It’s no secret inflation is hurting small businesses across the country. Small business owners are finding creative ways to make additional revenue.
Adults are cashing in on a business model traditionally used by children to bring in some extra money: lemonade stands.
No longer just a juvenile summer afternoon activity, people in their 20s and 30s across the U.S. are squeezing lemons to pay off bills, and selling their refreshing beverages at farmers markets, festivals and concerts.
“The cost of living is kind of high and I have a lot of expenses,” Washington, D.C., resident Malia Blake, 26, told the Washington Post. “I’m constantly looking for ways outside of my 9-to-5 [job] to put towards my debt and my future. Lemons are cheap. I thought I could do this, too.”
Although she works in corporate communications, Blake said she has around $40,000 in debt from student loans, credit…
