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To add to the previous threads/posts re sources of sugar/fondant.
I visited my local bako in London. I "registered" - which amounted to giving my name and address and gave my order - 12 kg of fondant.
" none in stock ..." says the lady. On hearing my teeth grinding, she offered to check the "defect stock" which as it transpires and as the title suggests is stuff that literally has fallen off the lorry. The sales person explained that it invariably is a case of damaged packaging but stock that they would not normally supply to the food trade. As neither i nor the bees are that fussy, i was more interested to learn that suitable discounts are involved. Presumably as this stock eventually gets dumped.
After all that, I never got to find out just how big a discount. The defect stock did not exist and the lady nicked a good box from a delivery scheduled for next week. Wot a star.
The moral is: when next you are contacting bako, enquire what defect stock they have in your desired product. You might get a pleasant suprise?
Regards
FB
PS FWIW- I paid £11.71 which considering the price of suger plus the last box of fondant i bought from a baker three years ago cost me 10 quids - i am more than happy with that.
I visited my local bako in London. I "registered" - which amounted to giving my name and address and gave my order - 12 kg of fondant.
" none in stock ..." says the lady. On hearing my teeth grinding, she offered to check the "defect stock" which as it transpires and as the title suggests is stuff that literally has fallen off the lorry. The sales person explained that it invariably is a case of damaged packaging but stock that they would not normally supply to the food trade. As neither i nor the bees are that fussy, i was more interested to learn that suitable discounts are involved. Presumably as this stock eventually gets dumped.
After all that, I never got to find out just how big a discount. The defect stock did not exist and the lady nicked a good box from a delivery scheduled for next week. Wot a star.
The moral is: when next you are contacting bako, enquire what defect stock they have in your desired product. You might get a pleasant suprise?
Regards
FB
PS FWIW- I paid £11.71 which considering the price of suger plus the last box of fondant i bought from a baker three years ago cost me 10 quids - i am more than happy with that.
