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Wait, why not make her a character who puts up stalls inside the middle of the dungeons (rest stops or whatnot) and makes sure to stock up on necessities adventurers might have missed. Herself being self-sufficient (she's had lots of experience), or has a partner who has the same hobby.
She has very competitive prices--just a small markup for her troubles. And has become an urban legend amongst adventurers as "granny mart". Some rely on her foot cream, others for her home-cooked meals, and still others for her effective home-made potions.
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In my head, there's more than one of them, they're a group of retirees who chose this method of funding and enabling their ability to tick off their bucket list. They can be NPCs or DMPCs depending on the situation, and explains away the JRPG trope of the merchant in the last boss dungeon. The merchant turns out to be a retiree choosing to set up shop in the middle of their own adventures.