Choquette owner Sarah Dwyer, left, fills molds with chocolate from a pastry bag at the kitchen she rents in Montgomery County. Chouquette (translation: little cabbage) is a robust little business and growing fast. Chouquette makes more than 100,000 chocolate pieces a year. High-margin corporate orders make up 40 percent of sales, with wholesale to the 140-plus stores that carry Chouquette being another 40 percent. Barring another not-so-Great Recession.”Dwyer started the business in 2010 with $100,000 she socked away working in banking, where she earned more than $100,000 a year.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2017 18:56 UTC