We are hoping we are done with all the snow and ice that has hit the Wilmington area this winter. The ReStore has had to close or open late a few times due to the weather. Not only do we lose a sale day but people are less likely to be doing work around the house in bad weather so a difficult winter hurts sales even on days we are open.
We are also having logistics nightmares trying to re-schedule donation pick-ups. Even if we are open and going on pick-ups we are having trouble getting to some due to road conditions. On days we are closed we have to rearrange all the pick-ups from that day. Since we are booked up for two weeks we have to move the postponed pick-ups to a day that is already fully booked. Tomorrow we have the day double booked and will rent a truck to be able to go on all the extras pick-ups. If it snows tomorrow as expected we will have even more trouble squeezing tomorrow's schedule into other days.
The weather is supposed to improve after this weekend so things should improve at the ReStore.
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