1. Determine the type of business

Generally, small vendors on the street mainly sell ordinary fruits such as apples and oranges. These fruits have a long shelf life and are not easy to go bad; non-staple food stores There will be more seasonal fruits such as bananas, watermelons, and grapefruits; the fruit stores will have more varieties. In addition to ordinary fruits, the larger ones will also sell some imported fruits. The smaller ones will also sell mangos, cantaloupes, etc. at higher prices. fruits; mobile fruit stalls operated on trucks and flatbeds mainly sell larger seasonal fruits, such as pineapples, grapefruits, watermelons, cantaloupes, oranges, etc.

2. Time and wholesale location selection

The working hours of the fruit wholesale market start at 4 o'clock in the morning, and are most active before 10 o'clock.

Those who purchase from large wholesale markets are merchants who require large quantities of goods. It is best for small customers to go to small and medium-sized wholesale markets. The wholesalers there also come from large wholesale markets for some of their goods. If there is another level of resale, the price may be higher. However, there is also the principle of proximity when purchasing goods. Goods from large wholesale markets are cheaper, and including travel expenses, they may not be worth it.

3. Identify wholesalers:

There are roughly two major categories and four small types of wholesalers:

(1) Local wholesalers have their own fixed They are divided into two types: one group of people go to other places to receive goods and wholesale them themselves; the other group of people receive goods from out-of-town middlemen.

(2) Foreign wholesalers, they generally do not have a fixed location, and are divided into two types: one wholesaler collects a large amount of fruits locally and transports them to the wholesale market for direct wholesale to retailers; large growers directly Transport fruits from your own home to the market for wholesale to retailers.

These four wholesalers offer different prices and sell different varieties. It takes more observation and understanding to distinguish them and determine the wholesalers for long-term cooperation.

4. Find out the true price of wholesale:

All kinds of wholesalers verbally have similar prices, but different categories of wholesalers have different price concession ranges. It is necessary to find out the real price. Wholesale price.

5. Other tips

(1) If you want to get a bargain, you can wait a little

Take cherries as an example, this fruit costs about 4 We start selling, and wholesalers are always ready to sell them at low prices as soon as 9 o'clock passes, because cherries spoil too easily. Generally, the price can drop from 8.5 yuan/jin to 7 yuan/jin.

(2) Check the wholesale price

The wholesaler uses a calculator to calculate the price and adds 0.05 yuan to the original price. You may not be able to calculate it with your head.

So, either check it with a calculator, or watch him count the numbers in person.

(3) Check the quality of fruits

Be sure to check and pass the fruits one by one, especially when wholesale by the box. It's easy to hide a bad fruit or two in a box of fruit. Unpacking and inspecting is troublesome, but it allows you to avoid losses.

(4) Check the weight of the whole box

Do not move the goods directly just because the wholesaler tells you how much a box weighs. One box after another is overweighed, even if it is missing a kilogram. Doing business is not about pride. A piece of fruit is also money. It is difficult to make big money without making small money.