07/16/2021
MY STORY: Hello, I’m Roidy Cruz owner of I’m a single mother of 3, I started this business journey 4 years ago, it was my little Camila’s birthday and I wanted a Cotton Candy machine. I noticed how easy it was to rent machines for a few hours and it seemed like a great extra income opportunity. I bought my first Cotton Candy machine, opened my page, and started advertising my business. Marketing supplies are a MUST, I started giving away business cards and the business started to grow. With growth comes demand, my customers started asking for other machines, so I decided to invest in our Popcorn and Snow Cone machines. We were starting to get booked every month, when the COVID pandemic came affecting small businesses, and we had to reinvent ourselves and find ways to offer new services: Gift cards, TO-GO orders, offering free delivery, etc. 🚗🚗🚗 We still managed to have events during the pandemic, wearing face masks, using hand sanitizer. On September 2020 I had a major car accident, a drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into my car, leaving me in a wheelchair with broken ankle, broken wrist, broken knee. While doing physical therapy I realized my recovery will be long, so I talked to my sister, my daughters, my mom and asked them to support the business and keep doing events while I recover. 🍭🍧🍿 My family has been a tremendous help, they continued doing birthdays, movie nights, events at the park, and the business has been growing and expanding every day. Thanks to my lovely family, we are where we are now. My next goal is to buy a trailer where I can offer delicious treats on the go, birthday parties, movie nights, weddings, baby showers, etc. My ultimate goal is to open a CANDY SHOP where I can offer a variety of treats to everyone, and of course our machines are always available for rental. To the ones starting your business: keep going, be persistent, work hard, believe in yourself and you will succeed!!!. ✨🌟✨🌟My car accident will never stop my dreams and goals, is only a temporary struggle that has made me STRONGER!!!. 🍭🍧🍿