How to get your product in to Whole Foods Market – Part 5 First delivery!
So you met a really cool team leader, and he agreed to carry your product. The leader sent your product information over to the regional office and they sent you some information to get you set up for direct deposit. After a few pestering calls and emails to the team leader he finally says “Ok, you’re in our system.” and he places his first order. So now what do you do? First I should clarify something. When the leader puts you ‘in the system’, you are only available in that one Whole Foods Market. You’ll have to check in on how things are selling at the store, and see when he wants to reorder. But I’m getting a little bit ahead of myself. The question you might have next is. How does the delivery work? This is pretty easy. Create duplicate invoices on the computer, there is no standard format, just create something that has the store name and location, and all the order details including price. You’ll also need to come up with some kind of invoice number. I used an abbreviation of the Whole Foods location followed by the date of the delivery. For example, Whole Foods Market Beverly Hills order delivered on March 1st, 2010 invoice number would read WHBVH030110. Take the order to the store, there will always be someone in the back who can sign for your order. Give him a copy to keep (that’s how you get paid!), and keep the signed copy for your records. Whole Foods generally will pay you in about 45 days or less by direct deposit. Next posting, DVO and beyond!