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Mission statement:

  • MIT Gardening Distributors takes pride in their service & products that they distribute to their customers; therefore our aim is to supply synergistic gardening products to the gardening industry and have a positive influence into the greening of the planet!

Goals:

  • The goal of MIT is to be a one stop supply/distribution company with products on offer that are synergistic and compliment each other.
  • We aim to be the best medium sized distribution business in the gardening industry. We offer unique and mainstream products, with the focus on “fast moving consumer goods”.

Objectives:

  • Since inception MIT has moved on and has become a company with a good reputation for service, product offering and good trustworthy personnel!
  • We aim to be even better and to keep our customers happy regards our service and product offering.
  • We intend staying in the organic side of the industry because that is where we see the real growth for th future.

Company strenghts:

  • Our strength is our size; we are small enough to be flexible, but big enough to satisfy the demand and to withstand competition coming our way.
  • MIT has its own brand – Weed-Gard, which has taken the gardening and growing market by storm. After only 2,5 years we are averaging 50-60 000 square meters per month!
  • MIT have an established distribution system in place and any new products that we get on board, we just add to the distribution. Our economies of scale benefits from every new range.
  • The sales personnel is one of our biggest assets; they are really doing well with their customers. They are trusted, respected and will do a lot to keep them happy. The rest of the delivery staff and office workers are also of a high quality. Our moral is high, and being a young company and with relative young people working within, we have a lot of energy available!
  • Our name in the industry is also one of our greatest assets; we are well connected, with the owner serving as Vice-President on the South African Nursery Association's (SANA) board, Chairman of the Marketing committee, and chairman of the Allied Bulbs, Seed, and Trade Association!