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A small grocery stall in Birmingham needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after a break-in.
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For nine years I have run a small grocery stall in Birmingham. In August, a break-in took a cold-storage unit. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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 $2,550 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $940
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $800
• Shop repairs and licensing: $200
• Working capital for the first month: $610
Thanks for reading all this.
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Best of luck, Mustafa. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
So sorry you're going through this, Mustafa. Shared it with a few friends. Love from San Francisco
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 17 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.