businessman should take care of proper storage of the crop, so he needs to find appropriate storage facilities equipped with:
- ventilation;
- lighting;
- heating system.
Warehouse areas must be dry and free from moisture and mold. Root crops should be dried and sorted before being placed in storage so that there are no rotten tubers among the harvest. Unmarketable potatoes can be handed over to farms specializing in raising turkeys at home and other livestock, which will accept them as feed for a small price. As for the cost of renting storage facilities, it varies between 30-40 thousand rubles per month.
Equipment purchase
To operate a potato farm, it is necessary to purchase appropriate equipment. If you are going to use a large amount of planting material, you should buy a potato planter. This machine allows you to complete large volumes of work in a short time and significantly simplifies people’s work.
In addition, it is advisable to acquire special combines for harvesting root crops. They allow you to automate harvesting; moreover, such equipment practically does not damage potato tubers. You can’t get by on the field without a potato digger. Such a machine is needed to select root crops from the ground. The farm will also need a line for sorting the harvested crop, and it can also be used for onions. It makes it easy to select vegetables by size, for which the design provides the possibility of installing grates with the appropriate fractions.
A small tractor will be required, with the help of which weeding work will be carried out, as well as transportation of the crop. The minimum set of equipment for a farm will be:
- tractor with trailer – 250 thousand rubles;
- automated line for sorting root crops – 200 thousand rubles;
- potato digger – 150 thousand rubles;
- harvesting combine – 300 thousand rubles;
- potato planter – 70 thousand rubles.
Total costs for purchasing equipment will amount to 970 thousand rubles. Most entrepreneurs do not have the opportunity to invest such a sum of money to purchase the equipment necessary for the farm. For this reason, equipment can be rented or leased before harvesting.
Purchase of planting material
Another cost item will be the purchase of seed and organic fertilizers, which are necessary for full crop growth. You will have to allocate about 30 thousand rubles for chemicals before sowing root crops. How to correctly calculate the number of seedlings required to sow the land? Based on practice, 1 hectare of land will require about 20 kg of seed (tubers). Thus, for 0.3 hectares it is necessary to provide 20 * 30 = 600 kg of root crops. The wholesale price for purchasing potatoes averages 20 rubles per 1 kg, so you will have to spend 12 thousand rubles to purchase seed. Taking into account fertilizers, the costs will cost 42 thousand rubles.
Formation of a team of workers
What employees should be recruited to work on a potato farm? To do this, it would not hurt to invite machine operators - specialists who will service the equipment and work on the land. You also cannot do without general workers for weeding, watering and sorting root crops.
In addition, you will need a car mechanic who will repair the equipment. In the summer, security guards should be hired to monitor order on the field. An approximate staffing might look like this:
- handyman (2 people) – 16 thousand rubles;
- machine operator (2 people) – 24 thousand rubles;
- enterprise manager – 20 thousand rubles;
- auto mechanic – 15 thousand rubles;
- security guard (2 people) – 20 thousand rubles;
- accounting (payment for outsourcing) – 5 thousand rubles.
Total - monthly expenses for employee salaries will amount to 100 thousand rubles. At first, the business owner himself can keep records of warehouse management, which will allow him to reduce the cost of paying the relevant specialist.
Business plan for growing potatoes
Before embarking on a commercial project, an entrepreneur needs to develop a detailed business plan for growing potatoes. It allows you to determine the amount of initial costs for starting, evaluate prospects and calculate possible profits.
In addition, a businessman must know the amount of monthly expenses that are mandatory in the course of work. Let's calculate the amount of investment to start an enterprise, which includes the following components:
- purchase of land – 75 thousand rubles;
- purchase of equipment – 970 thousand rubles;
- planting material and fertilizers – 42 thousand rubles;
- business registration – 15 thousand rubles;
- purchase of fuels and lubricants – 10 thousand rubles;
- rental of warehouses – 30 thousand rubles.
Thus, the amount of initial investment is 1.142 million rubles. Running a business growing root crops involves monthly costs, which include:
- rental of premises – 30 thousand rubles;
- payment of utilities – 25 thousand rubles;
- tax deductions – 20 thousand rubles;
- staff salary – 100 thousand rubles;
- depreciation of equipment – 15 thousand rubles;
- purchase of fuels and lubricants – 10 thousand rubles;
- other expenses – 10 thousand rubles.
