8 Different Ways You Can Sell E.D. Foods Soup for Fundraising

Food items are a great item to base a business around due to their popularity and buying frequency. I recently came across an article about using E.D. Foods for fundraising and got to thinking about the different ways an individual could sell their soups if they wanted to start a soup business. Here are the 8 different methods I came up with:

1) Resell the buckets or packets to others looking to start a home based business

You'd be like a playing the role of product provider/wholesaler to other aspiring home business owners. Give them the soup and the preparation instructions and ingredient list so they can make their own labels (if they want). And keep in contact with them so they'll continue to buy soups from you to replenish their stock.

2) Put soups in your own packaging and sell the packages individually

You can sell them online, put them on the shelf or on display in a local grocery store (with the owner/manager's permission), sell them out of your home via catalogues/business cards/flyers or local publicity or classified advertising.

3) Put repackaged soups into a "Get Well Soon" gift basket for the sick

Since soup is such a popular food to eat while sick, here's the perfect opportunity to make some money. You can also include get well cards, some crossword puzzles or other items they can easily do while they're just lying around recovering, and maybe even a sweet treat or two.

4) Resell the soup buckets to local restaurants

Once again, you'd be acting as product provider/wholesaler. Prepare a serving of soup and offer the person in charge a sample to taste. If they agree to offer it to their customers, then you can work out the transaction details and give them the preparation instructions. You may even be able to make an arrangement to sell the soup as individual servings in the restaurant for a split of the profits, if you don't want to sell whole buckets.

5) Put repackaged soups into a "care package" for parents to give to their college kids

When I was at Mercer University, we had care packages that our parents could buy for mid-term and final exam time. They'd be filled with treats like candy and hot chocolate for us to consume while we crammed like crazy. You could do something similar for your soups.

This could work even during the non-stressful times for students, because a lot of them like to have simple foods like Ramen noodles in their dorm room anyway when they don't feel like going to the cafeteria to eat. You can give them a more diverse alternative with a soup basket for college students.

6) Resell or repackage and sell soups at a flea market

Set up a booth and display your soup packages. Definitely try to prepare some soup for people to taste, if you can. You can put a couple of tablespoonfuls inside cups when they request to try it.

7) Prepare these soups yourself and start a soup catering service

Offer your soup services for parties and other get-togethers. You can advertise your business locally through free publicity and classifieds in cooking and home/garden publications. You'll especially want to get the word out during holidays.

8) Sell the soup (in buckets or packets) along with information on starting a soup business

Basically, write a booklet with information on how you do your own packaging, ways you can advertise, the different ways you can sell the soup (like this article), and even the legalities like getting a business name and license and keeping track of your profits and expenses for tax (and tax-cutting) purposes. All of this information you can research and put together, or actually go through the process of starting your own soup business and then sell the information based on your experience.

If you have a passion for cooking and would like to try selling soup, then using E.D. Foods as your soup source and combining it with your business desire and creative imagination is one of the best opportunities awaiting you. Use any of the above ideas or come up with your own for a soup selling business model that's right for you.