Sometimes you just want a burger and fries.
When you think of fast food, or at least when I do, I think burger and fries.
Since our option for restaurant delivery is actually called catering delivery, people who aren't our regular clients think we don't deliver fast food.
By the way, if you want to know why we call it catering delivery...

We are so glad to be able to offer a little help to 3 students this year. 
The judges have selected three students.
Rollin is honored to award them each with $100 dollars.
The plan was to award the scholarship to 1 elementary, 1 middle school and 1 high school student.
We did not have any elementary students to enter so we picked 3 recipients from the applicants we received.
Introducing this years judges.
Edrena Beatty of Granite Quarry, NC.
Mrs. Beatty was a dear friend of my mother. Mrs. Beatty is a retired local educator. This scholarship is in honor of my mother, Willie Boyd and my father, James Boyd.

Vernon and Anita Harris of Charlotte, NC.
Anita Harris is my wonderful sister. She and her husband, Vernon Harris are gracious supporters of many educational endeavors.​ Anita is a graduate of The University of Chapel Hill and Vernon Harris is a graduate of Livingstone College of Salisbury NC.

Congratulations to these students!
Rollin is honored to celebrate education.

Karen Hicks, aka The Delivery Diva
​Owner

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There's no telling what the dollar value is on all the grocery we deliver each month.
The real value comes from knowing our clients who can't get around as well any more, still get exactly what they want from the grocery store.

Nominate your child or a child you know to receive the
Rollin Delivery and Errands LLC, 
W (Willie) J(James) Back to School scholarship
We want to help 3 families recoup the money they lovingly spend to send their babies to school.
$100 will be awarded to 3 Rowan County, NC students.
One student each in Elementary, Middle and High School will receive the $100.
The award will be presented the 3rd week of school.
Submit the information below by August 15, 2021.
Complete the  information below to be eligible.
The next blog will introduce the people who will be choosing the winners.
<UPDATE>
The judges are currently looking over the applications and choosing the recipients for this year.

​This story takes place about 5 or 6 years ago.
I had a regular client named Larry.
He was a great client that ordered 3 or more times per week.
Larry was the ultimate bachelor.

Often during the week Larry would order multiple errands and deliveries at once. Sometimes he would even order a couple days of deliveries to be completed during the week with varying drop off times and locations. They might include shopping and dinner pick up or dropping off a payment and picking up mail.
I can remember the week of the scam so well. Larry needed new pillows. He found some he thought he would like at Big Lots. He also needed groceries and cleaning supplies.
The biggest part of his order was a satellite that would help him get cable tv reception. He was going to have a friend install it on his RV. It was at the RV store that is located near the Concord Motor Speedway. I can not remember exactly how much everything cost but it was a pretty penny. At that time, I did not have any caps on the amount of money I paid for client items. Especially great returning clients like Larry. I paid for most of the stuff in advance except for the satellite which he paid for when he ordered it.

​As a small business…. really as a micro business, it is difficult to make tons of offers. What I mean by offers is a variety of different services and combination of services. It’s hard because you have to have all types of different systems in place to record the service, take payment for the service and make sure it fits in with all the other services offered. Many of the experts say to make new offers all the time and see what sticks. Then if you get to something that sticks you can roll with it for as long as it is helpful to your clients. I must admit that the process of thinking up new offers is so fun to me. It’s the hoping clients like it and give it a try. But what I have realized is my real issue with the offers I create is that I rarely tell enough people about them. I am not even really sure people know all the ways that Rollin can help. Crazy, right! It’s so easy to get caught up working in the business that lots of things slide by. I am going to use this opportunity to talk about some of our offers. I hope you see something in here that can serve you.
First off are our local services. We offer them for individuals and for businesses. 

​July Client Appreciation
Morning is the right time to enjoy a coffee on Rollin this month. Order before 11am and we will bring you a coffee from the place you order from or a place on the way. Up to a $4 value.
​ **BONUS** ½ off of 3 regular priced deliveries this month when you transfer a prescription to The Medicine Shoppe Salisbury. Let the Medicine Shoppe know you switched because of Rollin to receive the discount coupons. See all client appreciation offers for every month on the website rewards page.

See all of the monthly client appreciation offers.

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You were on your way home from work or picking up the kids or maybe from working out
​and then this.....

​Some people, including myself have driven most of their lives.
When it comes to driving, it is not the big trips that you miss when you for what ever reason can’t drive. It is the quick trips to the store or to ride and get a little alone time that make you miss driving.

