Sausage sizzles have been cancelled at Bunnings in Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382659)
Rockingham, Australia
March 17, 2020 8:29am CST
The photo has nothing to do with the post. It’s from the agricultural show that we attended recently in Manjimup, Western Australia.
With all the ‘bad’ news out there, sometimes something a bit positive pops up. There was a nice story on our news website today. Bunnings is an Australian household hardware chain which was founded in 1887 by two brothers. At the moment, it has 295 stores and employs over 30,000 people.
It stocks a huge range of hardware, homeware, garden items, tools, storage units, etc. When we’ve had big projects on the go, we would joke that we paid the wages of one person through the purchases we bought from Bunnings.
It also runs do-it-yourself workshops and, for some years now, has allowed community groups to conduct sausage sizzles on Saturday mornings as fund-raisers. Now, community groups have cancelled their sausage sizzles as they are struggling to get supplies and volunteers.
So any group which had booked a sausage sizzle in the next month will now receive a $500 gift card to help with their fund-raising activities. This will cost the company over $1.2 million. But what a nice thing for the company to do.
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@moffittjc (128856)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 20
That is nice that the company is helping out like that in times of need. I hope more businesses step up and provide assistance as needed. I have read that a lot of local businesses here that are being shut down are offering to continue paying their workers, just to help them keep food on the table. Again, it's the right thing to do. In times of crisis, money and profits should take a backseat to caring for one another.
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@moffittjc (128856)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Mar 20
@JudyEv It looks like our government is finally rolling into action by implementing a 3-phase plan, which includes bailing out the airline and cruise industry, putting cash into every American's pocket, and then assisting businesses.
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@JudyEv (382659)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Mar 20
@moffittjc I'm sure those measures will be very welcome.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
19 Mar 20
It's a nice gesture. They are bearing the burnt for some welfare for others. They should be applauded.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
18 Mar 20
sad no sausage sizzle. the world will have to change before we can move back to where we were.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
18 Mar 20
@JudyEv it probably will be, all of March gone, April slowly winding down and hopefully mayish starting back
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Mar 20
sounds like a wonderful company. I wish we had one that good here. Most just worry about profit it seems.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
17 Mar 20
We don't have such a community event. It must be a good one to hold.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
18 Mar 20
@JudyEv We wish we could apply it here in our country.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
18 Mar 20
How heart warming Judy. There are some awfully decent people in the world.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
18 Mar 20
That really is nice of the company and hopefully it will all be back to normal within a few months.
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@snowy22315 (209214)
• United States
17 Mar 20
It was nice of the company to do.I am sure the charities appreciated it. I can't wait for things to become normal again, if they ever do. Things here are permanently changed in some respects since 9/11 and it may be similar with the virus.
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@JudyEv (382659)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar 20
Certainly things won't be back to 'normal' for a while yet.
@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
17 Mar 20
Great to hear stories like this during these difficult times.
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