Business Owner Profiles

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.”

“One of Dumpling’s selling points is that I’m able to have one-on-one coaching,” he says, “I was very impressed with the coaching I got early on. The fact that I know I have people to reach out to it, just a call or text to get some answers, and it’s a team there to assist me in the decisions I want to make for my company.”

When the mayor of the grocery store (called “Uncle Q” by his family of clients) partners with a marketing maven,…

The Alaska North Slope is known for the rugged, unforgiving terrain that juts out from the state’s Brooks Range and…