Question

what were the different names given by the nuts vendor for his business?

Answer 1

Develop recipes that not only taste good, but have a shelf life of at least two months. Try to make sure your dried fruit and nut mixes are different in some way, and not just a blend that people can buy at any grocery store. They will need an incentive to buy your products.

Decide how you want to retail your fruit and nut mixes. You can open an online store, sell through a gourmet e-commerce marketplace such as Foodoro, buy a booth at a fair or flea market, rent a mall kiosk, or buy a concession trailer.

Obtain food handling and manufacturing permits from your local health department, a tax ID from your state, an assumed name certificate from your county clerk, and have your kitchen certified and approved for food manufacturing. Alternatively, you can rent a commercial kitchen.

Choose packaging for your fruit and nut mixes and buy them from a retailer such as Nashville Wraps. A common and inexpensive way to bag them is with clear cello bags and twist ties, but you can also use lined, paper tie tin bags, plastic containers, or take-out boxes. Ensure that the packaging you use is FDA approved for food contact.

Launch a website. It can be information or an e-commerce site. Be sure to include your contact details, clear photos of your products, information regarding your certification as a food manufacturer, and a list of places were people can buy your dried fruit and nut mixes.

Market your fruit and nut mixes by sponsoring giveaways on gourmet food blogs, sampling at craft fairs, handing out samples at a gourmet market (get permission from the store manager first), or sending samples with orders.

Make extra revenue by signing up as a seller at your local farmers market. If you are using locally grown fruit or nuts, it is very likely that you'll be accepted as a seller. If you don't use local ingredients, but use organic ones, or fruit and nuts that you grow yourself, you still have a good chance at being accepted as a vendor.