Total - regular costs amount to 216 thousand rubles. Now let's calculate the possible profit of the enterprise. It is realistic to harvest 280 kg of potatoes from one hundred square meters of land, the total harvest volume will be 8.4 tons. Let half a ton of potatoes be unsuitable for sale. Thus, we get 7900 kg of root crops that can be sold.
If you sell the crop wholesale at a price of 20 rubles per 1 kg, the total income will be 158 thousand rubles. When selling washed and dried root vegetables in small wholesale quantities and at retail, you can make a profit of about 40 rubles per 1 kg, which will bring 316 thousand rubles. The net profit from the sale of one crop will be 100 thousand rubles.
This amount can be increased many times over if we organize year-round potato growing in greenhouses. In the future, it will not hurt to scale the business, which will lead to a significant increase in income. For example, medium-sized farms own land plots with an area of 2 hectares or more. This allows you to harvest more than 50 tons of crop at a time.
FAQ
Let's look at frequently asked questions on the topic.
What is the demand for potatoes today?
Potatoes are one of the most important food products, the demand for which does not depend on the season. As practice shows, profits from the sale of root crops in winter can almost double. In addition to ordinary consumers, potatoes are purchased in large quantities by manufacturing companies. For example, potatoes are used to produce starch and alcohol in industrial quantities. Recently, this product has been used for the production of chips. In addition, the main buyers of potatoes are wholesale centers, large retail chains and supermarkets.
Where to look for potato sales channels?
Entrepreneurs who want, for example, to open a beer store, initially focus on the huge consumer demand for such a product. Potatoes do not need advertising, and they will be bought in any quantity. Let's consider several effective ways to sell the crop:
- Sales at collective farm markets. This option can bring good profits, however, you should understand that it requires investing a lot of time. This task should be entrusted to one of the family members or to attract implementers. Potatoes can be sold profitably from mid-autumn until early May, when this product is in great demand (despite high prices).
- Delivery of potatoes for sale. A fairly promising option, since it allows you to earn a decent amount of money. To do this, you should find several sellers who have their own outlets and offer them favorable terms of cooperation.
- Wholesale sale of crops. An entrepreneur can deliver large quantities of potatoes to wholesale buyers, as well as to harvesters. They offer a low price for the product, but if you need money for all the products at once, this is the best option. It is most often used by large farms, which can offer buyers large quantities of goods.
- Direct sales of potatoes to retail chains and stores. This option is considered the most profitable. An entrepreneur can arrange the supply of potatoes to stores at a negotiated price. Washed and packaged products are in great demand among buyers.
Important: if you plan to grow potatoes in large quantities, it makes sense to find buyers for the products in advance. The conditions under which they will cooperate should be agreed upon with wholesalers and procurers. This will allow you to grow potatoes and not worry about finding distribution channels.
What documents need to be prepared for potatoes?
According to the requirements of the Customs Union TR, potatoes must undergo mandatory quality assessment. For this reason, manufacturers will have to have appropriate documentation. You can obtain it from an accredited organization that provides product certification services. Such a body must have the right to assess the quality of food products, as well as issue relevant documents that are approved by Russian legislation. If you plan to store potatoes, especially with the use of heating systems, the businessman will need to obtain permits to conduct business activities from the State Supervision Authority and the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station.
Is it possible to build a business by reselling potatoes?
Let's consider the idea of a business selling potatoes, associated with its sale as market resellers. Its essence is that you need to place advertisements in residential areas of the city about the sale of products, receive orders from customers and distribute the goods to the specified addresses. It should be immediately noted that the minimum order must be at least 30 kg (the volume of one mesh). To start making money, you don’t need to register a business at the beginning, spend money on renting office space or buying transport.
Earnings from the sale of one network are about 200 rubles. Renting a truck costs about 300 rubles per hour. In order to make a profit and not work at a loss, you should manage to deliver more than 3 nets of potatoes to customers during this time. The goods must be purchased in advance at wholesale markets or supermarkets. To do this, it is enough to have only a few thousand rubles of starting capital. Relatively quickly you can reach a stable income of up to 10 thousand rubles a day, which will require daily investments in the purchase of goods of about 25 thousand. Businessmen who have already built up their client base receive up to 20 calls per hour. It is easy to calculate the possible profit per day. The best option would be to deliver potatoes simultaneously to courtyards with multi-story buildings, where this service is most popular.