Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade is a first-person business simulator about growing a garage lemonade stand into a neighborhood favorite and earning enough to build a backyard pool. Each day, you choose what to make, set prices, stock the stand and serve customers before closing. Afterward, you can explore the neighborhood, gather ingredients, find collectibles, help your neighbors and prepare for the next day.

Run your stand

Weather, ingredient costs, customer satisfaction, equipment and prices all affect how business goes. You can stick with dependable favorites or expand your menu and choose a strategy that balances happy customers with profit. As neighborhood satisfaction grows, customers become willing to pay more.

There are more than a dozen drinks to make, including fruit punches, citrus blends and mint drinks, as well as garnishes. Recipes differ in ingredient costs, satisfaction bonuses and pricing potential. Milestones, helping neighbors and growing your business unlock ingredients, garnishes, recipes, equipment and upgrades.

You can spend your earnings on equipment that improves efficiency, lets you serve more customers or helps handle busier days. Upgrades offer improvements to speed, capacity and convenience, among other things, so you can prioritize what fits your approach.

Explore the neighborhood

After closing, you can walk around town to harvest ingredients, visit shops and find collectibles. Lemons are easy to find, while the availability of other ingredients depends on the weather. Community events may also bring requests to find lost items, gather supplies, prepare for a party or handle other small neighborhood emergencies. Helping out can earn money and ingredients, and may unlock new recipes.

Summer runs

Choose a 7-day or 14-day run, earn permanent rewards and return with new options and strategies. Progress saves after each day, so you can play a full run or take the summer one day at a time. Weather affects both customer numbers and the ingredients available: a hot afternoon may bring more thirsty customers, while cool or rainy weather can call for a different approach.

Build your pool

Your long-term goal is to save enough to build a pool in your backyard. How quickly you get there depends on how you run the stand, what you sell and how you spend your money. The pool is the reward for turning a small stand into a thriving summer business.