Anne Zander
@anne_zander
active 9 years, 11 months agoAngel Story joined the group Marketing 9 years, 5 months ago
David Crabill replied to the topic Selling to Retailers from your home in the forum Colorado 9 years, 5 months ago
No — CFOs must sell their products to the final consumer.
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David replied to the topic Cottage law confusion in the forum Colorado 9 years, 6 months ago
Thanks Wendy. I believe the most recent amendment won’t go into effect until August 4th. Where did you see the restriction for LLCs?
David replied to the topic Cottage law confusion in the forum Colorado 9 years, 8 months ago
Sarah, this would probably be fine as long as you are producing the food yourself and selling the items yourself. The “retail store” prohibition is referring to indirect sales being disallowed. Also, commercial food establishments probably cannot sell homemade food, so installing a commercial kitchen may actually prohibit you from using the…[Read more]
Sarah Fruehan started the topic Cottage law confusion in the forum Colorado 9 years, 8 months ago
Baking at home and selling in your own shop? So I have the opportunity to rent a small shop and looked into installing a commercial kitchen space there but it looks like the space will be too small. I would still like to take advantage of this retail space, and the shop that was there before me would bake at home and sell in the store. I also have…[Read more]
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David replied to the topic Selling from food vendor/concession stand in the forum Colorado 9 years, 8 months ago
Yes, that should be allowed as long as you are personally selling the items at the concession stand.
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David replied to the topic Online sales in the forum Colorado 9 years, 10 months ago
Lauren, you need to prepare them in a commercial kitchen and get licensed from the health dept. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Tomiwa Osunkoya joined the group Marketing 9 years, 11 months ago
David replied to the topic A real "greenie" in the forum Colorado 9 years, 11 months ago
I’d recommend contacting the sales tax division in Pueblo to see what you should be charging. Here’s some generic info about sales tax: http://forrager.com/faq/#sales-tax
Here is some basic info about starting your business: http://forrager.com/faq/#starting
My “advice”, if you will, is to start out small and don’t get too caught up in trying to…[Read more]
Anne Zander posted an update in the group Colorado 10 years ago
CDPHE is holding what they are calling Cottage Food Stakeholder group meetings on a monthly basis in order to hear from cottage food producers/vendors. The CDPHE wants input into setting up the guidelines for the “pickled vegetables” products that will be Tier 2 food product they can make and sell but probably not until mid-2016.
Anne Zander joined the group Colorado 10 years ago
David replied to the topic Making doughnuts in CO in the forum Colorado 10 years ago
CO’s health dept has chosen not to include donuts on their allowed list, which means they’re probably not allowed unless they’re baked donuts. I don’t think jam, jelly, or frosting would be an issue… I believe that anything fried would not be allowed. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Anne Zander joined the group Marketing 10 years ago
Andrea posted an update in the group Marketing 10 years ago
Hi everyone! Is anyone struggling to get the buzz out to find more customers? What do you find most challenging in marketing your goods?
Andrea joined the group Marketing 10 years ago
CFOAA joined the group Colorado 10 years, 1 month ago
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I think getting noticed is hard for any new business. Something that I struggle with is talking up my product at every spare moment, with whomever I meet, and doing so in a way that comes off as authentic and not awkward. Have you found some of your marketing efforts to be successful?