PanXCafé Report: BCH is not to blame.

Introduction

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In this document, I tell and report on the activities and general state of my bakery during the last few months. It has been a path full of setbacks due to the general situation in Venezuela, things that are incredible elsewhere but you. You can ask a Venezuelan in Venezuela if things like the ones I will tell you below can really happen, and they will answer: yes, even if you don't believe it...

June without fuel.

The month of June was perhaps the first card to fall from the entire deck of my bakery plans. Unfortunately, this month there was an accident in one of the refineries in my country, causing a severe shortage of fuel and also domestic gas. “Fortunately” I had enough domestic gas to keep producing my breads, however sales were really affected (as you can see in the sales projections table), my mother's car was out of gas for more than 3 weeks. And here comes the first thing that only happens in Venezuela: poor quality gasoline. When the time came to fill the car with fuel, this gasoline was of poor quality, affecting the entire combustion system of the car. So it had to be repaired. However, we were able to keep the bakery going. In June, I also launched my first Flipstarter, which however was not successful for various reasons but was a good experience.

July and August, a break.

At the beginning of July the situation had not improved and when I was able to fix the car, it was necessary to buy resold gasoline. As part of the business plan, I implemented a campaign through Instagram to achieve more sales, the bakery was able to breathe a little. This month something else happened that only happens here in Venezuela: the blackouts began again, and in one of them my internet was compromised, it was not until September that it could be reestablished and there was no compensation. And the whole problem was connecting a cable from the street to my apartment. Another urgent expense was buying medicine for my mother. Usually, the company where she worked (CANTV) provides them, but this month there were no explanations or reimbursements for the expense.

During the month of August, a friend recognized in me the potential to be a community manager, my friend is a real estate agent and he asked me if he encouraged me to help him with his social networks and I accepted the challenge. Motivated by low sales and the difficult situation that is returning to Venezuela, the crisis has worsened in recent months, it is said that 70% of new businesses have had to close in their first year of operation. The high cost of living only allows us to survive below what it should be. The basic food basket for a family of 4 people is around $500 and the majority of Venezuelans do not earn more than $100 a month. The day-to-day maneuvers are exhausting to survive adding up all the evils of public services: the power outages have returned daily and without a fixed schedule, the gasoline shortage is intermittent... it is really exhausting.

September in the shadows.

I don't know about you, but for me the days go by very quickly, time speeds up and anxiety takes me to the darkest extremes. This last month has been really exhausting for me. I have done the job of community manager to the best of my ability but it has not borne fruit due to the agreement I reached with my friend: I would only receive payment when a property was sold and unfortunately he has not been able to complete the sale of any. But this is not what exhausts me, this month I have felt that I am an absolute failure, my bakery is below the estimated turnover and it does not seem like it will improve, all my personal problems multiply with the problems of living with the deficit of public services. It is a very exhausting situation. I have lost entire days between waiting in line to get fuel, or electricity interruptions without prior notice for more than 6 hours a day, or even both at the same time. There is not a day of peace. I feel like I haven't moved forward, I have commitments to fulfill and my dreams are becoming more and more blurry. I really don't know what to do, I've been thinking about leaving the bakery and looking for a digital job or moving to another country like many Venezuelans have done. I feel like my fight has been in vain and I have failed everyone, especially my mother and my brother.

PanXCafé in numbers.

Another factor that has influenced my low sales has been the "recovery" of other traditional bakeries, my bakery was sought after for the quality of the bread and bringing it to your home, however, now the old bakeries have returned to making good bread and have better prices because they buy their inventory in large quantities. I have been affected by the reduction of many clients due to the economic crisis, making them more selective when purchasing.

General balance of the bakery.

The numbers from my bakery say it all: we are in clear decline. Expenses have sometimes been greater than income and I have used part of the reserve to solve personal emergencies or simply buy a little more food. Or in case of paying for my mother's medicines. The money I have left is invested in merchandise and I'm afraid I won't make it to the end of the month. I'm really scared and I'm very frustrated. I would like to continue trying to achieve my dream of having my own bakery but what I'm doing must be very wrong.

I am in a moment of great anguish, without really knowing what to do. I am grateful for all the support that many of you have given me. I feel like I have failed you, my family and myself. Right now, I don't know what decision to make about my life... I don't want to go into more debt, I don't think anyone wants to be my partner, nor would I like to sell the bakery's things to start another business and defraud myself more... I would like to get a good job but here in my country it doesn't exist and if I decide to leave I would leave my mother very vulnerable. It's really frustrating not being able to make a decision...