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? asked in Food & DrinkOther - Food & Drink · 4 weeks ago

Is it legal to buy an ice cream cone from the store and then set up an ice cream stand and sell it for more?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago
    Favourite answer

    First, almost everywhere it is illegal to see to the public if you do NOT pay for a business license from city hall.

    Secondly, depending on where you live, when selling food you have to pass the Board of Health requirements for safe handling.

    Thirdly, why would I pay MORE for ice cream from you, when I could get the same ice cream for less AT the store?

  • 3 weeks ago

    cone could be melt you know?

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 weeks ago

    Q - Is it legal to buy an ice cream cone from the store and then set up an ice cream stand and sell it for more?

    A - YES

  • denise
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    For one cone??, it would melt too quickly!

  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    It is, IF you are like 12 

  • 4 weeks ago

    I'm sure there is a word for exactly what you are thinking of, but in a wider view-

    That's a thing. For example, Château al la Fred only makes 200 cases of Chardonnay every year. They only import to the USA 6 cases. 3 major importers only get 2 each. So one dude buys up the 2 cases from the wholesalers and sells them at his rare wine library at a 300% markup. That's just business. The not-so-subtelty between that and running a Mark and Donald who just buys 45 Big Mac's a day and sells them at their food truck 3 blocks away is clear. The legal permissions or violations other than the obvious are not clear, although very likely frowned upon if not outright illegal. The branding I think would be the issue. Special Sauce is a protected brand just as much as getting rich for stealing a song from your former bass player. 

  • Pearl
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    i would hope not

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