Looks like panic buying is the new national sport

[Pembroke]

Local Honey Man raised prices recently, but I'm pretty sure it had no impact on sales.

There's a perception that a price ceiling unchanged much since 1976 is immovable, that if the seller reaches a certain price - say, £7/227 in Sussex - that jars will stay on the shelves.

For that reason I've delayed going to £10/340 on the basis that two digits might slow sales, but really that's irrational thinking. My prices will rise and I'm confident customers will not blink; remember, ours are used to paying more for quality.

Try adding 20p every couple of years; by 2026 you'll have reached £6/340 and done everyone a favour.

You could always try the old £5.99 for £6, £9.99 for £10 routine. I know it's an old one but some will still see the price as better than the full rounded up amount.

 

[W0otz]

And me; £5 (= no retail overheads) per 454g from my sales box on the roadside verge. Mind you, that round figure has a convenience value for the customer. If I change it to £5.50 or £6, passing trade would find it a nuisance and maybe drive past.

Leave the price, shrink the jars?

 

[Murox]

Leave the price, shrink the jars?

Thats what most retailers have been doing for the last few years.

 

[Somerford]

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Well, we've had the Brexit Sh!t ticket stockpilers, followed by pasta hoarders and then the traditional stashing of corned beef followed by tinned fartleberries and saradines. It's been quiet for a while but..............
I went to deliver a case of honey to one of my retailers this morning (a week earlier than usual) I was there not long after she opened so we had the shop to ourselves
"tell me" she said, checking over my shoulder to see in case anyone else had walked in behind me "is it true they're forecasting a national honey shortage?" Looks like the Tawe valley beekeepers are getting their doom and gloom in early and forecasting a crop failure before the brambles have even budded - a few had been in the shop already this week buying double or even quadruple their usual honey orders 'just to keep a few spare in case"

Looks like you’re riding the wave ... but at the moment it’s all I’m hearing from fellow bee farmers

 

[ericbeaumont]

You could always try the old £5.99 for £6, £9.99 for £10 routine.

Too downmarket, I reckon.

 

[ericbeaumont]

Leave the price, shrink the jars?

Yes: put a 340 next to a 454. Not much difference, is there?

Keep the price the same and you've raised your return by 25%.

 

[CrossvilleBees]

surely vegans cannot eat honey? if they cannot eat eggs, that are just abandoned by the hens then honey that is swapped for sugar must be a no no,....? What I want to know is what will they be able to eat when they realise plants can feel... and react to bees flying by ?

I'm not sure you were looking for a serious answer to this question but because I think you've hit on an interesting question I'll add my two penneth worth....being vegetarian and with vegan children (all grown and made their own minds up), whether or not a vegan will eat honey depends mainly in their motivation for being vegan in the first place because that isn't as binary as many think. In my experience, it's quite common for vegans, particularly the the younger ones to be motivated by concerns over the environment firstly and animal welfare a very strong second and they see honey harvested sympathetically as being very close to natural, beneficial to the environment and allowing the bee to live a virtually identical life to its wild cousins (certainly as far as the bees experience will tell it). The key is low volume production and low interference methods. They should not/would not condone some of the large scale techniques and would probably avoid big manufacturers for that reason. My kids won't use royal jelly or bee venom products either.
Abandoned eggs are a bit different, although as I keep very pampered chickens I have made a similar argument about them but I guess they have to draw the line somewhere....