January 24, 2014

Inventory
We're already at the end of January! Please submit your inventory reports this Sunday when you submit your sales. Thank you for being prompt on this.

6 pm Sundays

6 pm is still the deadline for Scrip orders. I will do my best to catch any late orders, but any orders received after 6 pm run the risk of not being filled that week.

Profits and More Participants
Scrip profits are building, though at a slower pace than when Fry's supported our school with the gift card program. Our average percentage in years past was around 5.5%. Now our percentage is hovering around 4.5% because Walmart and other grocers are less than generous than Fry's had been.

One thing to think about is how many families in your church/school are participating. Could it be a larger number? What would happen if you encouraged another two or three families to purchase Scrip and generate tuition credit for themselves or another family that could use the help? Using Scrip is such a blessings to our students in the schools, so spread the word to all the families you can! Just adding a few families will increase our numbers dramatically!


Make Suggestions
Do you ever suggest cards to people? For example,
recommend In-N-Out Burger (20%!) or other high percentage retailers if you know the person goes to these places. You'll be surprised at your success in selling more cards when you make suggestions!



Valentine's Day & See's Candy
Another retailer to suggest as Valentine's Day approaches is See's Candy. We have quite a few $17.50 one pound certificates available (20% profit!). I also have a $25 See's gift card on hand at 9% (and of course we can order more of those for people who pay in advance).


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Have a Scrip question? Scroll down or click on a topic to the left to see if your question was answered in previous updates. And remember, all files and links that you need are at the top of this blog. Be sure to use the current reporting file.

Have a great week! Send those sales and inventory reports by 6 pm on Sunday please!

Heidi