The Oven Door Bakery
Family sized pies from a Mount Maunganui bakery where pies are the speciality. A straightforward fundraiser for Bay of Plenty schools and clubs, with collection from the bakery on Hull Road.
Est. Revenue
$500 - $3,000
Time Required
3-4 weeks
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Pie fundraisers are the workhorse of New Zealand school fundraising, and for good reason. Families need dinner, a family pie feeds the table, and nobody needs the concept explained to them.
The Oven Door Bakery is on Hull Road in Mount Maunganui, and pies are what they do. Their family pies are made for exactly this, a meal that goes in the oven at the end of a long day.
Why Family Pies Work
- It replaces a meal, not adds to a shopping list. Supporters are spending money they were going to spend anyway. That is a much easier ask than a treat or a novelty item.
- People order several. Family pies go straight in the freezer, so most households take two or three rather than one.
- A local bakery. Bay of Plenty families would rather support a bakery down the road than a brand they have never heard of, and it shows in the order numbers.
- Reliable margins. Pie fundraisers have been the backbone of school fundraising here for decades because the numbers hold up.
How It Works
Set your campaign up on Raised and share the link. Supporters order and pay online, so you are not collecting cash at the school gate or reconciling paper order forms against a pile of envelopes.
Collection is from the bakery in Mount Maunganui. Fundraising pickups are by appointment only so your order is ready when you arrive, with times allocated between 9am and 2pm, Monday to Friday. Book your slot when you set the campaign up.
Planning Your Pickup Day
Frozen product needs a plan. Work out who is collecting from the bakery, where the pies are being held, and how families get theirs, before the campaign opens rather than the day before pickup.
Chilly bins and a couple of parents with big car boots covers most of it. Give families a tight collection window at school, two hours after pickup works well, and tell them clearly that pies need to go straight into a freezer.
Who It Suits
Schools, sports teams and community groups in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga and the wider Bay of Plenty. Since collection is from the bakery, this one is best suited to groups close enough to make the trip.
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