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.
well the backstory was that she was in an abusive marriage and was a SAHM who had never been away from her kid and went through a bunch of MMM hazing over some stuff she said. Then her husband left her and she rose from the ashes as a successful business owner who made happy memories for her kid. I bought it.
Post by laurenpetro on Aug 15, 2016 11:48:48 GMT -5
ok, so for the record for anyone who does want to do an at-home business (IN GENERAL):
you CAN legally sell this kind of stuff out of your home kitchen (exhibit A: laurenpetro). it doesn't take major health inspections given the type of product. health inspectors are more focused on anything that requires refrigeration. ETA: this varies WIDLY by state. NJ wouldn't let me do it at all. NY was totes ok as long as I meet certain requirements.
liability insurance is surprisingly low nowadays, all things considered. there's a company that covers companies like mine called FLIP that costs me $300/year up to a certain $$ earning, which I never ever ever will hit and that's perfectly fine with me.
that said, there's no GD way to make 32,000 cookies out of a home kitchen with any regularity. so fuck that noise in the ear.
ok, so for the record for anyone who does want to do an at-home business (IN GENERAL):
you CAN legally sell this kind of stuff out of your home kitchen (exhibit A: laurenpetro). it doesn't take major health inspections given the type of product. health inspectors are more focused on anything that requires refrigeration. ETA: this varies WIDLY by state. NJ wouldn't let me do it at all. NY was totes ok as long as I meet certain requirements.
liability insurance is surprisingly low nowadays, all things considered. there's a company that covers companies like mine called FLIP that costs me $300/year up to a certain $$ earning, which I never ever ever will hit and that's perfectly fine with me.
that said, there's no GD way to make 32,000 cookies out of a home kitchen with any regularity. so fuck that noise in the ear.
go nail her shit to the wall, ladies.
Arizona has cottage food laws, which means anything produced in a home kitchen is only allowed to be sold within the state of AZ. So.
Post by Velar Fricative on Aug 15, 2016 12:03:50 GMT -5
I feel vindicated. I knew something was rotten in the state of Denmark but had no idea about teachkinder. Nobody makes that much selling cookies (especially niche-market cookies), and the exH stuff sounded off to me too.
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.
She does claim to have multiple employees, but still out of her house.
May 11, 2016 at 7:18pm Marmee said:
Do you rent use of or have a commercial kitchen? Do you use those mega mixers & ovens? I know my friend who sells cupcakes rents use of one but she doesn't bake daily I don't think. I designed a wholesale bakery years & years ago Do you actually bake daily or do you rotate...bake, pack, ship, etc on different days? Where do you buy your supplies (food)? How much do you do retail vs. shipped direct to customer?
Nope we work out of my home. I have a regular sized oven! But I do have a huge mixer! I bake Mon,tue, thur, Friday. Everything that bakes each day ships the same day. My employees do the packaging/sealing etc.
I buy stuff a bunch of places including Costco, SAMs club, sprouts and restaurant depot.
She does claim to have multiple employees, but still out of her house.
May 11, 2016 at 7:18pm Marmee said:
Do you rent use of or have a commercial kitchen? Do you use those mega mixers & ovens? I know my friend who sells cupcakes rents use of one but she doesn't bake daily I don't think. I designed a wholesale bakery years & years ago Do you actually bake daily or do you rotate...bake, pack, ship, etc on different days? Where do you buy your supplies (food)? How much do you do retail vs. shipped direct to customer?
Nope we work out of my home. I have a regular sized oven! But I do have a huge mixer! I bake Mon,tue, thur, Friday. Everything that bakes each day ships the same day. My employees do the packaging/sealing etc.
I buy stuff a bunch of places including Costco, SAMs club, sprouts and restaurant depot.
I vaguely remember TeachKinder from the Knot days. She was a massive complainer (even more so than the typical bride lol) and she had a lot of personal stuff going on (so she claimed...)
When picking out my chair cover vendor, I remembered how TK ranted/complained about this particular vendor and it made me hesitate for a second. But, I ended up going with them anyway because I felt like TK was kind of a weirdo, so what did she know. I was really happy w/ my chair covers and was glad that I went with my gut. haha.
I'm still surprised that she came back as Celiacmom. Holy shit. I always felt like there was something off about that poster, too. Now it makes sense. There were so many details that CM shared that seemed so exaggerated.
I do remember reading posts a few years ago about how she lied about a deceased child, but I think that occurred during a time I was posting less and I was reading stuff that people had written after she had been chased off the boards. It's still so incredibly sick. I'm trying to recall more details about her, but I can't remember now. She was just bad news.
I do remember reading posts a few years ago about how she lied about a deceased child, but I think that occurred during a time I was posting less and I was reading stuff that people had written after she had been chased off the boards. It's still so incredibly sick. I'm trying to recall more details about her, but I can't remember now. She was just bad news.
Yeah, all of that came out while I wasn't posting much so I only read stories in passing. What an awful way to garner sympathy from people. Wretched woman.
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...)
Only being able bake a dozen at a time is very low. They look like bar cookies, which means a lot can be baked at a time. A half sheet pan fits in a standard oven and will produce 54 2-inch bars.
It's not uncommon to have 3 racks in a standard oven, so she could in theory bake 162 cookies at a time. At that rate it would take just over 11 batches to produce 15 dozen. At 10 minutes per batch that would be less than 2 hours cooking time Although bar cookies would probably take more like 20 to 30 minutes, so 4 to 6 hours.
I have never heard about any of this until today and it's incredibly unlikely someone is pulling 80k a month with an at home cookie business, so I'm not trying to defend this story. I just like baking and math.
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.
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.
Post by Velar Fricative on Aug 15, 2016 12:44:47 GMT -5
Dear God. Someone doing this for 12+ years has to have serious issues but my sympathy is limited. Making up a dead child for $$$, lying about everything else...
Post by penguingrrl on Aug 15, 2016 12:51:55 GMT -5
Holy shit, what a fucking scumbag. And what balls to come back here like that after being outed to lie about experiencing child loss. That's the worst kind of horrible person.