My adventure of doing my own thing, making my own pay and my own decisions, was for me this 'American dream' I had heard so much about while growing up! It was really possible to have a vision, work hard, and make a success of your life. This 'fruit truck' eventually became an 'sos' which folks from the South called a 'store on wheels'. We began carrying eggs, packaged lunch meats, toys @ Christmas, whole turkeys @ Thanksgiving, cookies and candy. With these additions came the moving away from the dollar concept to enable us a fair profit. This was an easier transition than I anticipated as our customers appreciated the bigger selection and our prices were still much better than most. Part of our success was consistency and quality and remember we took it to the city in every manner of weather conditions you could imagine. If you followed my last post you saw a pic of me dressed as a clown! I was also known to be the Easter Bunny and as Santa, (
My journey and experiences....