7 Grocery Transportation Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Grocery Transportation Business

Grocery transportation is a booming business today and it's not just due to the increase in the number of people who work from home. The fact is, as more and more people move into urban areas, grocery stores are popping up in every neighborhood.

The grocery transportation business is a very popular industry. Competition is stiff as Walmart, Amazon and other big-box retailers have been driving smaller retailers out of the market. Due to the competitive market, grocery transportation businesses have many ways of competing with one another. You should be aware of what the competition offers and employ all that you can to get ahead of them.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a grocery transportation business:

1. HalalWorldDepot ($2.4M/year)

Mohamad Saad, one of the founders of HalalWorldDepot, launched the business as a side hustle to list Halal products from his father's store online. With an initial investment of $5,000 for the website and shipping materials, the company quickly gained traction and now boasts a customer return rate of 50-60% and steady profitability. The future looks promising as HalalWorldDepot continues to expand and serve the growing community of Muslims in the United States.

How much they make: $2.4M/year
How much did it cost to start: $5K
Current team size: 10

I Started My Online Food Business At 17: It Now Earns $720K/Year

HalalWorldDepot is a Halal online marketplace that started three years ago as a meat and grocery delivery service and has now expanded to offer a wide variety of Halal products, with a customer return rate of 50-60%, profitability at 16-25%, and over 10,000 customers, with plans to expand to Canada and the United Kingdom within three to five years.

About

Mohamad started HalalWorldDepot over 5 years ago

Revenue

Mohamad grew the business to $200K/month

Costs

It cost Mohamad $5000 to start the business

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4. Forrester

Where they're located: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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So... can you actually make money with a grocery transportation business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

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Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

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Where they're located: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website traffic: 100K/month