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Shota needs a cold-storage unit to reopen a small grocery stall
A small grocery stall in Osaka needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after the demolition of the market.
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For nine years I have run a small grocery stall in Osaka. 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 Wednesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $2,250 goes:
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $1,050
• Initial stock: fresh produce: $480
• Shop repairs and licensing: $190
• Working capital for the first month: $530
Thanks for reading all this.
- Shota
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hang in there, Shota. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Shota?
Praying for you, Shota. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Laredo.
Wishing you the best. Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.
Wishing you peace. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Québec but we're thinking of you.
Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Arlington
Thinking of you, Shota. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 15 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything.