Starting a business when you’re an adult isn’t an easy feat, but starting one while you’re still dealing with homework and studying for midterms seems like it would be nearly impossible.
For these Georgia kids, combining food entrepreneurship and good grades is second nature:
Lil’ Ice Cream Dude
Athens resident Beau Shell, 14, has been running his ice cream business for six years and was recently recognized as the 2018 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He's working on opening a brick-and-mortar location and plans to start making his own ice cream. Read more about Lil' Ice Cream Dude here.
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
Credit: Yvonne Zusel
Brown Boys Lemonade
Brothers Anthony Roberson and Ja'Den St. Hilaire have been selling their homemade lemonade for a few years, but turned their hobby into a certified business last year (and have collected 26k followers on Instagram!). They sell their product online and at local festivals and events and hope to be on store shelves soon. Read more about Brown Boys Lemonade here.
Pickles and Pudding
Ryan Neufeld owns Pickles 'n Pudding with her mom, Adina Kalish. They make half and full sour pickles and several flavors of pudding including banana cream, red velvet and pumpkin. The pair sell their products every other Saturday at the Sandy Springs Farmers Market. Read more about Pickles and Pudding here.
Symphony Chips
Sisters Amina and Amari Anderson started Symphony Chips -- a line of gluten-free, MSG-free and all-natural gourmet potato chips -- in 2015 with their father, Dondre. One of the only black-owned chip companies in the world, Symphony Chips are sold in four locations in Atlanta, including Sevananda Natural Foods Market, and have been sold in 41 states across America as well as online. Read more about Symphony Chips here.
Fairywood Thicket
High school student Savannah Connor is heavily involved in her family's business selling jellies and jams, which also includes her mother, Kimberly, and older siblings Heather and Bradley. Savannah serves as the quality control manager, keeping the records, doing the pH testing and the Brix testing. Fairywood Thicket jams, jellies and preserves are sold on PeachDish, at Cheeses and Mary in Alpharetta, at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, and at Honeywood Farms in Barnesville as well as several farmers markets. Read more about Fairywood Thicket here.
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