The same scenario made the news in Oregon in 2010, where a child needed a costly permit to continue hawking lemonade. There was a lemonade-related brouhaha in Texas in 2015, but again the costs involved pertained to obtaining permits (not fines assessed).
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In that case permit costs were a factor, but not fines. However, that fine was “cancelled immediately” and the child and her family received an apology from officials. In July 2017, a London girl was fined £150 for setting up shop near a festival. The most high-profile case of a lemonade fine we could find was not in the United States. In that status update, police stressed that they “don’t go out of way to enforce matters of this nature and in this instance, actions were complaint driven.” Although the stand was shut down, no fine was mentioned: It appeared the marketing tactic may have been inspired by a Facebook post published by police in Denver. It appeared government meddling in the lemonade business was unusual enough to make headlines, suggesting the majority of roadside cold drink businesses operate uninhibited each summer. We were unable to find any citations on Country Time’s (largely disused) Twitter timeline, but we did turn up some cases of lemonade stand closures that made the news.
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Using the hashtag #SaveLemonadeStands and saying, “when life gives you arcane laws, make lemonade,” the clip briefly featured what appeared to be headlines about lemonade stand-related prosecution, but was light on details about the frequency with which kids are fined for carrying on the childhood tradition. For every RT this gets we’ll donate $1 (up to $500,000) to help kids next year + beyond. We’re taking the lead to #SaveLemonadeStands by paying for kids’ fines + permits this year. Kids across the country are getting busted for operating lemonade stands without a permit. On 7 June 2018, beverage brand Country Time announced a summertime initiative to pay permit fees and fines for children caught operating lemonade stands without planning permission: