Selling baked goods door-to-door to businesses

[Swan4Me]

Has anyone done this to make extra $$?


Today, a woman who really looked "down on her luck" ,was selling individually wrapped baked goods and came into our store.

The new girl bought some-before the boss kindly shooed her away-we dont allow soliciting


I just wouldnt eat anything a stranger made

 

[Ciciwoowoo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that how Paula Deen started out?

 

[disneyfreakk]

When I was younger I would buy home made tamales and breakfast burritos (at laundromats and work) from people that came in off the street. They were the BEST!!

And I also buy home made baked goods from a guy at our farmers market on Fridays.

Did the new girl say if it was good or not?

 

[Leshaface]

When I was younger I would buy home made tamales and breakfast burritos (at laundromats and work) from people that came in off the street. They were the BEST!!

And I also buy home made baked goods from a guy at our farmers market on Fridays.

Did the new girl say if it was good or not?

I STILL do this!

Heck, if someone makes better tamales than me, I'll definitely buy them! And I always get their phone number so I can call them back to order more for parties (or for me )

 

[disneyfreakk]

I STILL do this!

Heck, if someone makes better tamales than me, I'll definitely buy them! And I always get their phone number so I can call them back to order more for parties (or for me )

Oh I would still buy them, but we have moved to the north east and well.... lets just say I haven't seen anybody selling tamales or breakfast burritos up here.

 

[Leshaface]

Oh I would still buy them, but we have moved to the north east and well.... lets just say I haven't seen anybody selling tamales or breakfast burritos up here.

Gotcha!

 

[riley2008]

I just wouldnt eat anything a stranger made

If you eat out, you eat what a stranger made, only because of the "business" name behind it. It's probably safer to eat from the peddler.

(Nothing better than the tamale lady stopping by selling from the coolers in the trunk of her car, or the taco man selling out of his truck. Mmmmm...may have to go track down the dude that sells gumbo and turkey legs from his trailer - he's usually in a parking lot somewhere, but I'd have to stand in line. Oh, and don't forget about pink van with the Raspas! aka snowcones)

Any if you've ever traveled to other countries....street food is the best!

 

[Swan4Me]

If you eat out, you eat what a stranger made, only because of the "business" name behind it. It's probably safer to eat from the peddler.

But a restaurant's kitchen abides by strict codes for cleanliness etc

 

[A Mickeyfan]

But a restaurant's kitchen abides by strict codes for cleanliness etc

and are inspected and fined if they are not up to code

 

[livndisney]

But a restaurant's kitchen abides by strict codes for cleanliness etc

As I sit here watching "Kitchen Nightmares"

Food from a car trunk has GOT to be cleaner than the kitchen I am looking at!

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Yep this is how Paula Dean got started. I buy baked goods at bake sales that is made by a stranger. I also make things for bake sales. At Christmas one of the chruches in town has a cookie walk that we go to and pick up lots of goodies for the holiday. It doesn't bother me to eat something someone else has made.

 

[gr8leg8]

But a restaurant's kitchen abides by strict codes for cleanliness etc

never worked in a restaurant, have you?

 

[mpls_mm]

never worked in a restaurant, have you?

 

[GOOFY4DONALD]

Has anyone done this to make extra $$?


Today, a woman who really looked "down on her luck" ,was selling individually wrapped baked goods and came into our store.

The new girl bought some-before the boss kindly shooed her away-we dont allow soliciting


I just wouldnt eat anything a stranger made

First of all, I want to comment the woman who "looked down on her luck" for trying to make a living for herself rather than sit at home living on the system. and who knows she could be the next Sarah Lee. Growing up in Bakersfield California my childhood memories are filled with women selling tamales in local stores at Christmas-time. They were strangers but boy did they make some darn good tamales.

 

[Evi]

I'm in the north east and its not done here. we barely see girlscouts except infront of the market. But I'm sure if its common in ones enviroment it would be normal and people would buy it.

 

[DisnyMama]

I use to live in a huge apartment complex that was a giant melting pot. There wa a lady who went door to door selling tamales and .....CHURROS! She only charged a $1 for homemade churros and I only had $1 in cash on me. She was so sweet and gave me four churros (her idea)and said I could pay her for the others when she came around next time. These were the best churros I ever, and I mean ever had. When she returned I paid her back and bought tamales too! She new what she was doing.

 

[cglaura]

I would have bought them anyway. If there was some reason I was wary of the product, then I would just toss it. But at least she would have earned some money.

I'm always up for helping someone trying to help themselves.

Most people eat baked goods from others all the time...cookies at the holidays, birthdays, office treats, etc. No matter how well you know someone, you really don't know how well they clean. I used to clean houses way back when. You know who had the worst bathrooms and kitchens? Doctors and OBGYN!! Would you have bought it at the doctor if he said his wife had made it? (Not that a doc would do that...just an example of can't judge a book by it's cover, for good or bad really.)

 

[Bonnie151]

Some states license home kitchens for the production and sale of baked goods. The owners then have to follow certain guidelines and are subject to inspections. I'm not in the US, but my home kitchen is licensed and I run a very successful wedding cake/celebration cake business from home. Any customers are welcome to view my kitchen (and the vast majority of brides do through their consultations)!

I might or might not buy baked goods from someone off the street- it would depend on the exact situation, but I've bought plenty of baked sales goods at school fairs!

 

[snarlingcoyote]

As I sit here watching "Kitchen Nightmares"

Food from a car trunk has GOT to be cleaner than the kitchen I am looking at!

I was about to chime in with that. Also, I used to live in a town where all the health code violations at restaurants and bakeries were published in the free weekly paper. I would rather buy food from the trunk of the car of someone earnest who is trying to make a living than from some of the chains.

Come to think of it, I've never gotten food poisoning from home made food sold by someone off the street or out of their car. I have gotten food poisoning from some name brand restaurants, including one time that I was just hoping I was the only one - it was bad enough to have killed an elderly person or someone with a suppressed immune system.

 

[CTdiznymom]

Dating myself here, but back in the day you barely went to the market bc everyday a different vendor came thru the neighborhood honking their horns and selling whatever you needed. There was a dry goods guy that sold dish towels and linens, a fruit/vegetable guy, a fish guy etc. No refrigerator truck, just fish on ice.