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Back to business - Jakob's comeback in Kassel

A small grocery stall in Kassel needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after the demolition of the market.

🇩🇪 Kassel, Hesse, Germany2,782 views
Jakob Bergmann
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Kassel
For four years I have run a small grocery stall in Kassel. In August, the demolition of the market took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 6 weeks. This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment. Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $3,000 goes: • Replacing a cold-storage unit: $1,450 • Initial stock: fresh produce: $690 • Shop repairs and licensing: $490 • Working capital for the first month: $370 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Jakob
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Jakob

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($539 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Happy to help. I'm in Springfield, thinking of you.”

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  • Tunde Okechukwu YakubuID verified

    Praying for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

    • Kayode Abubakar BelloQuestion

      Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Jakob.

      • Jakob BergmannOwnerAnswer

        Sure. The biggest one is replacing a cold-storage unit, $1,450. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. I'll keep the page updated.

    • Thiago Wellington Alves

      Keep going, Jakob. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.

      • Recep Murat Bozkurt

        wishing you peace, Jakob. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Gaziantep.

        • Shapla Mousumi SikderQuestion

          Is there anything that isn't money that would help Jakob?

          • Jakob BergmannOwnerAnswer

            Thank you. If you're in Kassel I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.

        • Marilyn Moreno

          Wishing you peace. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Thinking of Kassel

          • Saraswathi B. Rao

            thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.

            • Fernando C. Pérez

              Good luck, Jakob. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Thinking of Kassel.

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