​Just because a person loses the option to drive it does not mean that the responsibilities they have go away.
​They still need to eat, get their medicine, grocery shop and the list goes on.
They’ll still have things they want to do outside of their home as well.
Rollin has clients that no longer have the option to drive.
Many times, family members or their doctor have asked that they stop driving.
Other times financial issues limit the ability to have a car and all the expenses that come along with it.
Other times clients have loved ones that cannot be home alone, so even if they drive, the times that they can leave are severely limited.
Recently a client decided to stop ?driving.

As people get older it should be their time to do the things they love.
People are learning more and more each day to really make the golden years, Golden.(Click to learn more about our Golden Plan.)

Man does this dude look sleepy.
It may be that the meeting he is in is super boring.
It may also be that he just did not get enough sleep.
Some of our clients have shown us how they us Rollin to get more shut eye.

There is a difference and it helps our clients get more done.

Rollin is always trying to find ways to make our clients lives easier.
That is why we are now offering subscriptions.
See how you can benefit from our subscription services.

We know how people love options.
Everyone is not the same and everyone needs errands performed differently.
It is also true that people prefer their errands be order differently also.
That includes business and personal clients.
Rollin is bringing subscriptions back to help our clients who order higher volumes of errands and deliveries each month.
These clients can hold certain times each day to ensure they get their delivery time.
With the low per errand fee and monthly fee, holding an slot is super affordable.
If clients do not need to hold a spot but just want to be invoiced monthly for their errands and delivery then subscriptions are the way to make that happen.
There are no limits when it comes to the number of deliveries that can be ordered with a subscription so the possibilities are Big!

WE hope that you enjoy this new way of getting even more done.
Take a look at the subscription page and see the difference.

Karen aka The Delivery Diva
P.S.
We also offer our services in packages.
Visit that page and see if it is a better option for you.

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A large portion of our service is delivering grocery, catering and prescriptions to clients.
We still hope that our customers are making good financial decisions when they order online.

There was a time when most of our clients handed us a list to do their shopping.
Some still do this, but many use the online carts that stores have now.
They sometimes also order online for restaurants.
I have wondered before if ordering online helps people spend less or more.
That is as it applies to things people commonly need.
Like grocery and paper goods. 
Or if they look at delicious food on the restaurant site if it prompts them to order more.
Because we are out so much, I rarely order essentials online.
I love Amazon and Aliexpress.
They are just not my go to for the basics.
When you look back at your past purchases and compare them to today, do you see any difference?

Karen aka The Delivery Diva

P.S.
Let me know if you are the type of person who just knows what they want and find it unnecessary to shop around online.
That is how quite a few of my clients shop.

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Spring Cleaning Give Away 2021
Learn how you could win!

Have you received a discount flier from 1 of our associates?

During January and February we have had the opportunity to work with a lot of new people.

Your pharmacy may have received some information from us recently. Here is what it means for your business.

Do you need some unique Valentine Day ideas for a very unique year.
Read on and see if some ideas spark your interest.

I realize that 2021 is presenting some unique challenges for special occasions.
As much as I love eating out and a good party,
this is not the time to socialize.
For Valentine's let's all make a effort to not have large get togethers.
Let's love on ourselves and others for real by not spreading Covid-19.

Here are a list of ways to think outside of the box.
A day full of flowers.

• Send flowers 3 times in one day. Building up to the biggest or most favorite flower bouquet.
• Plan a special get away complete with on hold reservations to be taken in the safe future. Make sure you keep an eye on expirations for this gift.
• Shop for something online and send the links to your special someone. Let them pick a gift out. Rollin can even help if in store pick up is available.
• Food is always a winner. Have a special meal by your favorite caterer or restaurant delivered. Maybe even try to start with breakfast. Rollin did a V-Day breakfast delivery one year and it was a big success. We ordered our breakfast for clients from Hendrix.
• You can go traditional with a twist. Have candy, balloons and a card delivered but with you on video call if you are not able to be present.

​I hope these fun ideas give you a jump start to a memorable Valentine's Day.
We are here to help if you need a little help spreading the love.

Karen aka The Delivery Diva
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​As a small business owner watching the Super Bowl I could not help but think about what my company commercial would look like. Two large delivery companies had featured spots,  and I enjoyed their commercials. They where not well received due to some past issues they have faced. So that makes the whole Super Bowl commercial thing even trickier.
Some things I know for sure about my commercial are…

I am honored everyday that I wake up and someone calls on Rollin Delivery to provide them with service. 
I built this path for myself after seeing other women of color accomplish wonderful things.
It was even more wonderful that some of these women of color where relatives and friends.
I am too scared to start naming names, but I have had the privilege of being surrounded by greatness.

To other black owned business owners, I salute you.
Keep providing your brand of greatness to the world.
The world needs all different points of view.

Karen aka The Delivery Diva

P.S.
Leave a link to your black owned business in the comments or one that you patronize.
Thanks to everyone that supports us. 
#blackowned

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