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WOLCOTT ― Along with maintaining a high academic standard and playing basketball for Tri-County, senior Trey Foster also has a business to run.
Monday-Saturday is for school and basketball, but Sundays are reserved for an apron, an oven mitt, flour, chocolate chips, marshmallows and baking oil. What comes from that are cookies he bakes for $3 per bag, cleverly calling his business "Trey's Treats."
Trey's Treats has been serving sweet snacks with his school's permission for three years. It's a business venture that originated during the first home economics class he took with Molly Mosher at Tri-County.
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"My sister (Kylie) would always come home and bake a bunch of different stuff," Foster said. "I liked food and I started baking my own stuff."
Foster started his business by first buying cookies from the McDonalds in nearby Remington with former teammate Noah Pratt. Over time, though, Foster thought he could save money by baking the cookies himself.
Foster can make between 100-120 cookies on any given week.
"Most of the time, I sell out by Wednesday," Foster said. "A couple of people come up to me in the hallways to buy them, but my rush hour is during lunch."
S'mores cookies are his trademark, but Foster has also created snickerdoodles, red velvet and monster cookies ― a combination of chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, Oreo and a Chips Ahoy! cookie all into one thick sized and sweet treat.
"I always ask me customers what they want, like if they want the same things or different options," Foster said.
Trey's Treats cookies can be bought online by sending direct messages to his business' Instagram account. Foster has been open for business for two years.
"If I come to school and I don't have cookies, people are in a hysteria that they can't buy cookies for the day," Foster said.
Foster plans to keep his backpack full of cookies until he graduates this semester.
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"I've always had an interest in money and business since I was a kid," Foster said. "I've always known business is what I want to go into."
Being a business owner has Foster dreaming of creating bigger ventures while he works a spring job at WB Mowing in Kentland.
"I've always liked having money and buy what I want and do what I want," Foster said. "My goal is to take care of my family someday because I know that if I can start young, I can make all that happen."
Foster has found mentors in Mark Taulman, a real estate investor based in Remington, as well as his boss at WB Mowing, Chandlor Weiss-Brinkman.
"They have vast business knowledge, and I try to learn from them as much as I can," Foster said. "I always read business books and the right mindset to have. I'm wanting to be successful and doing all you can but also giving back to the world and where you came from."
Selling cookies taught Foster to learn his numbers and how well his business was actually thriving. He had to meet with people about inventory and manage both his budget and the hours of labor he put in.
Foster ultimately found a strategy that worked.
"It's been great experience for me to learn about business through all these years," Foster said. "I had to learn how to market my cookies. I had to learn how to price my cookies and make a profit."
For now, it's all about cookies. In the future, his experience could open Foster a world of enterprise opportunities to help the neighboring communities of Wolcott, Remington and Lafayette.
Ethan Hanson is the sports reporter for the Journal & Courier in Lafayette. He can be reached at [email protected], on Twitter at EthanAHanson and Instagram at ethan_a_hanson.
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Trey Foster becomes cookie king through Trey's Treats at Tri-County
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Monday-Saturday is for school and basketball, but Sundays are reserved for an apron, an oven mitt, flour, chocolate chips, marshmallows and baking oil. What comes from that are cookies he bakes for $3 per bag, cleverly calling his business "Trey's Treats."
Trey's Treats has been serving sweet snacks with his school's permission for three years. It's a business venture that originated during the first home economics class he took with Molly Mosher at Tri-County.
More: Pickup, AAU leads Noah Pratt to starting role on Tri-County boys basketball
More: IHSAA boys basketball predictions for Lafayette area sectionals
More: Lafayette area high school boys basketball sectional scoreboard
"My sister (Kylie) would always come home and bake a bunch of different stuff," Foster said. "I liked food and I started baking my own stuff."
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Foster started his business by first buying cookies from the McDonalds in nearby Remington with former teammate Noah Pratt. Over time, though, Foster thought he could save money by baking the cookies himself.
Foster can make between 100-120 cookies on any given week.
"Most of the time, I sell out by Wednesday," Foster said. "A couple of people come up to me in the hallways to buy them, but my rush hour is during lunch."
S'mores cookies are his trademark, but Foster has also created snickerdoodles, red velvet and monster cookies ― a combination of chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, Oreo and a Chips Ahoy! cookie all into one thick sized and sweet treat.
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"I always ask me customers what they want, like if they want the same things or different options," Foster said.
Trey's Treats cookies can be bought online by sending direct messages to his business' Instagram account. Foster has been open for business for two years.
"If I come to school and I don't have cookies, people are in a hysteria that they can't buy cookies for the day," Foster said.
Foster plans to keep his backpack full of cookies until he graduates this semester.
More: Three of a kind? Meet the Tri-County basketball triplets who are guiding a playoff run
"I've always had an interest in money and business since I was a kid," Foster said. "I've always known business is what I want to go into."
Being a business owner has Foster dreaming of creating bigger ventures while he works a spring job at WB Mowing in Kentland.
"I've always liked having money and buy what I want and do what I want," Foster said. "My goal is to take care of my family someday because I know that if I can start young, I can make all that happen."
Foster has found mentors in Mark Taulman, a real estate investor based in Remington, as well as his boss at WB Mowing, Chandlor Weiss-Brinkman.
"They have vast business knowledge, and I try to learn from them as much as I can," Foster said. "I always read business books and the right mindset to have. I'm wanting to be successful and doing all you can but also giving back to the world and where you came from."
Selling cookies taught Foster to learn his numbers and how well his business was actually thriving. He had to meet with people about inventory and manage both his budget and the hours of labor he put in.
Foster ultimately found a strategy that worked.
"It's been great experience for me to learn about business through all these years," Foster said. "I had to learn how to market my cookies. I had to learn how to price my cookies and make a profit."
For now, it's all about cookies. In the future, his experience could open Foster a world of enterprise opportunities to help the neighboring communities of Wolcott, Remington and Lafayette.
Ethan Hanson is the sports reporter for the Journal & Courier in Lafayette. He can be reached at [email protected], on Twitter at EthanAHanson and Instagram at ethan_a_hanson.
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Trey Foster becomes cookie king through Trey's Treats at Tri-County
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