August 23, 2022 // Franchising.com // TULSA, Okla. - Just Between Friends continues to provide a resource for families to help ease the financial burden of increased cost of living and rising inflation. With monthly costs reaching unprecedented highs, the consignment franchise is prioritizing helping families save through a national social media contest and localized community giveback as parents look to stretch their budgets and amp up their children’s wardrobes this back-to-school season.
Parents are expected to spend an average of $864 this year on school supplies for elementary to high school children, with 75% of parents worried about the cost. While back-to-school shopping minds may go right to school supplies, other items such as clothing, extracurricular accessories, and backpacks end up being more costly.
With inflation reaching a new record-high, and the increasing cost of back-to-school shopping weighing on families, Just Between Friends is helping their local sale communities navigate the expenses of back-to-school season with a social media photo contest that includes money-saving prizes and nonprofit school supply donations.
Contest Details*:
Community Donation Details: Just Between Friends franchisees from coast-to-coast will be supporting local community partners this back-to-school season. Area shoppers are encouraged to bring in school supply donations that will benefit these local organizations in exchange for free admittance to the sale. See details below:
“Shopping for the family has been hard this year,” said Shannon Wilburn, CEO and Co-Founder of Just Between Friends. “With back-to-school season hitting amid increased inflation and rising cost of living, families are looking for new ways to save on essentials. Just Between Friends is happy to be a resource as our fall sale season begins, and we want to help local families and our communities as we continue navigating these unprecedented economic times.”
At a Just Between Friends sale, parents and grandparents can shop rows and rows of baby and children’s shoes, toys, clothing, maternity, and baby equipment at 50 - 90% off retail prices, and as a consignor, they can sell items and earn from 60 - 70% on item sales. At the end of each Just Between Friends sale, items are donated to local organizations which help local women, children and families, serving groups that provide clothing closets, crisis centers, transitional emergency care, food banks and many other services.
*See contest landing page for official rules and restrictions.
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Just Between Friends (JBF) is a children’s and maternity pop-up consignment community marketplace.