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Im trying budget everything at the moment and wondered on average on a normal week what you would say you spend on fresh flowers if anyone minds answering would be very grateful

Sorry for all the questions cant you just tell im a newbie to the forum

I only have a small shop so my budget is quite small - about £500 for a normal week, more if a big funeral is on the books or wedding. Realistically speaking if this is for a project, try and watch what sells in your placement, cut that figure by 70% for a new business, then do the maths as they have taught you to cost at college. I know its working backwards but its essential education. For example, if you expect to sell 10 £25 baskets in a week, then work out what they cost in flowers, the same for bouquets you can realistically expect to sell, etc etc. Be very careful not to over-egg the mixture though. Hope this helps

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That really is unanswerable leanne, and i dont think any of our answers will help you. Its like saying how long is a piece of string.

Some people take 1000 a week and some 5000 a week. Just get a little of everything, maybe spend about 400 - 500 on your first spend and include some plants in that

Ok thanks guys,Just scared im gonna have £100's worth of flowers left at the end of the week that are unsaleable im sure i will have some weeks thou the perks of this job i suppose

Leanne

Just wait till next valentines day when you have spent thousands on red roses and flowers and only have one order in

Leanne, is it a brand new shop or have you taken one over? Am assuming its new by your list of sundries!! As Ellie said it is hard to gauge but I would think for a brand new shop expect to spend £400 on flowers, then, if you can fill up with plants. It is a difficult one cos it depends where you are based etc etc.

When i opened my shop in november it created quite a bit of interest as i was taking over a shop that had been empty for quite a while. what with all the refurbishment going on by the time i opened people were chomping at the bit to be nosy. so, i wanted the shop to look fantastic from day one. my view was that i would run a huge line in every style of flower, i did my homework and spread it out so i had some run of the mill (for the old girls) some really unusual for the hip/trendy people and being very multicultural round her i made sure i had exotics in as weel.
it seems to have paid off. i ran at a loss for that first week but now i am in profit or on the nose nearly every week, people come to me because they know i either have it in or can get it in the next day (might be a problem if you buy off the van). what id did do though was make loads of designs and put them in the window. all designs for everyone. lets them see your work without having to 'trust' the new florist.


good luck darlin, it will be ok. just remember, it is fine to make mistakes, everyone does. just make sure you learn from them.

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Never say never.

Well, unless your sure.

I have a small shop so cant stock alots of flowers. I'm buying flowers from dutch lorry every monday then go to market during week, sometimes ones sometimes more times.... its difficult to predict how much flowers you will need, every week is different.... but going often to market gives me possibility to have fresh flowers all the time and dont throw alots of them (still do it thou)

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We're not a huge florist shop, but prob spend around the £200-£300 on cut flowers, but don't forget about plants and sundries per week too. anything left at the end of the week can either go in bargain bqts (weekend pickups and market them as 'colour for the weekend') or have a look at what will stand longer and just use as normal for the beginning of the next weekor funeral work. We try (in an ideal world) to work on a 5% wastage level...of course some weeks are going to be more than that tho...

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