Jasraj Kuner

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Current Situation…Ever wonder where businesses get their grocery items from?

Wholesale Grocery Operators Independent Retailers Final Consumer

Cash & Carry market worth £9.5 billion in

the UK [1]

[1]IGD.com – Free factsheets – UK Wholesale Market Overview 2005, Factsheet, IGD, Hertfordshire, viewed 23 January 2006, <http://www.igd.com/secondlevel.asp?menuID=11>

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How convenience stores currently make purchasing decisions…

Out-of-date printed newsletters from wholesale operators

Word of mouth from other retailers

Visiting different wholesale operators in one stock purchasing trip (manual price comparison)

Past experience

INEFFEICIENT

SYSTEM

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Proposed Service

GRUB

Grocery Retail Hub

An online service acting as hub for the grocery Cash & Carry industry, bringing together wholesale suppliers and customers.

•Online price comparison of items

•Up-to-date information to be directed to customers

•A central location for operators to advertise their goods and have potential customers directed to their on-site locations

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New Situation• Current rise of delivered & internet wholesalers – set to overtake

physical sites in the next 10 years.

• A service such as GRUB has the potential to become a future ordering and information mechanism in this new age.

Efficient Process

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