The Forrager Podcast for Cottage Food Businesses

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The Forrager Podcast for Cottage Food Businesses episodes

August 23, 2022 The Competitive Cake Artist with Jewel Burgess
Jewel Burgess of Rancho Cordova, CA shares how she started a cottage food business selling realistic cake sculptures and what she's learned from participating in four Food Network competitions.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/69
55 min
August 09, 2022 Makin’ Friends, Sellin’ Food, Havin’ Fun with Connie & Rick Martin
Connie & Rick Martin of Charleston, WV share how they built a successful business by discovering a very unique product, accruing 15 wholesale accounts, and constantly networking and asking for help.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/68
48 min
July 26, 2022 The One-Woman Show with Amanda Luecke
Amanda Luecke of Maple Grove, MN shares how she built a thriving custom decorated cookie business with over 26k Instagram followers by focusing on her customers, community, & family.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/67
1 hr
July 12, 2022 The Burnt Out Baker with Jenni Reher
Jenni Reher of Mead, CO shares the rise and fall of her vegan donut bakery, how she grew it to 20 wholesale accounts, and why she decided to sell her business when it was doing better than ever.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/66
1 hr
June 28, 2022 Rolling In Cookie Dough with Amy Wong & Lawrance Combs
Amy Wong & Lawrance Combs of Cupertino, CA sell massive cookies and share how they went from launching their business on Instagram to raising over $150k to expand their wildly popular cookie bakery.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/65
1 hr
June 14, 2022 Mixing It Up with Cassie Menchhofer
Cassie Menchhofer of Celina, OH shares how she took her business to the next level by building an FDA-approved manufacturing facility to sell her dried soup, baking, and spice mixes across the country.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/64
54 min
May 31, 2022 Cupcakes In Full Bloom with Sarah Thongnopneua
Sarah Thongnopneua lives in San Anselmo, CA and shares how she grew her "bouCAKES" (floral cupcake bouquets) business from her home kitchen into a commercial kitchen & won a Food Network competition.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/63
50 min
May 17, 2022 How To Raise Over $50k With This New Crowdfunding Technique with Diana Blaylock
Diana Blaylock of Twin Falls, ID sells home-baked goods and shares how she went from a crowdfunding failure to raising over $50k to help grow her home bakery into a brick-and-mortar location.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/62
58 min
May 03, 2022 Can A Product Be Too Good? with Janna Paterno
Janna Paterno of Charleston, WV shares why she wasn't making money in her custom-decorated cookie business, despite having phenomenal decorating skills and more customers than she could ask for.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/61
56 min
April 19, 2022 How To Build A Food Business (And Life) That You Love with Sari Kimbell – Part 2
Sari Kimbell of Fort Collins, CO shares tons of advice about growing a food business, including pricing, choosing products, branding, selling wholesale, scaling up, find a commissary kitchen, and more.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/60
52 min

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