Softdrinks Distributor - pros and cons

[HenryLiwanag]

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Hi istoryans,
Ask unta ko sa inyo opinions and knowledge about the pros and cons of softdrinks distributor nga business. Unsa may mga risk and benefits ani?

thanks

[AmorsoloX]

Hi istoryans,
Ask unta ko sa inyo opinions and knowledge about the pros and cons of softdrinks distributor nga business. Unsa may mga risk and benefits ani?

thanks

nindut man.. dpende sa imu volume.. kung dako imu volume. nindut kay barato imo pag kumpra.. saun ra pud ibaligya..

kung gamay ra, gansi ka.. dapat naa ka tindahan and dapat duol sa heavy traffic imu place.. dont forget nga mahal ang operating cost sa electric cooler.. kung gamay ra, bugat baya ang styro cooler.. hehehe.

[HenryLiwanag]

amorsolox, thanks sa info.

dili ba ni siya delikado sa kawat? i read an article sa local news 2008 man guro to na purdoy ka nag inside job iyang checkers ug mga sales agents. Unsa may maayu control measure ana?

[kalawkaw23]

Hi istoryans,
Ask unta ko sa inyo opinions and knowledge about the pros and cons of softdrinks distributor nga business. Unsa may mga risk and benefits ani?

thanks

naka work ko sauna sa isa ka dako nga softdrink company, ok sya nga negosyo kay di gyud ka ma 0, pero bantay pud ka sa imo basiyo kay kato akoa distributor sauna nga ako gi handlean gi kawatan ug basiyo worth 200k, pwd baya na nila ma encash... ang end result na potbol ang ahente ga handle sa distrubor sauna..

[HenryLiwanag]

thanks kalaw

[nofriends]

I was studying this kind of business before
but sad to say, I never had studied even
one factor. Poor...Now thanks to some members
who partake their knowledge and ideas.

[HenryLiwanag]

saka ko gamay for additional infos

[nofriends]

nindot lage ning naay moshare ug mga ideas
ky naa tay makat-onan..

continue lng mo ha mga dudez

[Hot Ice]

naa sa kilid sa balay sa ako GF then tig distribute sila og soft drinks. sauna gamay pa pero karun dako na. naa na sila jeep gamiton nila pag hatod.

then, wala man silay cooler. ila baligya kay dli man bugnaw.

[smartkid]

Kon gusto ka mag dealer of either Coke or San Mig, you will need a lot of collateral. The amount is based on what area you are applying for. Lets say the area has an estimated sales volume of 5 million pesos a month, you will have to put up 5 million pesos cash or property as collateral. You will need a warehouse, routing trucks, salesmen, pahinante, all depending again on the area you are applying for. It is profitable, but you have to watch out for a lot of things where you can lose money like breakage, pilferage, theft, etc. you have to be 200% hands-on because you willl be handling cash and lots of credit.
I suggest you go to your local distributor and try to see if they can share the discounts with you. These companies outsource their distribution and they give them discounts for it. The distributors obviously go out and distribute the products to 3 channels, tertiary, secondary and primary accounts. So you probably have to go through them to distribute they have their own areas and you cannot encroach.
Tertiary market – sari sari stores, palengke etc. usually COD basis.
Secondary – if memory serves me right it follows the number of cash registers you have I think if you have 2 registers you’re part of this segment already. They also have more volume than the sari sari store and they usually order their goods before delivery.
Primary – these are the key accounts like SM and Robinsons, etc. This is usually a tough market simply because they like to lengthen their payables. If you don’t have working cap for at least 90 days you are going to be in big trouble serving this market.
Most big companies handle the big primary accounts and let their distributors handle the tertiary and secondary channels but the industry i think is changing and total outsourcing of logistics and distribution is being done or considered.
This is a game of operational efficiencies. Your discounts are fixed and it simply caps your earnings. If your expenses are too much you simply lose money. The industry is volume driven, you can make money if you can deliver enough goods at the lowest cost. Very sensitive to fuel fluctuations obviously and the principals are not quick to adjust discounts to cover the fluctuations.