Have you ever made your own lemonade to sell at the end of your driveway in order to get some money?
Well, 11 year old Mikaila Ulmer from USA has landed a multi-million dollar deal with Whole Foods!
Her ‘Bee Sweet’ lemonade is to be sold in 55 of their US stores.
The young entrepreneur uses the mint, flaxseed and honey lemonade recipe she inherited from her great-grandmother, and gives a portion of her products to foundations that rescue bees.
She calls herself a ‘Bee Ambassador’ and first found fame with her product on ABC’s Shark Tank, where she secured a $60,000 investment from the show.
Mikaila thought up the idea for the lemonade when she was just four years old, when after she was stung twice, she investigated why they sting and was intrigued by their integral role in the ecosystem.
The entrepreneur took part in local competitions until she landed a place on Shark Tank. Since then, she’s served lemonade to Barack Obama, and has won several awards including the African American Harvest Foundation Story Changer award.
14 Responses
if we did’t have bees we would not be alive
wow
She sounds like a very onto it child
Well done
how
oww cute how much and I fly all the way to usa come to NZ to australia
wow kiwi kids news this is really awesome I love it I love it
cool I want her lemonade. and her talent. I also want to be her friend, but not if she is a stuck up snob. then I would rather just leave her alone.
I like lemonade.
Lemonade is so fresh
And yummy.
I wonder how you make lemonade.
Do you squeez the lemonade?
Next time
Can you teach me.
Because i
Really not know
And my mom
Doesn’t allow me
To make lemonade.
If you got a medal for making lots of lemonade
Yum.
From Diane Lee
How yum.I like honey. (:
Wow…. Only 11 and already making a fortune, she’s probably rich….!!!!!!!
wow!
I love lemonade, I have tried your lemonade it’s my favourite, happy selling ????
I love lemonade
i like lemonade
could i have some