The Homegrown Vendor Blog

What to charge for homemade meal prep, built from real costs: a $2.61 chicken and rice container, kitchen rent per meal, card fees, and what meal prep shops charge per week.

Homemade cake is legal to sell in all 9 states we checked if it keeps at room temperature. Here is each state's frosting line, permit, sales cap and charity bake sale rule.

What to charge for a 4-ounce pack of sprouts, built from real seed and clamshell costs, dated grocery and wholesale prices, card fees and the packs that never sell.

A pulled pork plate costs about $3.97 to make and sells for $15. Real restaurant prices, smoker yield math, fee tables and the permit rules for BBQ plates.

Homemade soap is legal to sell from home, but the words on your label pick the rules. True soap, cosmetic or drug, the 2022 federal law, label checklists, and Florida and California.

Seven places to sell homemade pickles, what each costs on a $10 pint, which kinds of pickle each can take, and which states allow them, from Texas to Wisconsin.

Seven places a backyard or part-time grower actually sells vegetables, from the porch stand to a food co-op, with what each costs on a $35 box and what to do with the surplus.

Sell a 16-ounce kombucha for $6 plus a $3 bottle deposit, or $8 when the customer keeps the bottle. Brewer and grocery prices, the gallon cost math, growlers and wholesale.

Sell a 9-inch homemade cheesecake for about $45 and a slice for $7. See what bakeries and home vendors charge, what a cheesecake costs to make, and what card fees take.