I make a delicious snack and thought it would be fun to sell it at RAM. I checked and no one currently sells it so I got excited. I live in 5pts and frequent RAM often so I thought it would be fun to a be a part of it. I did some research and even thought up a snappy name. I began dreaming of cool packaging and logos.... then, sadly I realized how complicated this would be. I would need a "commercial rated kitchen" (it's pre-made, I wouldn't be cooking there) and I would need to get licenced to sell food in Florida, which looks ridiculously complicated. I continued on regardless and even found a commercial kitchen I could become a member of downtown. However, it would be $450 to join and $150 for each month I wanted to use it, even though I already have everything I need. I was thinking more on the order of $50, and that might be a little steep, haha, but I guess he has to pay for all his overhead so it makes perfect sense. I would do it if I could at least break even, but I don't like the idea of taking a loss each month. How does anyone at RAM sell pre-made food? Are they all caterers or own restaurants? Are there any mom and pop operations? How do they do it? Would I need a legal team in case someone pulled a "there's a finger in my Wendy's chili"? So complicated... maybe I should stick to being a customer.
Why don't you check with some of the existing pre-made food vendors at RAM and see what insights they have?