SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Morgan Scott is a budding entrepreneur and she only just turned seven. The first-grader created her signature fruit roll-ups after her mom challenged her to find a healthier version of the snack. Now her company, Berry Very Munch, has expanded to selling organic lemonade, gummy fruit snacks and assorted berry jams.
“They’re healthy treats and I want everybody to be healthy,” Morgan said. “It’s really yummy.”
Morgan told her mom, Marie Scott, she wanted to sell her fruit rollups, so they began hosting pop-up shops for family and friends at their church last year. The pop-up shops are the best part, according to Morgan.
“They came out and then they just keep coming out, and they wanna keep buying them, so we keep having them,” Marie said.
Now, customers can also buy the treats online, but they still host pop-ups at least once a month. On Sundays, the mother-daughter duo is kept busy doing deliveries.
“Her lemonade has become a Sunday dinner favorite, so people order all the time for Sunday dinner,” Marie said.
Morgan had big dreams for Berry Very Munch and Marie wanted her to know her dreams could be limitless.
“I was more just encouraging her along the way, and everything she thought she wanted to do she would say and I’m like, ‘Of course you can do that,” Marie said. “We are strong believers that if you believe it, you speak it, you know you let God handle it and it happens.”
“Me and Mommy prayed,” Morgan said. “And then it happened.”
Both Morgan and Marie said they’ve learned a lot from this experience, and can help be role models to other kids and families starting their own businesses.
“For me, just helping other moms with entrepreneurship, you know who are just branching out, who were like me and didn’t know where to start, but want to help their kids further their dream,” said Marie, who works in the medical field.
Morgan already has plans to expand Berry Very Munch into a clothing line, specifically dresses and shirts. She’s also writing a book, called “All Day in My PJs,” about her time being home from school during the last year. But if Berry Very Munch doesn’t work out for her, she wants to be an obstetrician.
