SC -Food Fund Raiser was Food Attitude

[Wanda Pease]

Another take on selling food for a fund raiser:

At one place I worked (a large building with over 500+ people) we were
allowed to run food type fund raisers.  The proviso was that we couldn't put
a price on things.  People had to "donate".  So, we cooked up all the sorts
of goodies that people on coffee break might want, including cakes, cookies,
and Rice Crispy Treats (these were for mundanes).  Then we spread them out
on the tables and waited for the flies to come to the honey.  The donation
system worked really well.  People who would hesitate to pay $.25 for a
cookie, would dump down _two_ quarters for one!  Several people just emptied
their pocket change on us and took what they wanted, which was never very
much.  Only once did we have someone snag a whole cake for $1.00.  I think
we made around $350 on the mundanes that day.  Of course all the baked goods
were donated, so we didn't count the cost of making them.

We did this a couple of more times when we needed cash, and then tried the
"priced" method in another large location.  We made twice as much from the
"donations".

Your mileage may vary, but...

Regina Romsey


>     Devilled eggs and dilled pickles. If you ever want to do a fundraiser,
> do devilled eggs and dill pickles; the food cost is bupkiss, and
> people will
> suck them down faster than political correctness will allow me to
> describe.
> When you do pickles, get the good, crunchy ones, and sell them COLD!!!
> Believe me, it's money in the bank.
>     And at a 2 (halves) for a dollar, a devilled egg carries
> close to a 350%
> profit margin. Seriously, there are a lot of things in the SCA that need
> money to accomplish. This is a REALLY good way to do it! And
> people like it,
> too!
>     Pickled eggs also sell, but not so well, I'd suggest you
> pickle them in
> beet juice and sell them as 'Dragon Balls'. The stick jocks will
> eat 'em up
> just to be macho. (Hey, always aim for their weak spots . . .)
>
>     Sieggy
>
>
> > Don't worry about the fighters and their pickles.  I served purchased
> > ones, 2 kinds, for lunch at a July fighting event.  Thought I had too
> > many, but the price was right on the extra large cans.  Wasn't enough.
> > They scarfed them!  Kitchen full of plaintive fighters, with
> big, wistful
> > eyes and empty pickle dishes: "More, please?"
> >
> > Hard boiled eggs have been appearing with great regularity at lunches in
> > AEthelmearc, and I thought they'd had enough, but so many people asked
> > for them, we boiled them up and they went, too.  Also had individual
> > turnovers made by M. Alasdair, very labor intensive but good.  Margaret
> > suggested putting some chopped apple in with the chopped chicken.  Great
> > combination!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Allison,     allilyn at juno.com
> >
> >
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