Ordinance out of a box; that’s just nuts. Clearly nobody looked at that and made the necessary changes.

The club sports around here usually camp at a 4 way intersection (near a grocery store usually) and sell bottled water at $1/bottle.

We did a 'lemonade stand' a couple years ago, but our wares were Girl Scout cookies.
Daughter made a killing that year, and we were in a gates neighborhood, but were fortunate to have a corner lot on a busy street.

Locally, we had a 501c3 get hit with a cease letter and fine for making soup for homeless.
Food and drink has to be made in a health inspected and licensed kitchen. Regardless if giving or selling. Reasoning is that if a group of people get sick that don't have insurance, it is on the community to pay for their treatment.

That fine killed that organization.

I kind of get the goal, but over reach for sure.

Selling "prepared & packaged" food & drink is ok as the maker of those items have been inspected.

Shoot, maybe we do have to stick to Countrytime powder. I hadn’t thought about anyone getting sick off of lemonade.

Is your kid a Scout? If so, perhaps there are some older Scouts in his troop who might volunteer to manage the stand. Maybe combine with a Scout fundraiser, around here they sell popcorn, which should beef up the lemonade sales a bit.

Please don't let my comment deter you. It was just something to consider.

I have "Ken's Karens" as neighbors who don't mind their business. They call city for everything.

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Ordinance out of a box; that’s just nuts. Clearly nobody looked at that and made the necessary changes.

You'd be surprised how common this is. Same with the school board stuff. The vast majority of the policies (at the districts in my state) are the same, word for word.

About a decade ago I decided to stop at any lemonade stand I pass. I live in a well to do neighborhood so the kids likely don’t need the money but it’s always fun to give them $5 for a cup or two and tell them to keep the change. The younger kids get really excited. Gotta respect the hustle.

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Originally posted by architect:
Is your kid a Scout? If so, perhaps there are some older Scouts in his troop who might volunteer to manage the stand. Maybe combine with a Scout fundraiser, around here they sell popcorn, which should beef up the lemonade sales a bit.

He is not, and it could definitely be good for sales, but I think maybe we will just keep it simple, especially if they have to tear down and move due to a permitting issue..

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Originally posted by berto:
About a decade ago I decided to stop at any lemonade stand I pass. I live in a well to do neighborhood so the kids likely don’t need the money but it’s always fun to give them $5 for a cup or two and tell them to keep the change. The younger kids get really excited. Gotta respect the hustle.

Yes! I do too unless it’s in a really difficult location to pull over. There was one yesterday that I really wanted to stop that, but it was right on the entrance to a heavily traveled road, and no advance notice. Which gives me an idea…

If you don't like watered down lemonade, consider making ice cubes with some of the drink.
As they melt, just releases more drink instead of just water.

You could also make it fun by adding a piece of fruit in the cubes. Such as a blueberry, raspberry, etc.

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Originally posted by TRIO:
If you don't like watered down lemonade, consider making ice cubes with some of the drink.
As they melt, just releases more drink instead of just water.

You could also make it fun by adding a piece of fruit in the cubes. Such as a blueberry, raspberry, etc.

I love this!

Guys, it went great. I went with a recipe Trio suggested, but squeezed lemons by hand. That’s a one and done. Next time I’ll use Nellie’s and save my kid the trouble, but it was a good learning experience for him (he didn’t do all, but quite a few).

After an early customer arrival where I panicked and charged a buck/cup, the boys got together, compared their calculations and agreed that they wanted to charge $1.50, so the signs went up, and we were off and running. Could not have been a nicer day for a lemonade stand, we had plenty of traffic, some enthusiastic young boys waving their signs, and getting folks to honk even if they didn’t stop.
They did a great job, people were kind and generous, tipping above and beyond, and really making the kids’ day. No idea what they will buy with their loot (baseball or hockey), but I’m glad they got the experience of working for and earning their own money.

Thanks again to all who encouraged me and supported lemonade stands!

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Gratifying to hear it was successful

That's awesome to hear that it went well.

Creating a great memory and learning experiences for them is something that should be done more often with children.

I have a firm rule that I will buy anything a kid is selling if they pitch it themselves..I don’t care if it’s candy, lemonade, Girl Scout cookies, Boy Scout popcorn.

I’ve been in sales most of my adult life and got started selling Boy Scout popcorn so it was definitely my gateway drug.