Doorstep honey sales

[Epcot]

Are the doorstep sales allowed by law in your country?
Are the small beekeepers satisfied with the production and sales that way?
Possible to live with honey production?

Are there many honey buyers/distributors and what are the prices they offer?

 

[tonybloke]

Are the doorstep sales allowed by law in your country?
Are the small beekeepers satisfied with the production and sales that way?
Possible to live with honey production?

Are there many honey buyers/distributors and what are the prices they offer?

hello, and welcome to the forum.

yes, many beekeepers sell locally (on doorstep / local market) here, and prices are generally good!!

I can't speak for the 'commercial' beekeepers (honey farmers) in the UK, but one will be along shortly to answer that part of the question, no doubt

 

[Epcot]

hello, and welcome to the forum.

thx

yes, many beekeepers sell locally (on doorstep / local market) here, and prices are generally good!!

is it legal to sell on doorstep?
and how good are the prices? can you give an example?

 

[REDWOOD]

welcome to the forum, it is not illegal to sell door to door in the UK although I have not had any for some years, I sell all mine in work

 

[tonybloke]

not illegal to sell from doorstep, but there are regulations on labelling!

there are a few threads on here regarding honey prices, it seem it varies, from about £4 a lb, to over £7 a lb, more for cut comb

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19402&highlight=price+honey

 

[drstitson]

most UK honey is sold doorstep/direct with some supplying to local small retailers.

(obviously by most i am referring to most beek's honey - not sure if total amateur production is more, less or equal, to commercial production).

 

[thorn]

To clarify, in case there's any confusion caused by language difficulties, it is legal to sell from your own doorstep, but going door to door is a different matter. And there are strict regulations about labelling and hygiene.

 

[Chris Luck]

Here in France you have to register as a business if you sell any at all to anyone that isn't family.

A full living can be made if you have about 300 hives or more.

Prices are about €6 to €7 a kilo for normal honey.

Chris

 

[Little John]

... it is legal to sell from your own doorstep, but going door to door is a different matter.

Not so - it's still legal:
From the https://www.gov.uk/pedlars-certificate website:

"Certificates are not required by commercial travellers, sellers of fish, fruit, or victuals or people selling at markets or fairs."

"Victuals" are defined as anything which provides nourishment - so includes honey. The only legal requirement is that it must be fit for human consumption, and be appropriately labelled.

LJ

 

[Finman]

Door step selling, what ever it is is very unefficienf. Nowadays no one sells om door in Helsinki Finland. We have outdoor codes mostly in flats and there is no passing.

Romanian gibsies have made lots of robbings in homes they just come in and take money from weak people. They come through locked doors, men and women.

There are too other robbers who ask something and want to see inside what is there. Our life have changed much in this meaning.

So you understand, odd people are not wellcome.

20 years ago I delivered papers where I told about my honey. It was poor business. In capital city people do not bother to come to others door and bye something.

 

[thorn]

Not so - it's still legal:
From the https://www.gov.uk/pedlars-certificate website:

"Certificates are not required by commercial travellers, sellers of fish, fruit, or victuals or people selling at markets or fairs."

"Victuals" are defined as anything which provides nourishment - so includes honey. The only legal requirement is that it must be fit for human consumption, and be appropriately labelled.

LJ

You're spot on. I stopped reading at s2 of the 1871 Pedlars Act, thinking I had the answer. s23 exempts those selling victuals.

The moral of the story is, always read to the very end.

And if you're going from door to door, you're not a street trader, so you don't need a licence from the local authority.

And on the topic of a pedlar selling victuals, I fear the French onion seller who was a regular visitor to Leeds every autumn is no more. I haven't seen him cycling around for several years now. Do his counterparts still turn up anywhere else?

 

[E1M]

Seems to me this is one of the few things the wretched EU have not got to grips with. Yet!

 

[Chris Luck]

So you understand, odd people are not wellcome.

Chris

 

[Finman]

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Work places are good to sell honey. Palls tell to each other and gather list of honey. It is easy to sell then.

Door to door system doe not work here.

 

[victor meldrew]

I used to sell mainly at work but being retired some 10 years or more ,I rely on selling from my door

One or two old colleagues still call around as indeed do valued old customers.
VM

 

[tonybloke]

got any young customers? or are they all old

 

[victor meldrew]

Old , middle aged quite young but not very young .
Most are past the cold drink age and are into hot tea and coffee
VM

 

[Ely]

got any young customers? or are they all old

I think I'd get fed up of answering the door

 

[Chris Luck]

I think I'd get fed up of answering the door

Your right, it's a real pain having to take money from people.

Chris

 

[REDWOOD]

got any young customers? or are they all old

My youngest customer is 6 years old and has it with his porridge every morning, but he doesn't like it on his toast..........yet