Sweet Papaya
- Created by: Sam Hockley
- Created on: 12-05-14 11:17
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- Sweet Papaya
- Background
- St Martin's University in Hertfordshire
- Difficult for students to buy fruit and vegetables locally
- Roger Fries and Julie Wood
- Business Management students
- Co-operative
- "Run by students for students. Good food and fair prices for all"
- Grew in size through word-of-mouth
- Operations
- Set up a stall in the Student's Union Building
- annual £10 membership fee
- crucial for the continued success of SP
- Money is used for publicity leaflets
- Only additional income that can be used to break even or run the business
- Roger, Julie and 10 volunteers process the orders
- A box of vegetables is sold for £5
- fruit is sold for £3
- All 'fair trade' produce
- Members encouraged to express views
- Monthly meetings
- Human Resources
- open five days a week 11am to 5pm
- first, second and third year students
- Volunteers not professionals
- motivation = gain skills
- other commitments
- Unpaid = attendence and punctuality can become a major issue
- Roger is in charge of dealing with suppliers
- need to train successors
- Julie manages finances
- need to train successors
- Julie manages finances
- Technology
- Records or orders and payments are transferred manually into a book from notes on scrap pieces of paper
- important messages often do not get passed on
- haphazard manner
- important messages often do not get passed on
- An electronic till is desperately needed
- long queues are common
- Records or orders and payments are transferred manually into a book from notes on scrap pieces of paper
- The future
- in a recent meeting, including dairy produce was suggested
- Empty storeroom in Union building- £200 a month
- Fixed costs....
- £100 from dairy
- £50 from veg
- £50 from fruit
- Fitting storeroom would require capital investment
- As SP has limited sources of finance, careful budgeting is needed.
- Fixed costs....
- Background
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