£1 for 1lb

[masterBK]

In 1960 I sold my honey for 3 shillings and six pence a pound (petrol was the same price for a gallon but being only 13 yrs old I had no need for petrol! )

 

[thibault]

8£ for 340g (280ml), no chemicals in the hive and foundationless, its all about marketing [emoji16]

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[Murox]

8£ for 340g (280ml), no chemicals in the hive and foundationless, its all about marketing [emoji16]

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Quite agree its got a lot to do with marketing. Natural, unprocessed, maybe filtered, and unpasteurised, got to be worth a small premium.

 

[For want of a better word]

In 1960 I sold my honey for 3 shillings and six pence a pound (petrol was the same price for a gallon but being only 13 yrs old I had no need for petrol! )

In 1965 I was only paying 4/6d a gallon for petrol... a Mars Bar was 6d and a packet of 3..3/6d... some thing for the weekend Sir???

I can not recall what Grandfather was selling honey for... but he sold quite a lot!!

Only wish I knew what I know now... then and I would not have spent a life working for the banks and putting all of my very hard earned cash into a worthless pension fund... bloody successive Tory governments literally stole my earnings!!

Yeghes da

 

[BMH]

Why is the pension fund worthless??

Would have thought the bankers would have decent pension funds?

 

[Hivemaker.]

no chemicals in the hive

There are bound to be chemicals in the hive.

 

[For want of a better word]

Why is the pension fund worthless??

Would have thought the bankers would have decent pension funds?

Yeh ... they stole mine!!

Yeghes da

 

[BMH]

Please elaborate?

 

[For want of a better word]

Please elaborate?

Not really a matter for this forum... but a lifetime of paying into a pension fund was tragically mismanaged by my pension provider... who is now probably living the life of Riley in some Tax haven in the Caribbean!!

 

[BMH]

Maybe not, but as a young man paying a hefty amount into various pensions, I'd appreciate the wisdom of the older folk!

 

[For want of a better word]

Maybe not, but as a young man paying a hefty amount into various pensions, I'd appreciate the wisdom of the older folk!

Put you hard earned cash into property or even gold bars.... Vintage and Classic bikes have been my savior thankfully!!

 

[BMH]

Hmm. 42% tax savings on pension contributions plus the growth in high risk stocks seems to be doing ok. I hoping the compound effect over the next 30 years will also play in my favour! Lets hope they dont play any games with the defined contribution schemes!

Diversification is definitely key. Property, Pensions, ISAs are three im trying to go for. Gold would be good if you can get in low!

 

[Hivemaker.]

What do you value yours at ?

Currently £3.20 lb, heather, a bit more.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Mine is £5 for 340g at the door..... just sold one and it's almost dark here!

 

[bontbee]

Late 1980s, in this neck of the woods, £1.20/lb, but prices crashed during the miners' strike and took a long time to recover.... honey being non-essential for most folk

 

[Somerford]

The trouble with honey prices is people look at the lowest common denominator - what price value honey in a supermarket and then base their buying judgement accordingly. It’s up to us to ensure customers know the difference, that home produced, English in my case, sometimes monofloral, sometimes mixed flora honey tastes and smells so different from the blended sweet sticky honey one can find on every shelf in supermarkets.
I for one would support random testing of honey for sale in supermarkets to ascertain purity and origin as is well known locally that some ‘local’ honey is far from it...I’ll say no more here ....but as to prices ?

Why should Beekeepers whether 1 hive or 1000 have to struggle to justify their prices ? Every other employed person is paid national minimum wage or living wage and it’s my belief that based on the investment, expense and time and fuel etc invested in our hives and bees that the retail price should reflect £7.65 or even higher per lb sold

Regards

S

 

[bontbee]

T...…...I for one would support random testing of honey for sale in supermarkets to ascertain purity and origin as is well known locally that some ‘local’ honey is far from it...I’ll say no more here ......

, but not just honey from supermarkets!!

 

[Popparand]

The trouble with honey prices is people look at the lowest common denominator - what price value honey in a supermarket and then base their buying judgement accordingly. It’s up to us to ensure customers know the difference, that home produced, English in my case, sometimes monofloral, sometimes mixed flora honey tastes and smells so different from the blended sweet sticky honey one can find on every shelf in supermarkets.
I for one would support random testing of honey for sale in supermarkets to ascertain purity and origin as is well known locally that some ‘local’ honey is far from it...I’ll say no more here ....but as to prices ?

Why should Beekeepers whether 1 hive or 1000 have to struggle to justify their prices ? Every other employed person is paid national minimum wage or living wage and it’s my belief that based on the investment, expense and time and fuel etc invested in our hives and bees that the retail price should reflect £7.65 or even higher per lb sold

Regards

S

Nothing to argue with there. British honey is a premium product and only represents 7% of the market. If you price it as cr*p the consumer will not differentiate between supermarket non-EU import and British pure unpasteurisedcold-filtered etc.so what do you expect?

I get really hacked off when I see local producers flogging their honey off at £4.50 a lb, when I know for a fact that it's worth at least £6.00 and no problem in getting that price.

We are testing at £ 6/7 per pound in the local market and see how far we can go. I don't have ooo's of kilos to sell and wont be offloading to supermarkets/retailers.

Treat your product with respect and the customer will buy!

 

[Popparand]

In 1965 I was only paying 4/6d a gallon for petrol... a Mars Bar was 6d and a packet of 3..3/6d... some thing for the weekend Sir???

I can not recall what Grandfather was selling honey for... but he sold quite a lot!!

Only wish I knew what I know now... then and I would not have spent a life working for the banks and putting all of my very hard earned cash into a worthless pension fund... bloody successive Tory governments literally stole my earnings!!

Yeghes da

Cheers, you must have been living in Mayfair. In 65 I was paying 1/9 for a gallon of 4* and 2/6 for a pint of Watney's Red Barrel (gone and forgotten). Mars bars were 3d old money and bigger than they are now. And a "poor man's friend" could be washed out and re-used.........

 

[Hachi]

Sell mine for £6/lb all day long and will be putting my prices up next year