David Crabill
@david
active 2 days, 1 hour agoForum Replies Created
- Posts
No — that would be considered an indirect sale.
1) I don’t think customers can pick it up from your home. Probably the best thing would be to deliver the items.
2) It would depend on your local zoning laws, since that might increase foot and car traffic in a residential area. Since I just focus on the cottage food laws, I haven’t really tracked resources for commercial food businesses, but the requirements for opening a commercial kitchen are so location-dependent that contacting your health dept is probably the best bet.
Some farmers markets are produce-only, but I’ve seen many CFOs successfully sell baked goods at the markets that allow them. I’ve seen two distinct approaches: the niche approach and the bakery approach. The former focuses on a few select products, and the latter offers an array of baked goods. The former can command higher prices but the latter allows you to sell to almost anyone. I’ve seen both approaches work, and I’d say the latter takes more work and requires more risk since you increase your odds of having unsold items at the end of the day. That being said, it can also help indicate which items sell well. The hardest thing when starting out is to determine what people will buy.
Since you said you haven’t seen many baked goods, I’d suggest asking the market managers why they think that’s the case.
Yes, you should be able to sell from your home, assuming you have your landlord’s permission.
I don’t think that spice blends are allowed, but I’m not completely sure, since the law recently changed. If you could sell them, it would only be at farmers markets. You can contact the health dept to check.
You need to use a commercial kitchen to produce salads, and I’m not sure if they’re taxable. You will need to contact the health dept. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Since you are making the sale, this is an indirect, out-of-state order. She needs to have a license that will allow indirect and out-of-state sales, which may not be allowed with a TN domestic kitchen license. There’s a very good chance that she will need to open a commercial bakery in order to do this. Unfortunately, I can’t give a definitive answer because it largely depends on what your and her counties decide. The first step is for her to contact her ag dept.
Ashley, you won’t be able to transfer it. You will just need to start up a new business in Florida under their cottage food law, just the same as if you had initially lived there. It’s actually much easier to start a CFO in FL, but also much more restrictive, as you can only sell $15K of product per year.
How to close down your business in GA will depend on what type of business it is. A simple business might just naturally expire, while an LLC might require you to submit paperwork.
No — to sell pet food in Illinois, you need to use an approved facility, and you need to contact the ag dept.
I highly doubt it, but I suppose that if the baker was a licensed TN domestic kitchen, then the ag dept for the county of the Indiana farmers market might allow those indirect sales.
