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Business At A Glance

Online Grocery Store

Startup Costs: $10,000 - $50,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.

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Franchises Available? Yes
Online Operation? Yes

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Take the hassle out of grocery shopping by setting up a convenient online store.

Business Overview

Here's a high-tech option for starting a grocery delivery service. Develop a website that features grocery items for sale. To start, offer only the most popular grocery items, like milk and bread, and as the business expands, so can your product line. Contract the delivery aspect of the service to people in your local community seeking to earn a part-time income. The operating format for the site would be very basic and easy to establish. Customers would simply log on to the site, select the items they wish to purchase, enter payment and shipping information and wait for their groceries. Once established, this type of venture could be franchised and operated in every community and city across North America.