Sales Tips & Strategies

To help make your fundraising experience a success we have collected a few tips           that you may want to consider:

Remember that your minimum order must be at least 2000 lbs.  This is 200 - 10# bags.

·         Choose a leadership team to help you organize your fundraiser.

·         Have the team brainstorm on places to advertise for the fundraiser and list potential customers.

·         Make original posters and flyers and hang up in highly visible areas.

·         Ask parents and other volunteers to help sell and distribute.

·         Have as many people as possible pick up the onions from a central location.

·         Accept early payment only from responsible students.

·         Require each student to sell several bags and reward extra credit or a grade.

·         Have a contest for the top three salespeople.

·         Make sure salesmen represent you well by being polite and courteous to all customers.

·         Keep a database of customer’s names and addresses so you can contact them year after year.

·         Educate your salesmen on proper handling and storage of the onions.

·         Have your students come up with a borrowed or original recipe to share with the customers.

·         In order to keep costs as low as possible, we will pick up any unused receipts and sales brochures when we deliver your onions.

Thank you,    Matthew and Shannon Hendley