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