Transcript of This 32-year-old sold $400,000 worth of cheese in 2023
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0:00I think that the running joke in the0:01cheese industry is that if we wanted to0:04make a lot of money we wouldn't be0:05working in cheese it's a perishable0:08product it has really low margins it is0:11expensive to make I think that the first0:14year business ownership has been kind of0:16Harden that way my name is Caroline H0:18I'm 32 years old and I sold about0:20$400,000 worth of cheese in0:232023 the variety of cheeses I sell span0:26anywhere from really aged Alpine style0:29cheeses that are 36 months old two0:31really small little goat milk cheeses0:34that are you know 3 weeks old Buffalo0:36milk cheeses from Italy sheet milk0:38cheeses from New York and Minnesota0:40butter from this great butter maker in0:42Vermont it runs the gamut I try to make0:45a catalog that doesn't have a lot of0:46redundancies in it so my cheese makers0:48don't compete with each other for this0:50first year of business I haven't made a0:52profit yet but I also didn't Hemorrhage0:54money but on average a cheese business0:57takes about 5 years to turn a profit
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