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Start-up fund for Eimear: reopening a small grocery stall after a long illness and repossession
A small grocery stall in Kilkenny needs help replacing a cold-storage unit after a long illness and repossession.
🇮🇪 Leinster, Ireland1,994 views
For nine years I have run a small grocery stall in Kilkenny. In May, a long illness and repossession 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 8 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 $2,850 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $310
• Shop repairs and licensing: $580
• Replacing a cold-storage unit: $1,960
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
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Hope it all works out, Eimear. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Eimear.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. working capital for the first month comes first ($310) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Thanks, that means a lot.
Thinking of you and your family, Eimear. Your post was clear and honest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings.
How is Eimear doing now?
hang in there, Eimear. Hope this works out for you.
hope the shop reopens soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
Rooting for you, Eimear. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Udaipur but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Kilkenny!
Hang in there. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Blessings