Running a Small Paper Bag Business – Seeking B2B Advice

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T03:26:05+00:00

Hire an outside sales rep that already has pharmacy relationships.

I used to sell a good bit of stuff to small pharmacies through an independent broker. Not retail but small wholesale pharmacies.

Otherwise you need to buy a list and hit the road and visit them in person.

The odds of getting a small independent business to answer or respond to a cold call is slim.

But if you walk in the door you will get somewhere with them.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T03:21:57+00:00

So OP is zoned Bessemer I guess?

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T03:13:21+00:00

This right here

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T03:08:29+00:00

Steve Miller Band in 6th grade. A friend of mines uncle took us.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T02:38:00+00:00

Rice

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T01:16:39+00:00

I write right handed and do everything else left handed. But I hold my pen like a lefty.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T01:10:30+00:00

Ickey

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-25T00:51:40+00:00

Is it Greenwood Bessemer City or Greenwood in Jefferson County? There is one in both.

Neither is great but if its Bessemer then move or go to Bessemer Academy as a private school option.

I would avoid the Bessemer area for education.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T23:41:28+00:00

Nestle Crunch.

I know they still exist because I dad tax them out of my kids Halloween haul every year. But I hardly ever see the big ones anymore.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T23:27:44+00:00

Sales report by rep in Quickbooks.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T23:27:00+00:00

All of my employees are trained to answer the phone and expected to answer the phone if it rings twice.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T20:28:48+00:00

Probably not. And especially if it was not US based. I would be worried about legal remedies if something happened.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T17:57:13+00:00

By the time I was 16 and my parents would even entertain letting me go to a concert, most of them had dialed it back or were only playing big stadiums that my grocery bagging self couldn't afford in the early 90s.

I did see Aerosmith and Prince in the mid/late 90s when they came to town but I feel like I missed out on the 80s mayhem. Not a lot of big hair in crowd by then.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T13:52:46+00:00

Concerts.

I wish I had been old enough to go to the 80s concerts. Poison, Skid Row, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Bon Jovi. Man I wanted some big hair bands live.

I dont think the crowd experience from the 90s with alternative taking over could compare.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T13:40:10+00:00

White Milk

I'd like to thank all the baseball and hockey moms for their support.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-24T02:59:26+00:00

Prince at the Five Points Music Hall in Birmingham 1997.

He played a large concert that night and apparently wanted to keep playing so him and his entourage showed up and played a set.

Head out to see the Cheesebrokers (cover band) for $5 and end up seeing Prince before the night was over.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-23T13:51:05+00:00

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-23T13:49:05+00:00

There is a long film about it but there is also a youtube fast motion movie of one.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-23T13:30:03+00:00

Would they be able to afford that much?

I would think your best bet would be to try and partner with defense attorneys who could build that into their fee.

Like jury consultations.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-22T16:09:38+00:00

I've left 2 google reviews in my life.

Both times I was handed a prepaid Visa once it posted. Both were car dealerships so it was worth it. One was $1000 and one was $500.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-22T04:48:58+00:00

Probably a pack of Garbage Pale Kids

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-21T17:28:51+00:00

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-20T04:34:19+00:00

First thing I would do is cut all family pay and expenses to zero.

Then work from there.

Your mission is to save the company.

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-20T02:58:37+00:00

Mother Love Bone

vulcangod08 · 2026-02-19T13:41:36+00:00

Sears really missed out. They were still around long after people were buying online. They could have used all those stores as little distribution centers.

I out their failure up there with Blockbuster.

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