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[Guest]

Having been firmly bitten by the bug and now having a cupboard full of jams and preserves for xmas hampers ("Ooops, word censored!"ody to give these too though!). I was wondering about selling some.

 

I thought maybe I could start putting little notes about them on my egg boxes, I've quite a customer base now for eggs (note to self - could sell more eggs if I had more chooks!) and I figured it's a good place to start.

 

What would be a reasonable price to charge? I have jams, jellies, chutneys, I can also make lemon and orange curd and I'm not bad at cakes so I could offer an order a cake service too - some of those could be made in advance and frozen.

 

All input appreciated.

[Cinnamon]

I have had a sign in my porch for Chutney at £2 a jar - no takers yet, but we are very rural here & have no pavements,so not much passing trade as it were.

 

Egg box notes are a very good idea

 

I may also stick an ad in the local rag, as its free for anything under £10

[Snowy]

Why not price up some jars, put in a basket/hamper type thing and take into work Pengy? Leave in the staff room - sure you'll get some takers! I take eggs into work with an egg money jar and leave them in the staff kitchen.

[Guest]

oooo good idea about the staff room I'll try that.

 

I'll also try the notes - £2 is probably a bit much for many of mine as I've tried to use smaller than 1lb jars for most of them.

[Christian]

I charge £2.50 a jar for jams and jellies.

 

Have sold a fair few too.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Crumbs, I'm sitting on a small fortune - blow the hampers, I'll sell the pots!!

 

I also have done mostly 8oz jars, so I could put a greater variety in my hampers.

 

Sha x

[craftyhunnypie]

Hi - I sell my jams for 80p & my picalilli for £1. The money from these is what I bought the BHWT battery pack with & the Xmas cards. I will carry on buying BHWT things for family from money made or donate it straight to BHWT.

I go off the prices of jam in Aldi.

My eggs are £1 for 6 in a lovely pink box. I have to account for the boxes with the eggs, as I don't always get them back.

I try to think of new recipes each week / fortnight. I have regular customers now & sometimes they have to wait for the girls to lay.

I've been told my plum jam is delicious!

I love making jam, labelling it & making it look pretty.

Pickled bantam eggs are next!

 

Emma.x

[Christian]

Sha, I use the smaller jars too....I find the larger jars are too much jam, as I get sick of the same flavour for too long.

 

Emma, I am desperate to find bantam eggs for pickling for my Dad's hamper. He loves them. As all of my chickens are moulting, I can't really do it this year. Even tried a local petting zoo with 40+ bantams and their's aren't laying either

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Christian, have you sold any of your lovely little Christmas cakes? If so how much for?

 

Have just left a message on the easypeesy christmas cake thread (which is the recipe I have used this year) to let Missuscluck know that I've sold one, I'd just like a ball park idea of how much to charge the lovely lady who's requested it! Having nearly choked at one I saw at a Christmas fair this afternoon, which was over £12 for a similar sized cake decorated with fruit & nuts, I would like to give a realistic price!

 

Sorry Penguinmad, I've hijacked your thread a bit, but I'd like to sell some cakes as well as jars at a craft fair next weekend - family & friends will be most impressed to know they are getting the leftovers from a craft fair for Christmas won't they?!

 

Sha x

[Lesley]

I pointed Christian in the direction of another small, local (to me) cake company which does mail order to look at pricing.

 

I'll post the link as it may be useful to those who don't want to make their own cake - I have no links with this company........

 

http://www.megrivers.com/

[Cinnamon]

I have just sold my first jar of chutney.

Although it was by default really, as she wanted eggs but I have sold out