I decided to buy two cartons, instead of selling and returning to the Warehouse to remit to them , why can't I have it all...Omo it goes well for me ...even tho it's not enough.
My kind of person ... remembered when I'm used to take Haano milk from a way house just to try and sell to people and take whatever that's left of it after remitting what I sold off from it...I thought it wouldn't work , untill I found out people liked it.
SHE STARTED BY ASKING FOR 2 CRATES. NOW 50 CRATES A WEEK IS NOT ENOUGH.
THE PROBLEM HAS CHANGED: SHE NOW HAS CUSTOMERS, BUT WE DONโT HAVE ENOUGH EGGS TO SUPPLY HER.
If you are just seeing this story, let me briefly bring you up to speed.
This woman does different jobs to support herself and her family. She fetches water, hawks, washes clothes and takes on whatever honest work she can find.
One morning, she came to me and asked if I could give her 2 crates of eggs on credit.
I normally donโt sell on credit because I am also a young farmer trying to grow my own business. But I had watched her work and I decided to take the risk.
She started with 2 crates.
Then 5.
Then 10 crates every 2โ3 days, eventually moving about 30 crates weekly.
I shared her story to show people that you donโt always need millions to start. Sometimes you need an opportunity, courage and consistency.
The post went viral, and people who had never met her contributed โฆ168,000 to help her expand.
Today, she is buying about 50 crates every week from us, and surprisingly, even 50 crates is no longer enough.
She wants to get to 60โ80 crates weekly because she already has customers.
And this is where I need to be honest:
My farm cannot supply all of that.
I currently produce only about 120 crates weekly, and I already have other customers. I can continue giving her around 50 crates, including the credit arrangement from my farm, but I cannot channel my entire production to one customer.
So now, I am appealing specifically to poultry farmers in Kwara State.
If your farm can supply her 30โ50 crates weekly, she is ready to buy with her own working capital.
No credit is required from you.
She will use the money contributed for her to buy her eggs from other farms, while I continue supporting her with what I can from my own farm.
We are also still working on getting her a small shop where she can store more eggs. Interestingly, she has already said she will continue hawking even after getting a shop because taking eggs directly to customers is what has helped her build such a strong customer base.
Look at how the story has changed.
She started with โPlease help me with 2 crates.โ
Today, the conversation is โWhere can I get another 30โ50 crates every week?โ
That is growth.
And if you are sitting at home thinking you cannot start because you donโt have enough money, please learn from her.
Start with what you have. Start small. Be consistent. Build trust.
Sometimes, the opportunity you are waiting for comes after you have already started moving.
If you are a farmer in Kwara State and you can supply her eggs weekly, please reach out to me.
And if you still wish to support her journey in any other way, you can also do so:
Every support will be properly accounted for. โค๏ธ๐๐พ
Her full story is pinned on my page if you are just joining us.
-Adebayo
@Gemini1740935 I can have a fine handwriting now and as if leave this room, and happens to write something, it would look like where two Elephants had a fight ๐๐
I painted this in 2020, and this is the second time I am posting it again on this space.
If you are seeing this, please spare a sec to appreciate my painting ๐๐พ๐ฅน
โThe Pepper Sellerโ
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