Honey price 2024

[Cuckmere couple]

That's interesting. Where do you get the 3lb jars from?

i buy small honey buckets which hold 3 or 5lbs etc, Dani was helpful on this some time back

 

[Ely]

i buy small honey buckets which hold 3 or 5lbs etc, Dani was helpful on this some time back

Nice. I have customers that buy at least 4 12oz jars at a time. 3lb buckets might be a good idea. I'm thinking 12oz for £7 or 3lb bucket for £20

 

[Erichalfbee]

That's interesting. Where do you get the 3lb jars from?

Plastic tubs from https://www.tdonline.co.uk/plastic-...round-tub-range-jetb/1-litre-clear-platic-pot

 

[Erichalfbee]

thats good....i wonder what restaurants and pubs would pay from wholesalers...do they think its a lot more expensive at £6 per pound (basically)

Restaurants and pubs would be better off with 30lb.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well fill the buckets it sells better

Sure but I’m not in a position to be able to do that. Folk don’t seem to mind paying around £6

 

[robinharman]

I currently do a 1kg plastic tub for £22 which sell extremely well at this time of the year.

 

[ericbeaumont]

I currently do a 1kg plastic tub for £22 which sell extremely well at this time of the year.

I charge the same for a kg. of Bakers'.

 

[ericbeaumont]

lot more expensive at £6 per pound

Unless a restaurant prefers to pay properly for local quality, they will buy the cheapest Chinese.

We must get out of the habit of referring to weight of honey in pounds; the retail industry and consumers work in kg. and we should go with it.

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

Reminds me of petrol stations that say that petrol is inflammable.

Wasn't that an error in the House of commons that changed the definition from being not flammable to meaning flammable?

That error unfortunately comes up more often than you would think .

 

[North End Bees]

Reminds me of petrol stations that say that petrol is inflammable.

Wasn't that an error in the House of commons that changed the definition from being not flammable to meaning flammable?

Inflammable has always meant flammable. As in 'in flames'.
It's never had the meaning of non-flammable, whatever was said in the House of Commons.

If you want to say something's not flammable you just say non-flammable.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Inflammable has always meant flammable. As in 'in flames'.
It's never had the meaning of non-flammable, whatever was said in the House of Commons.

If you want to say something's not flammable you just say non-flammable.

I think Dodge has got somewhat confused

 

[Midget Gem]

Nice. I have customers that buy at least 4 12oz jars at a time. 3lb buckets might be a good idea. I'm thinking 12oz for £7 or 3lb bucket for £20

I'd check with them first. I bought some large Pooh Bear style honey jars that were the equivalent of 2 normal jars plus a bit more. No-one bought them although lots bought multiple 340g jars just for their own consumption, despite the large jars being better value for money.

 

[North End Bees]

Plastic tubs from https://www.tdonline.co.uk/plastic-...round-tub-range-jetb/1-litre-clear-platic-pot

Hi Dani, thanks for posting the link.
Just to clarify, the 1 litre tub holds 3lb honey (so the 1.2 litre tub would hold about 3⅔ lb)?
How far from the top do you fill your 1L tubs for 3lb?
Just deciding which size to get.

 

[ericbeaumont]

Just to clarify, the 1 litre tub holds 3lb honey (so the 1.2 litre tub would hold about 3⅔ lb)?
How far from the top do you fill your 1L tubs for 3lb?
Just deciding which size to get.

Three and 2/3 pounds? That made me smile (in confusion).

UK beekeepers really ought to get up to speed with the modern retail world, which long ago left behind the pound and ounce and now deals in grammes and kg. When deciding on a price, do so by pence per gramme and go from there.

For example, my current price is .0295/g and the label shows grammes only, as there is no legal requirement for pounds and it's another bit of unnecessary clutter.

When selling honey in the TD tubs, make customer life easy and buy those with a handle: I use JETB 850ml that holds 1kg, and JETB365 that holds 400g. Based on those volumes, the JETB1.2 Clear will hold 1.215kg, or if you really must, 2.679 pounds.

 

[North End Bees]

Three and 2/3 pounds? That made me smile (in confusion).

Haha yes a bit of a strange amount!
For context, at a recent honey stall I was asked by several people for 3lb tubs for making mead. Would be cheaper for them than buying individual jars.
Presumably their recipes are in imperial because they all asked for pounds even though my jars are labelled in metric.

The 3⅔ was just me doing a quick conversion in my head so not accurate enough for lb/oz. I just knew it was between 3½ and 3¾.

 

[North End Bees]

I use JETB 850ml that holds 1kg, and JETB365 that holds 400g. Based on those volumes, the JETB1.2 Clear will hold 1.215kg, or if you reaaly must, 2.679 pounds.

The JETB1.2 holds 1.215kg of weight of water.
I was converting for the density of honey.

 

[North End Bees]

PS, idea to buy tubs with handles duly noted

 

[ericbeaumont]

recipes are in imperial because they all asked for pounds even though my jars are labelled in metric

Yes, makes sense.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Hi Dani, thanks for posting the link.
Just to clarify, the 1 litre tub holds 3lb honey (so the 1.2 litre tub would hold about 3⅔ lb)?
How far from the top do you fill your 1L tubs for 3lb?
Just deciding which size to get.

One litre filled thus

 

[North End Bees]

Thanks, that's great. It always looks better when the pot/jar is filled.
Otherwise people think they're being short changed regardless of the right weight being on the label!