boomerscout Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Kroger prides itself on being part of the community. Even though "your" Kroger is shuttered, they may let you use the commercial kitchen in the deli department Catering is not easy work; it just looks easy. Selling barbecue across the counter on weekends, combined with weekend lunch delivery to the local businesses sounds like a winner. It will still be hard at first until everything shaken down. Many daycare were required to have kitchens. That old Kroger may still have its kitchen I would probably skip pizza as there are already pizza shops in the area. To get your initial launch money, I would hit up the clientel of the dive bars and the beauty shops. Several merit badges can come out of this. Not just cooking, but finance, salesmanship, art, business, public speaking The simpler the menu the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Forget popcorn, half of that is going to the folks that don't want to help you. We never reach our goal with popcorn. Cubbies are much cuter. Not sure where you live BD, but if the leaves fall off about this time of year, buy some rakes and some tarps and have kids offer to rake leaves. $10-$15/hour/scout is reasonable. People hate raking leaves. Could be a great team building activity for patrols. Big kids rake, little kids stuff bags. We do the Christmas tree pickup and ask for donations. One week we pass out a lot of addressed envelopes with a paper explaining what we're doing and the following week we drive by and pick up trees. People mail us checks. It is about $8/hr/scout for the whole thing. You'd have to do that in the nice areas as real trees seem to be a luxury anymore. BTW, 200 trees takes up a LOT of room. Too bad the Kroger store closed, they have a fund raiser that gives you 5% of all purchases. You put $100 on the card, buy $100 worth of groceries, and eventually $5 gets mailed to you. Reload the card, repeat. Actually, maybe you could go door to door in the nice part of town and see if people will adopt your troop and use cards with your troop as the beneficiary. Write a monthly letter of what your troop is doing and how the money is being spent and send it to the people that use the cards. People would feel good about helping you out and it wouldn't cost them much at all. Kroger gets steady customers. The problem is all of the other non-profits may be doing the same thing. That's what happens in our town. But for people without kids, there may be an opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 How much do you charge for Christmas tree removal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosetracker Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Territory and turf, total BS. We have some McMansions in our "turf" but also a lot of apartment complexes. Popcorn does not sell there at all. Why are you selling popcorn at all ? Sell pizzas or something else people can actually use. Families are going to but frozen pizza anyway, why not pay a little more for some and help out a good cause. $20 for a small bag of Carmel popcorn is a luxury. Can you find a way to put that $4k BBQ to work ?KDD is correct, with the do different things, but when he started with "Territory and turf, total BS." I thought he was headed down a different path.. Nothing says you can't take the kids and sell door to door in more affluent areas, the parts that can afford the overpriced stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerscout Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? He does have the Ohio State University. Do they play football? A quick search tells me the Naval ROTC has a lock on stadium cleanup. However, they may be willing to subcontract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Kroger prides itself on being part of the community. Even though "your" Kroger is shuttered, they may let you use the commercial kitchen in the deli department Just remembered years ago the radio station did free concert in the park and was going to serve free tube steaks and burgers. Health dept required us to serve "out a covered window". So local soda bottler loaned us trailer and donated a bunch of cornies of syrup. Food went from Webers in trailer wrapped in kabnitwax and out window. Seemed totally stupid to me, but we were able to serve free fountain soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? Yes there are and they are spoken for. We were going to sell bottled water at the 4th of july festival.....needed a safeserv certificate to get the peddlers permit. Sure they have budget troubles.....But they are sending their guys to philmont, Northern Tier and Sea Base.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 How much do you charge for Christmas tree removalWe just ask for a donation. Some are cheap and some are very generous. The donation makes it a lot easier as we just make two sweeps through. First to hand out a flier and the second to pick up any tree we find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerscout Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? The Food Protection Program of Columbus Public Health offers workshops on food safety. Each class is designed to promote proper food handling procedures to prevent foodborne illness. SERVSAFE: MANAGER’S CERTIFICATION COURSE This course is a detailed study of food safety procedures and prevention of foodborne illnesses. Developed by The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, this HACCP-based course gives participants national, state and local recognition as certified in food safety. Location: Columbus Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 Cost: $150.00 per person - Available to anyone LEVEL 1 / PERSON IN-CHARGE (PIC) The Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code requires that all food facilities have a person in charge (PIC) working at all times. To be a PIC, an employee should understand food safety procedures that relate to the operation. This class will teach food safety principles necessary to be a PIC. Location: Columbus Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 Cost: $25.00 - Columbus Food Licensees and their employees or residents of Columbus (Proof Required) To sell bottled water, a Level One should suffice. To make barbecue, someone prob needs to be Manager Certified. Possible problem is that training is offered weekdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerscout Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? This may be cheaper: Ohio State University Extension offers ServSafe® trainings across the state that fit every organization's needs, using a variety of training methods. Targeting restaurant managers, school food service, nursing homes and other food service personnel, the ServSafe® training program is the industry standard for food safety education. Family and Consumer Sciences Educators are certified instructors through the National Restaurant Association and offer classes in the following counties. If you are unable to find a class near you, contact Linnette Goard, Field Specialist, Food Safety. By email at goard.1@osu.edu or by phone at 330-725-4911 x 107. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerscout Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? If the dive bars don't sell food (hamburgers, etc) , the barkeep will probably welcome your barbecue vending just to keep the customers on the premises. Unfortunately, this idea will be limited to adult Scouters and their spouses, although the Scouts can help in the kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? Your assuming those folks in those bars are going to want to eat... Most are in there self medicating. What drunk is going to pay $6-7 bucks for a sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 How much do you charge for Christmas tree removalSo how do you collect the donations???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Are there any universities or ball parks that would allow your pack/troop to come in and clean up the day after games? Maybe even after events at county fairgrounds? My university did that, and student organizations got paid for it. It took about hundred people to clean up a 40,000 seat stadium in a couple hours. Just the trash. Do you have a county fair or some other community event where you could sell bottled water and sodas? Or even just staff a booth for the event organizers, that way you aren't providing money to buy the beverages and ice? And, is any troop over on the rich side of town open to the possibility of your kids, maybe just a few at a time, coming over and working a fundraiser for an equal portion of the profits? Yes, the other troop would be giving up some money, but there's something about being kind, helpful, and friendly in the Scout Law. Do the SMs over there have any idea what your budget struggles are, and how open would you want to be about that? I appreciate your enthusiasm....ya H A P P Y we luv your ideas. But I don't want this to become full time jobs.... If I can get the church board to let the troop make their kitchen pass the county inspections which basicaly is servsafe. I can cook out of there.....We can pull the trailer to a high traffic area parking lot and cook 20 or so butts and Clear $800 or so bucks in a Saturday afternoon. Especially if we can get a lot close to the game. Butts are about $6 each thinking I can get 6-8 sandwiches or so a piece. X $5 $40 per butt. so The best bake beans in the world.....$2. The butts should take about 6-9 hours to finish. Or we can vend at some of the festivals around town. I gotta have some help from the parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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