The Good Scoop

On Starting A $16K/Month Handmade Natural Ice Cream Business

October 23rd, 2019
Stephen Layton
Founder, The Good Scoop
$16K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
1
Employees
The Good Scoop
from Sacramento, California, USA
started February 2016
$16,000
revenue/mo
2
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$449B
avg revenue (monthly)
$208K
starting costs
$18.9K
gross margin
43%
time to build
270 days
average product price
$29
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
content-library
best tools
Quickbooks, Google Workspace, Google Drive
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
24 Pros & Cons
tips
7 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hello! My name is Stephen Layton and I am one of the founding members of The Good Scoop located in the greater Sacramento region. We make all of our own ice cream in house using fresh local and all-natural ingredients.

We are fortunate enough to be located in Central Valley California surrounded by a large number of wonderful family-owned farms. For example, we make a delicious lavender ice cream that utilizes lavender grown just down the road at Araceli Farms in Dixon. We love being able to get such amazing fresh ingredients close by.

I have always had the desire to start my own business and after some time exploring a number of options I settled on ice cream because I thought it would be a lot of fun and I saw a gap in the Sacramento Market. I grew up eating ice cream and loved going to all the classic ice cream parlors both where I grew up and in Sacramento. After traveling around and trying a bunch of different ice cream shops up and down the West Coast, I became inspired to bring a fresh farm-to-fork perspective to ice cream in Sacramento. We do have amazing ice cream shops in this area, but I thought there was room for a new take on the...

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