Stefanie Edwards

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What to expect when starting a packaged food or drink business
Set up your business to start selling at the Farmer’s Market…[Read more]

Are drinks such as brewed coffee, juice from a pre-packaged bottle or lemonaid– to be sold at a home event. We will be selling handmade craft items, along with cookies and breads. Might we be allowed to ask for a donation for the drinks — that we would donate to a cause, but sell the craft and home-baked items for a profit? Fairfax County, VA. Thank you.

Are homemade cookies allowed in Fairfax County. We will be selling them along with handmade gifts — in my home driveway — similar to a garage sale setting. This would be an occasional event, and no items will be sold online or in a store. Thank you.

After a little over two and a half years in a cottage-food business, I’m finally ready to get into more formal bookkeeping. Accountants and QuickBooks cost too much for me, so I am going to use the online-accounting site called “Wave.”

Right now, I’m try to determine how to set up my chart of accounts, but I have no idea how much I should break…[Read more]

I run a food business. I deliver food to cottages. The business is actually pretty. I serve around 100 cottages from two production units. The business is actually going pretty good. I am actually planning to start a new production unit to serve more. I’ve found a place but it requires some work. Also, I want to buy some equipment.…[Read more]