If you have been a fan of our website, our You Tube videos, or our facebook page, you know that Flowers to Eat offers comprehensive classes for budding entrepreneurs who want to start their own independent fruit arrangement business
As the summer winds down, we are offering a super savings on our 3 and 4 day classes.
If you register for either our 3 day or our 4 day class by August 31, 2011 and take the class by October 31, 2011, we will deduct $500.00 from the cost of the class.
Contact Nancy or Ruth at 814-341-2328 for more information, or send a note to info@flowerstoeat for all the details.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Selling Food Items from your Home OK'd in Florida
Have you ever thought about starting your own food based business from your home?
When you looked into it, did you discover that you needed to use a commercial kitchen and be licensed?
Well, this has all changed, and budding entrepreneurs can now get their business started in their home.
On July 2, 2011, the Florida Cottage Food Act became a state law. This new law allows small businesses to prepare their food products in their own kitchens without obtaining a food permit from the Department of Agriculture.
The law allows cooks to bake cakes, cookies, or breads, create jams, jellies and vinegars, and a number of other products in their own home and market them.
There are a number of conditions that you need to be aware of, however.
1) Annual gross sales cannot exceed $15,000.
2) The products cannot be sold over the Internet or by mail order
3) The products cannot be sold wholesale to restaurants or food stores.
For more information, contact your local Small Business Information Center. They are running workshops to help budding entrepreneurs understand this new law and its caveats. In Hillsborough County, you can learn more by logging onto www.hillsborough-county.org/sbic or call 813-914-4028.
Basic information for this blog obtained from the In The Field Magazine, July 2011
When you looked into it, did you discover that you needed to use a commercial kitchen and be licensed?
Well, this has all changed, and budding entrepreneurs can now get their business started in their home.
On July 2, 2011, the Florida Cottage Food Act became a state law. This new law allows small businesses to prepare their food products in their own kitchens without obtaining a food permit from the Department of Agriculture.
The law allows cooks to bake cakes, cookies, or breads, create jams, jellies and vinegars, and a number of other products in their own home and market them.
There are a number of conditions that you need to be aware of, however.
1) Annual gross sales cannot exceed $15,000.
2) The products cannot be sold over the Internet or by mail order
3) The products cannot be sold wholesale to restaurants or food stores.
For more information, contact your local Small Business Information Center. They are running workshops to help budding entrepreneurs understand this new law and its caveats. In Hillsborough County, you can learn more by logging onto www.hillsborough-county.org/sbic or call 813-914-4028.
Basic information for this blog obtained from the In The Field Magazine, July 2011
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