Tips for you to choose the source of wholesale snacks

You are new to the business and do not have much experience in choosing a source of wholesale snacks suitable for your customer segment, as well as that source must meet important criteria such as: product quality. products, prices and meeting hygiene and safety standards. If you do not want to buy a source of goods at an expensive price - bury a small capital, or cheap but do not guarantee quality, the following article is worth your reference.

1. Find wholesale sources of snacks from factories and production facilities

When looking for workshops and snack food production facilities, you should choose outstanding establishments specializing in regional specialties such as Hai Phong coconut tea, Cai Lay sausage, Soc Trang pia cake, and Phan Thiet filter cake. , Hue crab cakes, Nam Can Ca Mau shrimp cakes, Da Lat cheese yogurt, Tay Ninh rice paper, dimsum of Chinese people in District 5 Cho Lon... Or you can go to factories specializing in producing some types of food. products such as the wholesale factory of dried brown rice, the wholesale factory of dried chicken, salted egg fish skin, bag yogurt, all kinds of country cakes...

Advantages:

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• Workshops specializing in the production of one item should ensure uniform quality
• Some establishments are already known, so buyers can easily trust the quality.
• Factory wholesale price is always the lowest.

Weaknesses:

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• Although producing the same product, not all facilities are of the same quality, so you must consult carefully to find a reputable establishment.
• Most of the factories are in the province, so they have to pay extra shipping costs, if they want to save costs, they have to import goods in large quantities.
• The items are not diversified because each facility only produces certain items
• There still exist many small establishments producing manually, which have not yet controlled food safety issues

2. Find wholesale sources of snacks from manufacturing companies

This is a guaranteed source of goods. Because the source of goods from companies will help you get rid of the worry of buying fake goods of poor quality.

Advantages:

• Have full business license, valid papers
• The company must pass the food safety and hygiene certificate to be allowed to operate, so you can rest assured about hygiene
• Direct manufacturer, competitive price
• Custom production may be required if you import in bulk
• Has its own customer care team

Weaknesses:

• The price will be a little higher than the factory
• Just like the factory, the manufacturing company is often limited in product diversification because the company often focuses on a certain type of product.
•   Some companies only order large quantities of goods. They do not wholesale with small orders.

3. Find wholesale sources of snacks from the General Warehouse

Advantages:

• Diverse goods, many choices. You only need to contact a single contact to import thousands of different items and do not need to enter a lot of each item.
• Competitive prices because most of these establishments import directly from production facilities across the country.
• Many warehouses also support delivery for customers to help save transportation costs and travel time.
• Some wholesale warehouses come to the place and can get wholesale prices from only 1-5 items

Disadvantages:

• If you do not choose carefully, you may encounter wholesale warehouses for profit that import poor quality goods, goods of unknown origin.
• Because the number of orders of the general warehouse is very large, if you are only a small wholesaler, your order will not be prioritized.
• Due to the large quantity, the quality of the goods is not strictly controlled
• You will have to place an order if you don't want the shortage to happen due to the timely delivery of the goods
• Too many sides so you can be overwhelmed, easily fall into the trap of importing too many items and choosing the wrong ones that don't sell well.

4. Contact to buy wholesale or be a collaborator for snack shops, distributors

If you don't have a lot of capital to import a lot, you can look for snack shops that retail and have wholesale distribution. If you want to be a CTV, you can negotiate with them on-site to save on delivery costs

Advantage:

• Less capital investment. Most shops recruit wholesale with the first order only 10 products or 1 million VND
• Compared with the general warehouse specializing in wholesale, with shops that both wholesale and retail, the quality of goods is often more carefully selected.

Disadvantage:

• Must depend on the source of goods completely on that shop, that is, what they import to sell, you have to sell according to them, not mastering the source of the goods.
• Low profit because through many stages in the space, if you want to make a lot of profit, you have to push up the price, making it difficult to compete with competitors.

Closing

In short, today's snack business is a battle of many shop owners both online and offline. To quickly make a mark on the market, you need to get a good, reputable and cheap wholesale snack. Hopefully, after this article, you will find a pickup address that suits your capital and business model. Good luck for you!