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Back to business - Randall's comeback in Los Angeles
A roadside café in Los Angeles needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after the demolition of the market.
🇺🇸 California, United States2,431 views
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Los Angeles. In November, the demolition of the market took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 1 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $4,200 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $2,750
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $460
• Shop repairs and licensing: $320
• Working capital for the first month: $670
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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Hope it all works out, Randall. Hope the shop reopens soon
Good luck, Randall. Looking forward to the next update. Love from São Paulo.
rooting for you. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best.
So sorry you're going through this, Randall. Hope you get there. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Thanks for sharing this, Randall. Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.