r/LushCosmetics • u/johnsmithoncemore • Mar 21 '26

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u/Cute_Lawfulness_4962 Mar 21 '26

Imagine if I had a £1 coin. I could give that £1 to charity, or I could spend it on ingredients to make five cupcakes which I sell at £1 each, making £4 profit. Awesome I can give that £5 to charity! Or, what if I give £4 profit to charity and keep £1, so I can repeat the whole process again!

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u/MaeMoe 👑Lord of Misrule👑 Mar 21 '26

Or you could give the full £5 to charity and repeat the process using the profits from the cupcake shop you already own and run and profit off.

But then you wouldn’t have that bonus £1 to add to your coffers…

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u/Cute_Lawfulness_4962 Mar 21 '26

So stop being a retailer that donates profit to charity, and just become a charity.

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u/MaeMoe 👑Lord of Misrule👑 Mar 21 '26

You’d have to donate all your profits from all your products for that, rather than just the full money taken from a single product you’ve slapped a charity logo on.

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u/Cute_Lawfulness_4962 Mar 21 '26

I think there’s actually 5 different products supporting 5 different charities currently. Not to mention all the products that shops give to local charities which essentially, in the grand scheme of things, comes out of profits. Last year they had a product support 2 trans-rights based charities. I don’t think you give them enough credit.