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Adding a Listing

Adding listings to your profile is how you show customers what products you have available.  Adding listings is a quick and easy process… just follow the steps outlined below!  If you need more help you...

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Setting Up Your Baker’s Shop

Your Baker’s Shop works like a traditional store.  You pick which days you are open for pickups and/or which days you will be offering deliveries.  When you set up your shop you are committing to...

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Introduction to Nosh Days

Why Nosh Days? Cottage Nosh developed the Nosh Day concept to help Bakers manage their time to ensure that customers always get their orders at the peak of freshness.  The licensed bakers that make up...

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Nosh Days vs. Bakers’ Shops

Cottage Nosh offers cottage food operators two ways to sell their products: Nosh Days and Bakers’ Shops.  You can use one or both of these tools to help your home food business grow and thrive. ...

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Creating Compliant Labels

Virtually all states require Cottage Food Operators to label their products.  Each state has slightly different requirements so it’s important to understand your state’s cottage food labeling laws.  To make things easier we have created...

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Becoming a Cottage Food Operator in New York

In order to operate a Cottage Food business in New York, you must register with the state as a Home Processor. The registration process is very easy.  All you have to do is fill out...

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Getting Ready to Sell – Checklist for Opening Day

Congratulations! You are just a few minutes away from being ready to sell your products on the Cottage Nosh platform.  The process is pretty simple so feel free to dive right in.  If you want...

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Allowed and Forbidden Foods for New York Cottage Food Operators

New York’s cottage food law limits the types of foods home processors are allowed to make and sell.  Don’t worry though, there are lots and lots of options for your home food business!  Generally, home...

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The Post: Local baking businesses endure, flourish, transition during pandemic

While some businesses have closed due to the pandemic, others have felt some unique benefits. About three years ago, Meg McStevens, of Nelsonville, made the move to Ohio from Montana for one particular reason: Ohio’s...

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