How Do You Become A Health Food Distributor?
Organic food production is the fastest growing food industry today, and sale of food and drinks that support healthy diets are close behind, according to OrganicFoodDirectory.com and NutraIngredients.com. Becoming involved in the health food industry can be a good business move, but if the business isn’t properly established it will not succeed. Having a sound business plan together with learning the elements of food distribution and the special needs of health food distribution will allow an entrepreneur to become a successful health food distributor. Take a basic business course through a local community college or an online course. Subjects to learn before starting a business are: how to set up an accounting system; federal and state tax laws; how to market; and how to act as an intermediary (distributor) between the health food wholesaler and the retailer. Map out a business plan. Some decisions to make are: what kind of health foods to sell (produce, packaged goods, or maybe vitam
