Anyone have experience selling food on streets?

[KoolBak]

Sell my belts - I'll give ya 10-20% ;o) http://www.koolbak.com

Food sales are really a bitch; heavily regulated and a substantial risk; get one lowlife that claims you gave him botulism and you're fooked just by having to defend yourself....not to be negative; just that a large percentage of people are dungheaps ;o)

Good luck young'un

ps - not all are as cool as ol Papshmear and I......good old beer guzzlin redneck Oregonians.....lol......

[BigBallinStalin]

If you're slinging at a fair or something, Hapsmo's right.

If you're setting up on a corner in a city, word of mouth will be what makes or breaks you. That's why you'd have to go into debt before you could turn a profit. But you won't turn a profit quickly enough to make it a viable summer job.

This.

You'd most likely earn more money investing in a lawnmower and some other tools to do yard work. You could charge an average of $15-$30 per hour.

[jonesthecurl]

Yes: the rigmarole of setting up a food business in the U.S. will not be repaid over the course of one summer.
You might be able to find someone who is already licensed in a nearby town, and offer to open up under their name in your own town, giving them a noticeable percentage.

[KoolBak]

Good point on the mowing....my 14 year old makes close to $100 per weekend doing yard work......

[jonesthecurl]

I used to wash cars and babysit. My friends were getting up at ridiculous hours to deliver newspapers and I out-earned 'em by playing with warm water or sittin in someone's house eating sandwiches.

[PLAYER57832]

I used to wash cars and babysit. My friends were getting up at ridiculous hours to deliver newspapers and I out-earned 'em by playing with warm water or sittin in someone's house eating sandwiches.

It is a tad trickier now, if you aren't well known. But, if you are someone the parents know well, many parents like having a male watch their boys.

Do be careful, though. If you want to try that, pm me and I can give you some advice.

[jonesthecurl]

You can get a certificate through (for example) the YMCA here and now. It wasn't so formal back when I was doing it.