Does anyone have any concrete knowledge/evidence regarding the changes coming to Sally Foster this fall? Here's what I'm understanding:

• no more 50% profits; down to 40%


• kids will be selling $20 gift cards instead of selling items from the catalogs


• gift cards cannot be used until they have been activated by SF


• all orders are done online and will be charged sales tax and S/H

I am also reading that SF's biggest manufacturing plant was closed down and a new lease is not being signed. While this isn't proof of anything other than the shutdown of the plant, it does raise a red flag for me regarding the longevity of the company..

Help?

All you have said is correct. So, if a kid sells me one $20 gidft card, I have to go online, pick something out, make sure the card is activated, pay for one roll of gift wrap PLUS about $7 shipping for that one roll that cost what $8-10...so there goes my $20, because you know they won't have anything for $3 to buy. Then, I basically lost $3, plus paid shipping...oh and I forgot about tax too...so, there you go. All gone!

Their company is cutting corners and costs, looking out for the company and forgetting about the customer, big time!

Oh and their "catalog" is about 6 pages.

I was just looking through the latest PTO Today magazine and I didn't see Sally Foster or the Entertainment Company anywhere.

Sally Foster is going backward. What great minds at this company decided this was the way to go? One huge mistake---they have taken away the "guilt factor" that many school sales are based upon. I do not care if their wrapping paper has gold trim around it, it is still (like all fund raising paper and products) overpriced and it is something I could do without Yet, when little Jane from next door comes to my house and ask me to buy something out of the catalog, EVEN if I do not want or need it, I feel I have to buy something because Jane is sitting right in front of me. With their new approach to Internet shopping, I think it will be easy to tell little Jane, oh yes, I will get on the computer and order something tomorrow. But will I?

Agree? or am I off base on what they are trying to do?

You are right in your statements....and the ONLY option for a buyer now would be minimum of $20! I could certainly say, "No, sorry, too expensive" to little Jane too. Keep in mind the 8 billion dollars that counts for all unused/lost gift cards last year....so, who profits on that, the consumer....NO. The company? Yes!!! Indeed they are going backwards and looking out for themselves and NOT our schools and certainly NOT the customer....Boo on YOU Sally!

It is really sad that you are ALL misinformed about the Sally Foster changes.
Before you believe what a competitor has to say talk to a local Sally Foster rep.
Their program is with out a doubt the most inovative fund raiser out there.
Again, please talk to a rep and get all the facts.
By the way their new distribution center is an awesome facility twice the size of the old plant.
Sally Foster buys all their stuff from vendors so the production shut down is a rumor that needs clarification.