In this article, we discuss the retail company Sarisuki. Sarisuki is revolutionizing the food and retail industry by offering affordable and the best quality grocery items to its customers in the Philippines. Let us delve into the insight to understand Sarisuki’s different business models of Ka-Sari and Ka-Suki.
Founding Story of Sarisuki
Sarisuki is a tech-driven food and essential goods provider in the Philippines. Sarisuki was founded in 2020 to solve the problems of the COVID-19 pandemic and is part of the founders’ mission to empower communities across the country. It is an online platform to enrich the lives of people in communities by offering them to sell their products.
The founders of Sarisuki are Brian Cu, Philippe Lorenzo, Manuel Mejia, and Angelo Lee. Brian Cu is the CEO and co-founder of Sarisuki. The idea of Sarisuki emerged when Kate, the wife of Brian Cu began to sell fruits and vegetables to her community during the pandemic. She used to buy fresh produce in bulk and sell them with discounts based on area requirements. Apart from her, community sellers all over the county were providing needs for their neighbors. Benign inspired by this business model Sarisuki was started in the year 2020 with the mission to empower communities in the country.
About Sarisuki
Sarisuki is a community selling and buying platform helping people to become online grocery sellers by offering buyers fresh and affordable grocery items. Sarisuki provides fresh groceries to their local communities every day through Ka-sari community leaders.
In Sarisuki people get grocery items at the affordable price with great quality. People can buy groceries at Sarisuki, cheaper than the local supermarket without compromising the quality of items. There is no minimum order and hidden charges, you can order more or a little and then it from your Ka-Sari without any delivery fees. Safe and faster, you can order online or from Ka-Sari and receive personal updates on your orders.
Ka-Sari – Community Leader
Ka-Sari is the community leader who sells fresh grocery items to their customers. The Ka-Sari app is used by leaders to manage their online stores, their, merchandise, and orders from customers. Around 2100+ Sari’s have joined Sarisuki and are earning money through it.
The benefits gained by Ka-Sari are as follows – Being a Ka-Sari one can earn extra income of up to P 30,00 per month through online selling. Next is to sell from home, by selling in their community and products will be delivered to Ka-Sari to their area itself. No capital is required to start a business and Ka-Sari can also buy from themselves at a cheap price.
The responsibilities of Ka-Sari are they need to share their online store with neighbors and local communities and get tips on selling the items. Ka-Sari needs to pack the items according to the order after receiving them from Sarisuki. Next, update the customer on the delivery process and after collecting fees Ka-Sari needs to pay it to Sarisuki. Ka-Sari also needs to answer the queries of Ka-Suki (customers) and support them.
Ka-Suki – Customers or buyers
Ka-Suki refers to the customers or buyers who purchase groceries from Sarisuki through Ka-Sari. Ka-Suki can order items with simple and easy steps initially, customers need to download the app and sign in. Next buyer needs to find a nearby Ka-sari a community leader to deliver the items. Later add grocery items you want to buy and Ka-Sari will deliver fresh products at an affordable price. Once the order is received Ka-Suki should pay fees and can ask for queries regarding the process and orders.
Sarisuki is providing its Ka-Suki with a new feature called the Suki Referral Campaign. In this campaign, Ka-Suki can get P100 off for every friend who uses Ka-Suki’s unique referral code and makes their first order. The referrer will get a voucher for every successful referral and can also gain exciting offer coupons.
Sarisuki brings customers closer to farm-fresh goods and provides them at an affordable price. Sarisuki is been partnered with several top brands with the vision to provide a wide range of products along with fruits and vegetables. Some of the partners are Universal Robin, NutrAsia, P&G, CocaCola, Unilever, Mondetex International, Bounty, and Nestle. Sarisuki which was started during the pandemic time with the mission of helping local communities has now become the one-stop place for selling and buying fresh goods online.