What Does a Teenage Soup Salesman do?

As a soup salesman, you’ll have your very own small soup stand where you will spend your day making and selling soup and other food items for people. It may be called a soup bar, but you shouldn’t hesitate to add bred and other things to your menu. They will only increase your profit as more people will come to your soup bar. You will have to run your own soup bar with the help of your parents, so you will be responsible for the success of it. This being said, you will have to weigh all your business choices carefully or else your soup bar might go bankrupt. Another way to do this is to create a subscription service where you deliver frozen soup to people each week and they pay you for that.

How Much Does a Teenage Soup Salesman Get Paid?

As a teenage soup salesman just starting, you will earn around $2-$3 per cup of soup that you sell. The biggest problem with becoming a soup salesman is the investment at the beginning and the starting costs. It costs a lot to start your soup bar, so you’ll have to get some money to do it. If you just deliver frozen soup to people, you’ll still need to be able to deliver it to them.

How Can I Get Started as a Soup Salesman?

1. Before you begin doing anything to set up your soup bar, you’ll have to do some research. First, you’ll need to find out your city’s legal, health, and safety requirements when it comes to soup bars. You can find this information by visiting your city’s website where there should be a lot of information. If that doesn’t work, you could directly contact them via email or phone. Get educated about the guidelines so you don’t violate anything later.
2. Once you’ve figured out the amount of money you need and know your city requirements, you can go find a location where you’ll make soup and how you’ll sell it. If you choose to get a soup stand, put it in a place with a lot of people. If you choose to freeze the soup, just determine where you’ll make it.
3. Buy equipment for your soup business and figure out recipes. If you decide you’d like to create a stand. you should buy an industrial soup warmer to keep all the soup warm for the customers. Don’t forget to buy some disposable bowls and spoons that your customers will need for drinking your soup. If you want to freeze your soup and sell it, make sure that you have adequate freezer space.
4. Congrats, you’re officially a teenage soup salesman. Starting out can be tough and getting customers is a challenge, but once you’ve figured these things out you’ll be very successful. You will earn that initial money back and make a great profit, and perhaps you will keep on expanding to one day open an actual restaurant.

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Helpful Resources

• Amazon.com:  This is where you can shop for items to make your soup.