Posts by KuyaRomeo

I live and have a Bakery in New York State.We want to ship but find it very confusing to figure out if we can Legally ship our baked goods, and if so, what are the restrictions.1. Business in New York State, can we ship to New York...

Lots of good ideas here. Thank you!!As for giving stuff away . . we do tons of that already. We do "surprise-bys" every week where we stop in local businesses and introduce ourselves as the new neighbor and drop off samples. This...

Quote:Originally Posted by bakingpwI had this exact problem. What I did for my bakery cases was to begin to make smaller cakes and tarts. I can make 2- 7" tarts for the same food cost as the larger ones I was making. The result was...

Thank you for your input. I agree 100%, however there are things to weigh out . . If we eliminate displaying any of our products in case/shelf . . . we eliminate the opportunity to grow the retail part of the business. She just...

It's that time of the year again . . . We are going to be doing decorated gingerbread cookies on a stick this year, and putting them in our small retail. This is our first year, and the owner of the shoppe says it gets nuts in December...

We started a small bakery where we focus on "from scratch" using high quality ingredients (fresh ground imported nutmeg, etc . . .).We bake in a rented kitchen that belongs to an existing high end hand made chocolate store . . . which...

We opened our half bakery (I say half because we are sharing our location with an existing chocolate store) a few weeks ago.Because preliminary sales are a bit on the slow side, I am trying to figure out what to do in order to not take...

We finally opened up shop . . . we are renting a shared kitchen, but we rent full access all month . . . so we can bake any time. Last week we opened up and I was so excited to get baking on our first day. But disaster set in very...

Thanks for your replies . . After reading them, and more personal consideration, I have opted to email Ghiradelli and ask if I can use them as a descriptive element (i.e.: buttercream infused with Ghiradelli chocolate)Probably, simply...

Am I legally allowed to use the name of a brand of ingredients?For example:Can you call a cookies an "M&M cookie" ?What about in your description . . Can you say "Infused with Ghiradelli Chocolate" ?and that sort of thing?