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Weight?One litre filled thus
Weight?One litre filled thus
In grammes to 2 decimal places?Weight?
Agree. A 4oz. hex is nominally 113g but honey density leaves it way down the jar; 227 is not so bad, 340 fills the neck fine.looks better when the pot/jar is filled .... people think they're being short changed regardless of the right weight being on the label
Not just the modern retail worldUK 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.
3lbWeight?
Ought to be forbidden.beekeeper conversation in imperial
So as you go to delete said column, would that count as an Imperial Death March?Not just the modern retail world
I keep my honey extraction and jarring records in kg but have a column with the imperial equivalents so that I'll be able to contribute to any beekeeper conversation in imperial about amounts of honey. It doesn't work though, because with two sets of columns, I end up remembering neither.
I'm going to delete the imperial column straightaway!
Make your own market - you know how much Honey you have to sell & the area around you. If you’ve tonnes of Honey to shift onto other vendors then pricing might be a bit different to that of supplying the end consumer. £5-£8 per 12oz at the end of the gate depending on your local market place & volume you have to shift would be a sensible place to start.Hello. I hope I'm posting in the right place.
I have returned to bee keeping after a break of 20years due to a large stroke.
A lot of things have changed, pricing of honey being one.
I've done my new labels to be legal now.
Am I right in thinking that the area and roughly what other beekeepers charge is what I should base my price on?
At the moment I'm selling 340gm in new hexagonal jars for £5.00p.
The only other person near to me has no price or weight on the small board advertising honey for sale.
There are a lot of honesty boxes in our part of Norfolk selling plants, eggs and veg. But no honey.
What is your advice please ?
Wonderful. Thank you WoodenBeam.Make your own market - you know how much Honey you have to sell & the area around you. If you’ve tonnes of Honey to shift onto other vendors then pricing might be a bit different to that of supplying the end consumer. £5-£8 per 12oz at the end of the gate depending on your local market place & volume you have to shift would be a sensible place to start.
I supply my customers at a reasonable price & encourage them to sell to their customers at a reasonable price - quality product at an affordable price turning it over as quickly as possible. I’m interested in selling Honey not decorating shelves.
After being invited to a local outlet (waste of time) that is selling the above *farmers* honey, turns out their B2B price is £4.50 12oz jar. Seems pointless and surely better off just selling bulk @ £3.50lb. Taking into account; sticking in jars/labels/delivery/time/fuel/agro - after accounting for all that the price drops well below bulk/buckets prices. Even the dodgy looking facebook stuff is selling for £6 + around here.Local bee farmer is now selling cheaper than ever (after costs have risen 40%(ish) over the past few years). I'm selling mine B2B at more than their retail price. A race to the bottom is not the way to run a business, but assume it works for them.
With some effort, decent marketing and customer awareness of how rare and premium our products are, a healthy margin is viable.
£120.00 per bucket is a good price to be honestSome one I know would like to buy off me 250lbs of honey already stored in buckets , so not to mess about I'm avergaing each bucket at 25lbs contents so thinking £4 per lb is an acceptabe price to pay.
Do folks think this is ok or to low ?
I see prices of £3 - £3.50 per 30lb bucket as far to low .
Averaging the buckets at 25lb will give him £100 a bucket.£120.00 per bucket is a good price to be honest
that's a bitAveraging the buckets at 25lb will give him £100 a bucket.
But at £3.50lb it’s about right. That’s what I’ve charged. I’ve sent buckets all over the place at that price. I’m happy though.that's a bitdaftgenerous when a bucket filled to within an inch and a half of the top is going to weigh more like 31 pounds than 30
You’ve clearly had a really good Spring harvest then?But at £3.50lb it’s about right. That’s what I’ve charged. I’ve sent buckets all over the place at that price. I’m happy though.
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