[Jayhawk-chapter] nuts sales

Sun Aug 15 03:04:28 UTC 2010

>Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:48:18 -0500
>To: "d" <63characters at comcast.net>
>From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>Subject: Re: reply offlist-nuts questions
>
>Dear Debbie,
>that's very helpful!
>I sincerely appreciate your sharing these details.
>
>oh one question, please elaborate on the dropping profits and how 
>you guys don't think you can increase your sale prices.
>you mean that the prices for similar products in the stores  are low 
>enough that you feel you cannot price your own sales much higher, 
>and that these prices don't leave so much profit?
>thank you.
>jc
>
>At 09:40 PM 7/16/2010, you wrote:
>>   We have sold nuts for 20 years.  The profits are going down, 
>> because we feel we can't raise prices to the level that would keep 
>> the profits the same, based on prices of nuts in stores. We are 
>> now using Anne's House of Nuts.
>>
>>We use pre-packaged nuts.  Some of the places we sell them wouldn't 
>>let us sell bags we'd packaged ourselves.  We sell at stores, but 
>>members sell individually as well.  We wish we could find more 
>>unsalted nuts, but companies don't seem to have them 
>>pre-packaged.  In our area we can sell pecans for eight dollars.
>>
>>Let me know if you have any more questions.
>>
>>Debbie Brown, President
>>Sligo Creek Chapter
>>National Federation of the Blind
>>of Maryland
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. 
>>N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>>To: <63characters at comcast.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:37 PM
>>Subject: reply offlist-nuts questions
>>
>>
>>>thanks for answering my request on the presidents list.
>>>
>>>our chapter, the Jayhawk Chapter  of Kansas is considering doing 
>>>nuts sales for fundraising.
>>>
>>>we have some questions:
>>>did you get your nuts prepackaged?
>>>which company was your supplier?
>>>did your sales earn a lot of money for the chapter?
>>>were you satisfied with the supplier?
>>>did you hit any problems in doing the actual sale?
>>>were you able to sell all the nuts you  brought in for chapter sales?
>>>
>>>if you have done nuts sales for a long time, do you notice any 
>>>trends? that is, for example are  nuts sales more difficult than before?
>>>and, how effective was this as a fundraiser overall? in other 
>>>words, did you earn enough money to make the effort worthwhile?
>>>
>>>thank you very much!  I sincerely appreciate your experience and 
>>>your comments!
>>>jc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 05:30 AM 7/15/2010, you wrote:
>>>>The Sligo Creek Chapter has been selling nuts for over 20 
>>>>years.  Since I have been in the chapter, we have used three 
>>>>different companies.  My email address is 63characters at comcast.net
>>>>
>>>>Debbie Brown, President
>>>>Sligo Creek Chapter
>>>>NFB of Maryland
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. 
>>>>N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>>>>To: "NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list" 
>>>><chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 7:57 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [Chapter-presidents] nuts sales
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>dit dit
>>>>>
>>>>>At 09:04 PM 7/14/2010, you wrote:
>>>>>>I know plenty of nuts but insofar as I am aware, none of them 
>>>>>>are for sale, much as I would like them to be. (har)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. 
>>>>>>N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>>>>>>To: "NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list" 
>>>>>><chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:37 PM
>>>>>>Subject: [Chapter-presidents] nuts sales
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have heard from April and Robert.
>>>>>>>anybody else have experience with recent nuts sales for 
>>>>>>>chapter fundraisers?
>>>>>>>I'll write you offlist.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>thanks.
>>>>>>>jc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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