Honey price 2024

[ericbeaumont]

One litre filled thus

Weight?

 

[North End Bees]

Weight?

In grammes to 2 decimal places?

 

[ericbeaumont]

looks better when the pot/jar is filled .... people think they're being short changed regardless of the right weight being on the label

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.

For this reason I put in and label at 135g, 235g and 340g; in fact, I put in an extra 2g to those weights for safety.

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

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.

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!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Weight?

3lb
1360g

 

[ericbeaumont]

beekeeper conversation in imperial

Ought to be forbidden.

 

[Wilco]

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!

So as you go to delete said column, would that count as an Imperial Death March?

 

[Dibbler]

posted in wrong place sorry.

 

[WoodenBeam]

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 ?

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.

 

[Dibbler]

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.

Wonderful. Thank you WoodenBeam.

 

[Curly green finger's]

As of today I’ve increased my 8 oz jars to £4.75 wholesale and 12 oz by 50p to £6.50 wholesale.
I’ve also been around delivering and swapped fresh jars for some that are crystallised.
after a bit of advice given from someone on here.
I now have a delivery round in Hereford and Ludlow.
Plan is to add a couple more labels area specific, St Margaret’s honey and bishop meadows honey over the next season or two.

 

[SWEET]

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.

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.

 

[user 819]

Some 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 .

 

[SWEET]

£4 is a decent price and very fair - i'm sure prices will be stronger this year.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Some 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 .

£120.00 per bucket is a good price to be honest

 

[jeff33]

After such a poor spring and jars going up again, I have raised my prices by 20p a jar for stockists and 50p at the gate.

 

[Erichalfbee]

£120.00 per bucket is a good price to be honest

Averaging the buckets at 25lb will give him £100 a bucket.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Averaging the buckets at 25lb will give him £100 a bucket.

that's a bit daft generous when a bucket filled to within an inch and a half of the top is going to weigh more like 31 pounds than 30

 

[Erichalfbee]

that's a bit daft generous when a bucket filled to within an inch and a half of the top is going to weigh more like 31 pounds than 30

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.

 

[The Poot]

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.

You’ve clearly had a really good Spring harvest then?