I'm proud of you for being so thorough in your questioning!
A) Did the representative come through "on paper" with the promises he/she made? Yes. He did in the past and shows every sign of doing so with this fundraiser, which closed Friday.
1. Cook a 'sample' lunch/dinner for school staff and/or PTO meeting. Yes. He offered samples at a pta/staff/family meeting. We had a chance to sample MOST of the products, though not all. I'd say it was a representative sample of the top sellers.
2. Cook a 'sample' lunch/dinner for everyone at a family fun night. Nope. But we didn't ask him too, either.
3. Accumulative prize program, as well as teacher incentives, parent incentives, PTO group incentives, top seller incentives, top classroom sales incentives, etc. We were offered prizes for individual sellers that ranged from the usual kid-loved trash up to a motorized scooter that I sort of wanted myself! He also is putting on a pizza party for the winning class. Beyond that, there were no additional incentives.
Did the representative follow through on all aspects of the written contract? Yep. No problem there.
C) How long did it take to be reimbursed for incentives (pizza parties, ice cream parties, gift cards, etc We didn't do any incentive programs that were outside of what he offered to handle himself. We're a REALLY small school, so the program his company offered was pretty attractive to our kids.
The result? We netted about $1,600--remember we have a student body of only 101 kiddos. We're happy with that because it's only one of the fundrasiers we're having this year.
Have you tried butterbraids? They sell like hotcakes around the holidays.
You go, girl!