Service Center Director/Business Advisor
Chuuk SBDC
Killy Fritz is a mother of four little girls and a part time custodian at Chuuk SBDC for over ten (10) years now. My four little girls are attending private school and my salary barely meets their tuitions, school expenses and home needs. Life is difficult but I want the best for me and my girls.
So, Killy decided to open up a business
selling iced drinks. Killy went to the Chuuk SBDC to get help on business
planning and start-up assistance. Killy stated, “I want to thank the staff of
Chuuk SBDC for their help, strong support and encouragement that led me into
developing my business plan and submitted to the FSM Development Bank. After two visits to the bank I was informed
that my loan request was approved. I was
very happy.”
The start up process was not easy but with
the strong support and encouragement by the staff of Chuuk SBDC things went
well. Killy sells three types of iced products on a dock where islanders come
in the morning and leave in the afternoon. Her product is ideal for the heat.
Killy sells ice blocks to fishermen and others who need ice for cold drinks and
food preservation. She also sells ice cups which is a delicious and refreshing
koolaid mixture. And lastly, she offers ice chofar which is a popular ice cup
flavor in the Chuukese community. It is made of water mixed with carnation
milk, condense milk, sugar, and chofar.
In the long run, Killy intends to purchase
her own chiller where she will be able to produce more ice block and ice cups
and be able to meet the demand of her present market.
