I need a little bit of help, please.
I really want to get started making jams and other preserves for sale. I've been making making for friends and family for years. I eat a lot of it. It's quite good quality and really very nice to eat.
Never spoiled.
I would say I am at an 'advanced' level at growing and preserving.
The logical next step would be selling but my goodness. It's a minefield. Food hygiene and registering and everything else.
I was looking online and it said a food hygiene course is £500. I don't have that! especially when I'll probably only be making £30 if I'm lucky over the first year as I have 0 customer base. (all of my potential customers already receive jams and chutneys and salts for free 😲)
Is it doable for a working class, single income family to start selling food or should I just give up like I did last year and the year
before.
or is it possible?
I really enjoy making the jams and other bits. but you can only eat so much! I'd love to progress but the business side and legal side is very daunting. so does anybody have any advice? or tips? or success and even horror stories?
Google is great but the anecdotal, chatting side of the Internet mumsnet is so much easier to process.