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Selling chocolate from home

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chocolateseller · 09/08/2023 19:02

My DD is looking to do some fundraising for a trip next year and one idea she's come up with is selling homemade chocolate lollies, decorated with sweets or similar.

We'll definitely do a food hygiene certificate prior to selling anything but from reading on line there is lots of legislation around setting up to sell food from home, registering the business etc. Do you think this is necessary for a short term, charity, effort? Would this be something you would want evidence of before buying something, or would you see it in the same category as cakes at a local fair and not ask too many questions about how they were made?

Am keen to avoid any pitfalls, but it also needs to be feasible against the money we are likely to raise from this.

Alternatively, any other ideas for fundraising? She has already fed lots of neighbours pets this summer!

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Clymene · 10/08/2023 07:25

To be fair, the OP did use the term charity in her first post.

Those trips where a load of untrained kids go and build walks only for them to be knocked down again for the next group of white saviours aren't charity, they're exploitation

Clymene · 10/08/2023 07:26

Walls, not walks!

Theunamedcat · 10/08/2023 07:27

Bulk buy sweets and repackage them its easier and you could offer a party bag service where you pack a stack of party bags and they just collect them

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WeAreTheHeroes · 10/08/2023 07:30

The sweet selling thing is definitely a good one - buy retail tubs from a wholesaler and split into 100g bags for a set price.

VinEtFromage · 10/08/2023 07:32

chocolateseller · 09/08/2023 22:46

Yeah, that’s what I had read which is obviously not going to happen!

I just keep thinking about all the cakes you get at fairs and schools and church events - none of them have two sinks!

@chocolateseller

Having read the threads on what people consider acceptable in their kitchens, I never buy food from 'stalls' now.

if I knew you & would be happy to eat at yours, I'd buy it.

why not

candles
soap
dog treats (I'd just check ingredients, Fido eats all kinds of crap, hygiene much less of a worry)

good luck to her!

determinedtomakethiswork · 10/08/2023 07:55

How old is your daughter? She would probably earn far more money if she did babysitting.

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