ReFresko's Drink Stand
A weekend drink stand in downtown Vancouver: about 400 cups at $3.25 and $1,200 in profit in one summer.
- When
- Summer 2025
- Role
- Founder
- Where
- Downtown Vancouver, WA
The numbers
- cups sold
- About 400
- per cup
- $3.25
- cost per cup
- About $0.35
- profit
- $1,200
What I sold
Orangeade and lemonade, canned sodas (Coke, Dr Pepper, Fanta and Sprite) and popsicles.
How I ran it
The stand opened every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for one summer in downtown Vancouver, Washington. I surveyed customers to learn what they wanted and picked my locations by foot traffic.
What it made
I sold about 400 cups at $3.25 each, plus other items. Each cup cost me about 35 cents to make, and the summer ended with $1,200 in profit.
Skills used
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Dispatched loads and recruited drivers, and helped the company add a driver and a new refrigerated trailer.