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Bennett needs an espresso machine and grinder to reopen a roadside café

Bennett has run a roadside café for nine years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $2,150 will put it back on its feet.

🇺🇸 Texas, United States1,518 views
Bennett G. Carroll
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San Antonio
For nine years I have run a roadside café in San Antonio. In January, a long illness and repossession took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 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 $2,150 goes: • Working capital for the first month: $710 • Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,050 • Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $390 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

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  • Tariq Fadi Khoury

    Wishing you peace, Bennett. Small businesses are the heart of San Antonio. Hope you're open again soon. We're a small family in Kinondoni but we're thinking of you.

    • Kwabena Richard Sarpong

      You're not alone. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Guarulhos donated after I showed her your page

      • Radhika L. Raju

        Small businesses are the heart of San Antonio. Hope you're open again soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

        • Orlando T. Ocampo

          sending good thoughts, Bennett. Small businesses are the heart of San Antonio. Hope you're open again soon!

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