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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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Hallo Wazuans,
I am trying to set up a relative in this business. Buying fresh produce from the farms and deliver to the city using a canter.
My questions;
1. Has anyone here ever done this business ?
2. I am told onions and carrots are safer because of a longer shelf-life as opposed to cabbages/tomatoes.
3. Is marigiti the real deal or the estate markets ? Githurai, Kawangware, Rongai, Ngara e.t.c.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/29/2011 Posts: 2,242
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FRM2011 wrote:Hallo Wazuans,
I am trying to set up a relative in this business. Buying fresh produce from the farms and deliver to the city using a canter.
My questions;
1. Has anyone here ever done this business ?
2. I am told onions and carrots are safer because of a longer shelf-life as opposed to cabbages/tomatoes.
3. Is marigiti the real deal or the estate markets ? Githurai, Kawangware, Rongai, Ngara e.t.c. @FRM2011, The best would be to have the relative start at the bottom of the pyramid and learn the ropes. Most markets are controlled by cartels. Let him/her identify a suitable market, set up a kibanda there and learn how it works. "Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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Gathige wrote:FRM2011 wrote:Hallo Wazuans,
I am trying to set up a relative in this business. Buying fresh produce from the farms and deliver to the city using a canter.
My questions;
1. Has anyone here ever done this business ?
2. I am told onions and carrots are safer because of a longer shelf-life as opposed to cabbages/tomatoes.
3. Is marigiti the real deal or the estate markets ? Githurai, Kawangware, Rongai, Ngara e.t.c. @FRM2011, The best would be to have the relative start at the bottom of the pyramid and learn the ropes. Most markets are controlled by cartels. Let him/her identify a suitable market, set up a kibanda there and learn how it works. He started like you said. Interestingly, within the estates, there are no cartels. He is doing very well currently delivering potatoes to the city. They are in short supply and prices have spiked.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/16/2007 Posts: 2,114
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Nice...does he have a canter or he hires transport? FRM2011 wrote:
He started like you said. Interestingly, within the estates, there are no cartels. He is doing very well currently delivering potatoes to the city. They are in short supply and prices have spiked.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/29/2011 Posts: 2,242
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FRM2011 wrote:Gathige wrote:FRM2011 wrote:Hallo Wazuans,
I am trying to set up a relative in this business. Buying fresh produce from the farms and deliver to the city using a canter.
My questions;
1. Has anyone here ever done this business ?
2. I am told onions and carrots are safer because of a longer shelf-life as opposed to cabbages/tomatoes.
3. Is marigiti the real deal or the estate markets ? Githurai, Kawangware, Rongai, Ngara e.t.c. @FRM2011, The best would be to have the relative start at the bottom of the pyramid and learn the ropes. Most markets are controlled by cartels. Let him/her identify a suitable market, set up a kibanda there and learn how it works. He started like you said. Interestingly, within the estates, there are no cartels. He is doing very well currently delivering potatoes to the city. They are in short supply and prices have spiked. In that case,sky is the limit. Was at a market over the weekend and a tomato was retailing at 15 bob a piece. I chatted a green maize guy who told me he sources from Malawi/TZ border and was amazed. "Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/16/2007 Posts: 2,114
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The hustles guys do cannot be taught in a classroom..  Gathige wrote:
In that case,sky is the limit. Was at a market over the weekend and a tomato was retailing at 15 bob a piece. I chatted a green maize guy who told me he sources from Malawi/TZ border and was amazed.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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Chaka wrote:Nice...does he have a canter or he hires transport? FRM2011 wrote:
He started like you said. Interestingly, within the estates, there are no cartels. He is doing very well currently delivering potatoes to the city. They are in short supply and prices have spiked.
Own canter but bought on credit. The numbers have shocked me. The supply chain of foodstuffs in Kenya is so messed up. The transporter/broker sits at the top. The producer sits at the bottom.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/29/2011 Posts: 2,242
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FRM2011 wrote:Chaka wrote:Nice...does he have a canter or he hires transport? FRM2011 wrote:
He started like you said. Interestingly, within the estates, there are no cartels. He is doing very well currently delivering potatoes to the city. They are in short supply and prices have spiked.
Own canter but bought on credit. The numbers have shocked me. The supply chain of foodstuffs in Kenya is so messed up. The transporter/broker sits at the top. The producer sits at the bottom. Very true. Twiga foods ( twiga.ke) is trying to revolutionalize these supply's chain and is likely to be the Mpesa of groceries retail in Ke. It isn't one very lucrative sector with good returns. Just imagine almost every household uses either an onion or a tomato in any one day making anyone along that supply chain a beneficiary. The trick is always how to reach the consumer fastest and reducing the number of agents/ brokers along the chain. "Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/16/2007 Posts: 2,114
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Correct..I read somewhere that if farming was lucrative,all brokers would be farmers..How did your relative manage to get a loan for the canter?Lenders insist on checking cash flow before lending ,i,e unless he was doing something else before.. FRM2011 wrote:
Own canter but bought on credit. The numbers have shocked me. The supply chain of foodstuffs in Kenya is so messed up. The transporter/broker sits at the top. The producer sits at the bottom.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 9/25/2017 Posts: 46 Location: Kenya
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This brokers are so bad to the extent that if you load your produce on a lorry and take them to Githurai for example I hear you can't sell anything without their intervention,your produce will lot as people watch. I'm hoping Twiga foods will be able eliminate them from the chain.
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