The Spare Room & the food bank!

A great way for The Spare Room to make an alliance with a non-for-profit is to partner directly. What the business owner does very well is knows what to buy and how to fix up furniture and stage it in a way that gets merchandise sold faster than any other vendor in the store. The client could dedicate a space in the shop and stock and merchandise it with inventory purchased on behalf of the food bank. With the client doing the purchasing and merchandising for the food bank the food bank will at least be doubling its investment in the inventory, allowing the non-profit to make a profit off of donations, increasing their ability to help people in need. This will give the food bank more money than straight donations and would draw in new customers to The Spare Room that are looking for a way to give to the food bank while receiving a wonderful shopping experience in return.