AGENDA
• Concept • Sponsoring
• Locations • Clients • Product Range • Partners 2
CONCEPT
SOMARO is set up as a sustainable social business. Sponsors
Cost reduction and CSR
Retailers, producers, wholesalers, etc.
SOMARO Products Revenues for cost coverage
Heavilydiscounted sale
Clients 3
CONCEPT
SOMARO is set up as a sustainable social business. Sponsors Retailers, producers, wholesalers, etc.
Donation of food and non-food products Costof reduction Most them with minor defects and CSR or approaching expiry date Nonetheless perfectly safe for consumption Highly-
SOMARO Products Revenues for cost coverage
discounted sale
Clients 4
CONCEPT
SOMARO is set up as a sustainable social business. Sponsors Retailers, producers, wholesalers, etc.
Cost reduction and CSR
SOMARO Cost reduction due to efficient Products waste management Revenues for Free-of-charge advertising cost coverage of your corporate social activities Fast pick-up service with our own vans Flexible and professional cooperation
Highlydiscounted sale
Clients 5
CONCEPT
SOMARO is set up as a sustainable social business. Families and single persons in need chosen according to clear criteria Sponsors In cooperation with, and on adviceCost reduction producers, from,Retailers, local social welfare authorities and CSR wholesalers, etc. Products sold for a symbolic price (ca. 30 % of the market price)
SOMARO
Products Revenues for cost coverage
Heavilydiscounted sale
Clients 6
CONCEPT
SOMARO is set up as a sustainable social business. Our aim: Financial independence and long-term viability of the store But social benefits are more Sponsors Retailers, producers, important than financial success! Cost reduction wholesalers, We do not aim foretc. profitability; anyand CSR profits are re-invested in the project
SOMARO Products Revenues for cost coverage
Highlydiscounted sale
Clients 7
SPONSORING
A cooperation with benefits for both parties. We advertise your company effectively and free of charge! With our help you can reduce your costs!
We enable you to focus on your core business! 8
SPONSORING We advertise your company effectively and free of charge! We display your company‘s logo on our vans
• Effective advertising: Our vans are out and about on the streets of Romania every day! • We bear all costs for attaching your logo!
Free promotion in our social markets
• We are happy to display your advertising posters in our shops! • If you supply us on a regular basis we provide exclusive shelf space for your products – in your corporate design!
Your company is mentioned in all our PR activities
• Effective PR in news articles, on TV, in press releases, etc.! • Presentation of all our sponsors on our website! 9
SPONSORING
With our help you can reduce your costs! Products that are not fit for regular sale (damaged or soiled packaging, close to expiry date, etc.) can create considerable costs for your company: ďƒź Waste of expensive storage space ďƒź Expensive disposal (especially concerning animal waste) Your sponsorship of SOMARO is tax deductable!
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SPONSORING
We enable you to focus on your core business! You call us - we come and collect it!
SOMARO‘s aim is to make your cooperation with us as easy and flexible for your company as possible. Rapid collection with our own vans (within < 24h)! Our vans are equipped with a cooling system (0-8 °C) and meet all hygiene standards! Our sponsorship contracts and delivery notes guarantee professional transaction! You have maximum flexibility: the sponsorship contract can be dissolved at any time!
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SPONSORING
A concept that convinces our sponsors! The benefits we offer have already persuaded many companies to cooperate with us, here is a selection:
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LOCATIONS
The stores are already operating successfully! BUCHAREST Opening of the first store in 2010 With more than 670 registered clients Achieved financial independence after approx. one year Bucharest
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LOCATIONS
The stores are already operating successfully! SATU MARE Opening of the second store in 2011 With more than 150 registered clients Approaching financial independence
Satu Mare
Bucharest
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LOCATIONS
The stores are already operating successfully! SIBIU Opening of the third store in 2012 With presently 100 registered clients The current focus is on establishing supplier relations
Satu Mare Sibiu Bucharest
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CLIENTS
A social market for people in need. Opportunity for the financially disadvantaged to improve their situation
Opportunity for people in need to escape the vicious circle of poverty
Opportunity for people to stay active members of society as the stores are important social meeting points 16
CLIENTS
SOMARO supports people in need.
Our Clients
Who can shop?
Families with several children
Only people in need, who have been identified as such by public social services and NGOs, can become clients.
Elderly people in poverty
Shopping volume
Examples
People with disability
To avoid reselling on the â&#x20AC;&#x161;black marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC; there is a weekly shopping limit per person. 17
PRODUCT RANGE
A wide selection for little money. Groceries breads dairy products frozen foods
canned foods various other foods (oil, sugar, flower etc.)
Other products cleaning materials clothing, shoes, toiletries household goods
On sale for approx. 30 % of the market price
We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t sell Tabacco or Alcohol! 18
PARTNERS
The project has national and international support. Katharina Turnauer Privatstiftung Co-initiator for all three stores Mrs. Turnauer is the president of the SOMARO association ERSTE Stiftung Cooperation partner for all three locations ISOVOLTA Group Manifold support (accounting, storage, etc.) SOMA Österreich Already operating successfully >30 social markets in Austria Support from the Austrian Embassy in Bucharest Support from the Mayors‘ offices, the directorate general of child protection as well as the social Services in 19 Bucharest, Satu Mare und Sibiu
CONTACT SOMARO Association Jakob Detering Project Coordinator jakob@somaro.org +43 699 1720 5303 (AT)
For more information please visit our website
www.somaro.org SOMARO Bucharest
SOMARO Satu Mare
SOMARO Sibiu
Simon Suitner MA Store Manager
Francisc Edmund Balogh Store Manager
Andreas Frunzete Store Manager
simon@somaro.org +40 722 454 314
edmund@somaro.org +40 746 868 225
andreas@somaro.org 20 +40 745 314 303