Women Home Business: Small Business Success Stories

Women Home Business: Small Business Success Stories » food business http://www.womenhomebusiness.com Success and startup stories of women (and men) entrepreneurs. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:08:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Start a Home-Based Baked Goods Business http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/how-to-start-a-home-based-baked-goods-business.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/how-to-start-a-home-based-baked-goods-business.htm#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:28:39 +0000 Lyve Alexis Pleshette http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/?p=2257 Are you a whizz in the oven? Do you make the most delicious cupcakes, breads, cookies or pies or other baked goods? If you are, you may want to consider starting a home-baked goods business from home.

]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/how-to-start-a-home-based-baked-goods-business.htm/feed 0 Amy’s Kitchen: From Home-Based to Multi-Million Frozen Food Business http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/amys-kitchen-frozen-food-business.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/amys-kitchen-frozen-food-business.htm#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:56:10 +0000 Isabel Isidro http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/?p=2089 Learn how California couple Andy and Rachel Berliner started Amy's Kitchen, the natural and organic frozen food brand, and turned this home-based business into a multi-million success.

]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/amys-kitchen-frozen-food-business.htm/feed 3 How to Start a Mobile Food Truck Business http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/how-to-start-a-mobile-food-truck-business.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/how-to-start-a-mobile-food-truck-business.htm#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:49:01 +0000 Isabel Isidro http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/?p=2029 The mobile food industry has seen a massive resurgence, especially in big urban areas such as Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., Miami and San Francisco. If you are looking to start your own mobile food truck business, here are 10 things to consider.

]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/how-to-start-a-mobile-food-truck-business.htm/feed 2 CurbsideCupcakes.com: Success in Using Social Media http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/curbsidecupcakes-com-success-in-using-social-media.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/curbsidecupcakes-com-success-in-using-social-media.htm#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:05:02 +0000 Isabel Isidro http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/?p=1275 Some businesses “get” social media, but many still don’t. But for those who understand how to use social media for their marketing, the results can be quite impressive. One home business that gets social media is CurbsideCupcakes.com, a mobile vendor of gourmet cupcakes in the Washington D.C. area. Learn how CurbsideCupcakes.com is growing their business through one tweet and one Facebook friend at a time.

]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/curbsidecupcakes-com-success-in-using-social-media.htm/feed 7 Jill Donenfeld: Success In The Personal Chef Business http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/jill-donenfeld-success-in-the-personal-chef-business.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/jill-donenfeld-success-in-the-personal-chef-business.htm#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:22:59 +0000 Lyve Alexis Pleshette http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/?p=854 For a growing number of families, the question, What’s for dinner? is best answered with a phone call to a personal chef. Personal chefs offer an affordable and great-tasting solution to families with little or no time to cook. Learn about Jill Donenfeld, who is making a name for herself in the personal chef business with her The Dish's Dishes in Manhattan.

]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/jill-donenfeld-success-in-the-personal-chef-business.htm/feed 0 Erin McKenna: Finding Success with a Vegan Bakery Business http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/startup/erin-mckenna-vegan-bakery.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/startup/erin-mckenna-vegan-bakery.htm#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:10:45 +0000 Isabel Isidro http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/?p=698 While working in the fashion business, Erin McKenna was diagnosed as allergic to wheat and dairies. Not wanting to totally give up on sugar and sweets, she then tried baking and trying recipes for mouthwatering deserts that she can tolerate. Knowing that she has a winning lineup of goodies convinced her to open her vegan bakery, BabyCakes NYC.

]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/startup/erin-mckenna-vegan-bakery.htm/feed 3 Candace Nelson: Sweet Success with Cupcakes http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/candace-nelson-sweet-success-with-sprinkles-cupcakes.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/blog/candace-nelson-sweet-success-with-sprinkles-cupcakes.htm#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:34:00 +0000 Isabel Isidro http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/entrepreneur-success-stories/candace-nelson-sweet-success-with-sprinkles-cupcakes/ Sometimes success can be found only after changing career directions. Candace Nelson was a former investment banker who realized, after losing her job in the dot-com bust, that her life’s passion is baking. Candace then traded her suits to a baker’s uniform and found culinary success with her cupcakes.

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]]> http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/success/fortunuts-nicole-simons.htm/feed 0 Kim & Scott Holstein: Success with Gourmet Pretzels http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/startup/kim-scott-holstein-success-with-gourmet-pretzels.htm http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/startup/kim-scott-holstein-success-with-gourmet-pretzels.htm#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:49:00 +0000 admin http://www.womenhomebusiness.com/entrepreneur-success-stories/kim-scott-holstein-success-with-gourmet-pretzels/ The most successful businesses are those that are able to spot opportunities — even in the seemingly ordinary things in our every day life. Kim and Scott Holstein were in a supermarket in Wilmette, Chicago looking for unique flavored pretzels. However, all that was offered in the frozen food ailes section was plain salted pretzel. [...]

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