How the hell do you make $80k/month worth of cookies in one single regular kitchen oven?
Honestly I think that is what made me put it together. I remember being surprised by the successful facebook page of the former teachkinder and that I had a few GBCN friends that liked it the first time I heard of it. But it was the mention of the ask me anything and the fantastical stories being spun here on GBCN that made me look at the picture, and go wait... and then ask my friend for confirmation that it was the same person.
How the hell do you make $80k/month worth of cookies in one single regular kitchen oven?
Dude, we struggled with 4 ovens and a team of bakers at the cookie spot I worked at in BK.
Baking, timing, making the doughs, packing, shipping, handling online orders, vendors. Who the fuck can do that all themselves? Also what kind of mixer does she have? We used an 120 qt, 80 qt, and a 30 qt to get all production done. No way Jose.
I have no idea. Speaking of the AMA, I don't think she ever graduated law school. On the old board, one of her logins/AEs was in law school (stormchasersbride I think?), but there was a lot of WUT about things she posted with that too.
I'd be surprised if she ever practiced, or graduated, maybe even attended, but IDK.
How the hell do you make $80k/month worth of cookies in one single regular kitchen oven?
Dude, we struggled with 4 ovens and a team of bakers at the cookie spot I worked at in BK.
Baking, timing, making the doughs, packing, shipping, handling online orders, vendors. Who the fuck can do that all themselves? Also what kind of mixer does she have? We used an 120 qt, 80 qt, and a 30 qt to get all production done. No way Jose.
I mean I was just a baking blogger at one point, but in no universe does that claim make sense unless these cookies are $100 each.
Side note: at first I read that last line as "no way Josie."
So from that thread, she said at one point that she had 1M in sales last year, not 1M in profit. She also said she ships about 30 boxes a day, and that she bakes about 150 dozen batches of bars or cookies a day, using only one regular oven in her home. Oh, and 4 employees (I think she said full time, but I might be remembering that wrong).
Okay, I never did the math when she posted about this in her AMA, but she claims to do 150 dozen a day. Let's just say she is able to cook 1 dozen at a time (these are big cookies, so I'm doubtful) and they take 10 minutes per batch. 150 dozen x 10 minutes = 1500 minutes her oven would be in use. 1500 minutes/60 minutes = 25 hours per day. LOL.
(Maybe it is a double oven, but her post says just a regular sized oven, so...)
Post by niemand88f on Aug 15, 2016 11:42:37 GMT -5
Wow. So she's a "real" person with a real business, but has done super shady stuff to get sympathy and make money? She'll probably just move on to another board. Gross.
Post by oliviapope on Aug 15, 2016 11:45:05 GMT -5
Ok, so I just quickly went through her own threads and I'm really shocked she wasn't called out earlier for being a self absorbed twit! Her threads are all pictures of her and her son, about her million vacations and her business. She sounds like an asshole. I'm curious if she participated in threads without talking about herself.
Okay, I never did the math when she posted about this in her AMA, but she claims to do 150 dozen a day. Let's just say she is able to cook 1 dozen at a time (these are big cookies, so I'm doubtful) and they take 10 minutes per batch. 150 dozen x 10 minutes = 1500 minutes her oven would be in use. 1500 minutes/60 minutes = 25 hours per day. LOL.
(Maybe it is a double oven, but her post says just a regular sized oven, so...)
In the cover photo, it looks like a regular single oven
Post by followyourarrow on Aug 15, 2016 11:46:58 GMT -5
Wow! I never understood her cookie business. I used to sell cookies on etsy and at a farmers market and it was crazy hard to make money and the amount of time it took for just my small market made it hard.