Cookie Dough Fundraising: Know The Details

Cookie Dough Fundraising: Know The Details

            Cookie dough fundraising is a fairly easy type of fundraiser program but it brings a lot of potential in terms of profit because of the huge amount of popularity of the kind of products that it offers to people. I mean, who doesn’t love cookies? You’d be out of your mind if you don’t love munching on these really heavenly treats during your free time.

            Cookie dough fundraising works as an order taker fundraiser program because it requires you to equip your sales volunteers with sales brochures, order forms, and a compelling sales script. Your group is going to do a catalog sales campaign of 3 lb tubs of cookie dough. Each tub costs an average of $10. One of the best things about this type of fundraiser program is that it’s product comes in a wide variety of flavors that your customers will surely take pleasure in. Selling products that come in a good set of varieties is really good because this will help you generate lots of sales during your campaign. Aside from the huge number of flavors that are available, some are also sugar free so that even people who are no longer allowed to eat sweets can enjoy the joy that cookies can bring. Some products are even pre-sliced in order to allow people to save a lot of time preparing their favorite treats. In this way, preparing delicious cookies have become way easier for people especially for those who aren’t that skilled in the kitchen and those that don’t have the luxury of time to cook food. If you don’t want to go for dough, you can try offering dry mix products that no longer need to be refrigerated. This variety only needs to be added with water and mixed by hand.

            To prove to you that this is really a good thing to try out, let’s examine the profitability of this fundraiser idea. With the type of fundraising product that you’re going to sell in this type campaign, you can enjoy profit margins that range from 50 to 60 percent, which is something that’s not usual in the fundraising industry. Most of fundraiser companies nowadays offer their tubs at 40 to 50 percent discount. Other suppliers also offer 4 lb tubs for those who would like to raise a lot more money during their order taker fundraiser.

            If you want to go with dough, you have to know that this needs to be refrigerated so that it won’t spoil. This means that you have to do some careful delivery preparations if you want to offer this kind of product to your customers. You have to set a good schedule for your delivery pickup where the pre-bagged orders can be handed to drivers as they drive home. Lastly, prepare your sales volunteers for the challenge ahead by showing them a demonstration of how to properly deliver their sales pitch so that they can be effective and compelling.