We were lucky to catch up with Sasha Quinn recently and have shared our conversation below.

Sasha, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How do you feel about asking friends and family to support your business? What’s appropriate, what’s not? Where do you draw the line?

I feel having support from friends and family is very important. These are the people you value the most in your life, so their support touches you on a different level. This in turn is how customers who regularly support your business become friends and family as well though. We have customers who started visiting us during Covid when we were just a food truck who are now our friends! These people have supported every venture that we have launched and continue to show us love and it is very heart warming!

Sasha, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

We are an all vegan food stall that started as a food truck 1 week prior to Covid. We serve delicious, cruelty free food that is great for everyone with an open mind! We are very allergen friendly and strive to please every palate. I have worked in the food industry/service industry for 23 years but was front of house prior to starting my business. I have always found creating food to be therapeutic and the best part is watching someone take a bite of something you have created and experiencing their reaction. We are a small family, lgbtq owned business with a passion to serve foods we want to be able to eat when we go out! You will find family recipes along with vegan twists to some traditional dishes. We support other small businesses as often as possible, strive to reduce our carbon footprint, boost our local economy and help to reshape the views of vegan food in people’s minds.

Can you open up about how you funded your business?

When I faced the fear of writing my business plan after my mother unexpectedly passed from heart disease; I started researching different funding avenues. I visited my local library and checked out books on writing a business plan. I visited the bank and met with loan officers. I called my local health department and read as much as I could about regulations and codes for my business. Once I decided which avenue I wanted to take I made sure that I had done everything possible to educate myself on how to achieve it.

Have you ever had to pivot?

Launching a food truck a week before the Covid pandemic we were forced to go back to the drawing board after spending countless hours researching, emailing and calling businesses to create our schedule. We were forced to literally refigure everything out after the months of research and building. However, we are proud to say that we built our business during that time and have continued to grow! We are grateful for the journey that we are on and all of the lessons along the way..

Contact Info:

• Website: Www.soulminersgarden.com
• Instagram: @soulminersgarden
• Facebook: Soul Miner’s Garden

Image Credits
Glau Marah W. Soul Miner’s Garden