My Hannah. My Sandy. My Jerry and Barb. That’s how Jennifer Slack speaks about her Dumpling clients; as if they’re dozens of family members. At 6 feet tall, pulling 2 carts secured together with a Velcro strap around the grocery store, Jennifer works hard to show her clients, many of them widowed seniors, how much she cares for them.

Quarantine “completely destroyed” Emma Narvaez’s doTERRA business that she’d been running successfully for 8 years. And over the next 2 years, she worked on how to replace that income while still being able to pick up her kids from school. She had the skills advantage from her other career fundraising for New York City nonprofits, but it was in one of her local mom Facebook groups that she stumbled upon a Dumpling business owner.

s Dumpling takes action. They care about the shoppers, but they also care about the clients and the tech. When people write in and complain or ask questions, there’s adjustments made, Dumpling’s always growing and changing,” explains Netta, “I can’t confidently say that about other platforms out there.”

A grocery deliverer who’s not a fan of grocery shopping? Well, that’s only when he’s shopping for himself. But when CBE Delivery Service owner, Chuck Elliott (or Uncle Chuck to his beloved customers), shops for his clients, he’ll go to other towns, cities, and on long discovery trips to gather exactly what they need. And he does it in one of his 20 out-of-this-world suits designed for all holidays, seasons, and to spark joy in customers.

From Hurricane Katrina and extreme couponing to building her grocery delivery business, Making Groceries For You, Dominique Turner knows how to power through tough situations and succeed.

Talisha Herald formed POPPY. This independent business of hers then swooped in by building strong relationships, refining what personal shopping felt like for her customers, and standing up for fair pay in gig-style work.

Priding himself on his unique ability to secure hard-to-find items for clients, retiree Tim Sauers originally got into grocery delivery…

“The resources Dumpling has are incredible. Their coaches do twice a week training calls, I’m not able to jump on all of them, but the fact that they’re there and the community spirit of helping each other is really helpful,” Heather explains, “I love that it’s my business and I’m solely responsible for the success or failure of this business, but I have all the support and tools I need at my fingertips for whatever direction I want to take it with Dumpling.”