Jenny Woodruff – Purple Peach Franchisee
"I really believe I have found the perfect franchise in Purple Peach, which is a range of high quality stickers which I supply on consignment to independent retailers in my exclusive area - it suits my lifestyle and offers me a part-time job without the part-time wage.
After working full-time for over 25 years I wanted to be able to work hours that suited me and with Purple Peach I can, the hours are so flexible. I‘ve built up to nearly 200 customers who I visit every other month, so I have to merchandise 100 customers per month.
I prefer to spread my workload out so I visit 20 to 25 customers per week. As I have the dreaded school run to do I only work from 9.30 to 2.30pm which means I tend to visit between 6 to 8 customers per day depending on driving distances and size of customer.
On a good week this means I sometimes only need to be on the road 3 or 4 days. Also I’m always on the look out for new customers while en-route. My best customer to date is a Garden Centre that sold 300 stickers in 1 month (if I can find more like this one I really will be able to put my feet up).
Because the stock is so small I carry it in the boot of my car, which means no rushing home to offload the stock before picking up the children. I then spend half a day at home, re-sorting my stock and doing the paperwork.
With Purple Peach no two days are the same. I really wish I had found the franchise years ago – I can honestly say that since joining Purple Peach I have never had those Monday morning blues."
