Berkeley Student Food Collective Sustainable Business and Development Internship Program Poster

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• Increased BSFC’s financial transparency by sending Weekly Finance Report Emails. • Installed and integrating Quickbooks accounting software into BSFC’s POS that will reconcile transactions with inventory and automatically generate reports. BIG NEWS!! Guys, this week was our biggest week of sales in the HISTORY OF THE BSFC! Our total was $12,480.08, up from our previous record, $11,773.08 back in October 2013. This past Friday was a huge sales day, with a total of $2,364.56; our usual is more like $1,500. The Food Collective is growing like crazy you guys! Weekly Sales Report: March 10 - 16, 2014 Sales: $12,480.08 Week Prior: $11,404.16 Spring 2014 Average: $9,038.46 This Week Last Year: $9,253.10 BEST-SELLING DEPARTMENTS (% of total sales) 1. Grocery: 22.85% 2. Grab n Go: 16.27% 3. Bulk: 13.28% 4. Refrigerated Beverage: 11.77% 5. BSFC Food Prep: 10.32% PAYMENT METHODS (% of total sales) 1. Credit: 62.82% 2. Cash: 26.62% 3. Cal1: 4.42% 4. SNAP (EBT): 4.07% OTHER STATS Number of Transactions: 1,662 Average Size of Transactions: $7.51 Member Sales: -$201.23 Weekend Sales: $2252.07 Other news: When we all get back from spring break, I’m hosting a workshop on how to make the lip balm I sell at the store! There’ll be a Facebook event up soon. It’s easy and fun to make and I hope some of y'all get a chance to drop by. You get to take home a free lip balm at the end :) Push through this last week everyone, you can do it! Spring break is just around the corner… Julia M. DISCREPANCY between the kWh our refrigerators are supposed to be using and actual energy usage Created the “Refrigerator Cleaning Guide” to increase their efficiency. Promoted REUSE to BSFC’s Waste Created our own Jar Return Program. Used in Food Prep with $1.50 deposit. Promoted existing Bottle Return Programs by products carried in the store. Invented the Acronym “CORN” to easily introduce the unique features of BSFC. Measured customer opinion of affordability and other areas in Hosted workshops to challenge the way we think about the source and access of our food. Increased BSFC publicity by getting us featured in • Gathered over 156 hand-drawn food pictures to increase awareness of Food Day at Cal. • Shared information learned from the RFC National Summit to BSFC members via mini-workshops, with more details in the online ppt. • Digitalized display of RFC as our purchasing policy in progress with two other BSFC members. TOILET PAPER Seventh Generation $11.05/lb. $ 4.49 6.5oz. HERB CRACKERS Mary’s Gone Crackers $11.05/lb. $ 4.49 6.5oz ! MILK + $1.50 deposit Strauss $3.99/lb. $ 3.99 1 gal ! BULK SOAP Dr. Bonner’s $5.19/lb. $ 5.19 /lb • Developed RFC icons and designed the current prototype of Labels with two other BSFC members. L

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• Increased BSFC’s financial transparency by sending Weekly Finance Report Emails.• Installed and integrating Quickbooks accounting software into BSFC’s POS that will reconcile transactions with inventory and automatically generate reports.

BIG NEWS!! Guys, this week was our biggest week of sales in the HISTORY OF THE BSFC! Our total was $12,480.08, up from our previous record, $11,773.08 back in October 2013. This past Friday was a huge sales day, with a total of $2,364.56; our usual is more like $1,500. The Food Collective is growing like crazy you guys!

Weekly Sales Report: March 10 - 16, 2014

Sales: $12,480.08 Week Prior: $11,404.16 Spring 2014 Average: $9,038.46 This Week Last Year: $9,253.10

BEST-SELLING DEPARTMENTS (% of total sales) 1. Grocery: 22.85% 2. Grab n Go: 16.27% 3. Bulk: 13.28% 4. Refrigerated Beverage: 11.77%5. BSFC Food Prep: 10.32%

PAYMENT METHODS (% of total sales) 1. Credit: 62.82% 2. Cash: 26.62% 3. Cal1: 4.42% 4. SNAP (EBT): 4.07%

OTHER STATS Number of Transactions: 1,662 Average Size of Transactions: $7.51 Member Sales: -$201.23 Weekend Sales: $2252.07

Other news: When we all get back from spring break, I’m hosting a workshop on how to make the lip balm I sell at the store! There’ll be a Facebook event up soon. It’s easy and fun to make and I hope some of y'all get a chance to drop by. You get to take home a free lip balm at the end :) Push through this last week everyone, you can do it! Spring break is just around the corner… Julia M.

DISCREPANCYbetween thekWh ourrefrigerators aresupposed to beusing andactual energy usage

• Created the “Refrigerator Cleaning Guide” to increase their efficiency.• Promoted REUSE to ↓BSFC’s Waste

Created our ownJar Return Program.

Used in Food Prep

with$1.50

deposit.

PromotedexistingBottleReturnProgramsby productscarriedin the store.

• Invented the Acronym “CORN” to easily introduce the unique features of BSFC.• Measured customer opinion of affordability and other areas in

• Hosted workshops to challenge theway we think about the source andaccess of our food.

• Increased BSFCpublicity by getting usfeatured in

• Gathered over 156 hand-drawn food pictures to increase awareness of Food Day at Cal.

• Shared information learned from the RFC National Summit to BSFC members via mini-workshops, with more details in the online ppt.

• Digitalized display of RFC as our purchasing policy in progress with two other BSFC members.

TOILET PAPERSeventh Generation

$11.05/lb.$ 4.496.5oz.

HERB CRACKERSMary’s Gone Crackers

$11.05/lb.$ 4.496.5oz

!

MILK + $1.50 depositStrauss

$3.99/lb.$ 3.99 1 gal

!

BULK SOAPDr. Bonner’s

$5.19/lb.$ 5.19 /lb

• Developed RFC icons and designed the current prototype of Labels with two other BSFC members.

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