Car Boot

[Ely]

Has anyone ever found selling their honey on a car boot sale worthwhile?

 

[george]

Dont do it myself , but the guy I help with his bees sends his wife out most Sunner Sunday mornings and sells eggs and honey . Clears 15 or so jars most weeks .
£3.50 a lb jar .
G

 

[Pete D]

No not yet, maybe this year if the harvest is a good one, but a friend of mine picked up an as new cedar hive complete for £25, it had never been used and the foundation was still in the packets although brittle.
It was sold by a lady who's husband got interested in bees but never got any further. She did say though that he showed more interest in another lady and she was clearing out his stuff ! ouch
Gutted I missed a bargain !

 

[davemacdon]

Gutted I missed a bargain !

Why, was he a good catch?

 

[Tim1606]

I always thought car boot sales are for selling secondhand stuff they you no longer needed.

Never knew you could setup a stall for food products etc. or have i missed something there.

 

[mexbigshow]

you can sell anything or try to sell anything

 

[AnotherNewBee]

I always thought car boot sales are for selling secondhand stuff they you no longer needed.

Never knew you could setup a stall for food products etc. or have i missed something there.

Some allow it, some don't.

Those that allow it might want to see a food hygiene cert or similar. Some that say they want to see a cert might not ask on the day unless they know the local council are checking.

Probably best to contact the organisers of the car boot and ask what their rules are. The local council might also want to check up on you.

 

[oliver90owner]

Those that allow it might want to see a food hygiene cert or similar.

Open foodstuffs maybe, but...honey in a jar?

One thing would be fairly certain - it is clear evidence of trading, so the tax man may want to see some of the trading returns.

 

[Russel]

Try local craft fairs, best day so far 31 12oz jars @ 4.50 a pop, about a third of which went to
the "I don't like honey" brigade after they tasted it.

 

[AnotherNewBee]

Those that allow it might want to see a food hygiene cert or similar.

Open foodstuffs maybe, but...honey in a jar?

One thing would be fairly certain - it is clear evidence of trading, so the tax man may want to see some of the trading returns.

I was responding to a more general 'food products' rather than specifically honey. Food products would include cakes, bread, sandwiches and similar.

Being more specific, my guess is if you're already selling honey locally you'll have everything that the car boot organiser and local authorities could want. If you're just sharing with friends and relatives you're changing your game and need to make sure you follow the rules.

 

[Pete D]

Thanks Dave.....................

Bargain Hive though...............may of been a case of hope the wife doesnt sell this for what I told her I paid for it

Pete D

 

[countryman]

i take new hives up there sometimes and of course the honey goes really well can do 25-30 most times also put a sign up for new sites as well that works pretty well can get 2/3 new leadsto look at

 

[BeeJayBee]

I always thought car boot sales are for selling secondhand stuff they you no longer needed.

Never knew you could setup a stall for food products etc. or have i missed something there.

At our local one there are people selling eggs, jam, chutney, cakes, veg, flowers, plants. It's more like a market than just stalls of second hand stuff.

 

[Ely]

Cheers. Thanks for replies. It's certainly worth thinking about. Although I don't like the sound of giving the tax man a cut.

 

[BobsBees]

Hygiene Certificate!

Anothernewbee
"Those that allow it might want to see a food hygiene cert or similar. Some that say they want to see a cert might not ask on the day unless they know the local council are checking."

How many beekeepers have a food hygiene certificate? Never heard of it.
So long as you have correct Label on your honey, and it is your honey.
You comply with the law, should be able to sell it anywhere, look how many sell from home.
Tax man would have a job asking for revenue from sales. It must cost £20 to make a single lb of honey and easy to prove it.

Yes have sold many lbs at car boot fairs, customers walk around to compare price, buy one jar then call back again for second jar. But guess what, more jars are sold to others stall holders than visiting customers.
Reputation, counts every time.
Bob.

 

[peterbees]

Most punters at Car Boot Sales expect to pick up bargains for next to nothing. High priced honey is not on their shopping list in my experience.

 

[Tim1606]

Anothernewbee
"Those that allow it might want to see a food hygiene cert or similar. Some that say they want to see a cert might not ask on the day unless they know the local council are checking."

How many beekeepers have a food hygiene certificate? Never heard of it.
So long as you have correct Label on your honey, and it is your honey.
You comply with the law, should be able to sell it anywhere, look how many sell from home.
Tax man would have a job asking for revenue from sales. It must cost £20 to make a single lb of honey and easy to prove it.

Yes have sold many lbs at car boot fairs, customers walk around to compare price, buy one jar then call back again for second jar. But guess what, more jars are sold to others stall holders than visiting customers.
Reputation, counts every time.
Bob.

When we wanted to sell at a farmers market, we had to register with the local council who came round, had a chat, looked at where we extracted and bottled (the kitchen), told us we were low risk and that was that.

 

[countryman]

petersbees not when it is local honey i actualy put the price up to cover the pitch you get a lot of health people looking for it for allergys and hay fever as well as taste

 

[AnotherNewBee]

Anothernewbee
But guess what, more jars are sold to others stall holders than visiting customers.
Reputation, counts every time.
Bob.

That's pretty much normal at car boots. The stall-holders arrive early then have a wander round and clear up the good stuff before the punters are loose.

It's the same with many book fairs. There's one, not far from me, run by a charity. By coincidence there's always a dealers' fair next door. The charity sale opens its doors to the dealers before they both open to the general public. The result is that it's not worth going to either unless you want to pay dealer prices for the worthwhile stuff, or go home with just left-over tat.

 

[countryman]

the one i go to at bordon hampshire is open to everyone at the same time so everyone gets the same chance as for sellers and punters i find it is punters having the most with the sellers coming round last to get any bargain stuff left over