002: 4 Reasons Why You Keep Coming Home with Leftovers

Are you coming home from market day with more food than you left with? You're not alone. And it's probably not your food that's the problem.

In this episode, we're breaking down the 4 real reasons local food businesses keep going home with leftovers.

Whether you're a cottage baker, food truck owner, farmers market vendor, or farmstand operator, these are the patterns that are quietly costing you sales every single week.

We talk about why uncontrollable variables like weather and foot traffic aren't actually your biggest problem, the communication gap that keeps your best customers from showing up, why posting on social media is a gamble and not a strategy, and the fear-based overproduction trap that most food business owners don't even realize they're in.

Plus: the systems that fix all of it, a real story about one text message that sold out an entire batch of cinnamon rolls in 10 minutes, and one question that will tell you immediately whether your food is the problem or your marketing is.

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