Wholesale Honey price - for jarred honey

[beeno]

I think most consumers don't appreciate the difference between the imported junk supermakets sell and the high quality product they get from a beekeeper. Perhaps thats because we don't blow our own trumpet enough

I disagree, local honey is the niche market and customers even ask for exact location of the apiary. However, I do live in an affluent area which obviously helps.

 

[MuswellMetro]

Just a shame the honey shows don't get their act together and allow honey to be displayed in 12oz as it means having to buy jars I will never sell (a real waste).

they need to sort it out soon.

over

yes, had to buy half a gross of 1lbs last week because OHMBO had recycled all my 1lb jars i had in the spare room

 

[MuswellMetro]

I wish the local honey I often see for sale as I travel round the country was all premium products. Unfortunately some is not fit to sell with visible bits of debris in it, runny honey cloudy with incipient granulation, set honey with coarse and uneven granulation or badly frosted, underfilled jars, rusty and dented lids, some jars of honey (soft set usually) obviously fermenting, labels not applied straight & some not meeting label regulations . The Beekeepers responsible give us all a bad name.

same, i got a visit by trading standards because i sold at a fete premium grade honey ,well labled and all correct but a twit at the same fete sold honey in recycled tesco mustard jars with white label with honey in ink written on it,,,,why did they call becasue, well the offending honey smelt on vingaer and mustard but I was the only one registered to sell honey at the fete ....and then i have since found out they are on this forum

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

'Don't bite the hand that feeds you' springs to mind.

As in:

I am a sophisticated and considerate connoisseur of different cultures
You are selling honey to people from East of Here
He is a grockle

 

[For want of a better word]

We sell ours at £5.00 for a pound jar to a local organic veg shop, they retail it at £6.95.
Last week we had a phone call from a chap in Norfolk who was down on holiday and bought a jar and liked it so much he's sending in Parcel Force on Mon. at his expense to collect 20 jars at £5.75, the money is in our bank already.

Sometimes the sun shines.

I know the Cornish honey sells at a premium price... any thing with #Cornish is in demand even your beloved Prime Minister holidays down here!

But at such low prices for a 1lb jar... you are underselling your self!

Yeghes da

£4.80 for a 8oz hex....

 

[For want of a better word]

same, i got a visit by trading standards because i sold at a fete premium grade honey ,well labled and all correct but a twit at the same fete sold honey in recycled tesco mustard jars with white label with honey in ink written on it,,,,why did they call becasue, well the offending honey smelt on vingaer and mustard but I was the only one registered to sell honey at the fete ....and then i have since found out they are on this forum

Is this an "old chestnut"?

There was a similar story circulating a couple of years back about Bodmin market... ex 1Lb pickled onion jars I believe!!!

Yeghes da

 

[bontbee]

more than enough customers for all of us.

Too right! And, as more beekeepers are getting their act together to promote a premium product accordingly, there are more and more customers interested in buying the real thing. For those who reckon they can buy honey for silly prices I offer them a taster - if there's an opportunity. It's wonderful to see the look on the majority of faces when they realise what they are getting for a quid or so in the supermarket... Same goes for the majority of people who say they don't like "honey". (There's obviously some who really don't, but most just don't know what honey is, until they try it).

I wish the local honey I often see for sale as I travel round the country was all premium products. Unfortunately some is not fit to sell with visible bits of debris in it, runny honey cloudy with incipient granulation, set honey with coarse and uneven granulation or badly frosted, underfilled jars, rusty and dented lids, some jars of honey (soft set usually) obviously fermenting, labels not applied straight & some not meeting label regulations . The Beekeepers responsible give us all a bad name.

Unfortunately, that is too right, too. Only recently at a show, one of the local association members was selling honey that was shockingly presented. I won't go into details but all of the above - and more! - apply....

 

[Heather]

Had a good year here in Sussex. Just taken another 120lb that I wasn't expecting..so about 450lb.
I sell to a farm shop for £4.50, but bees on their land so I don't want to be pushy. They sell for £6.75, but they are not a rich outlet, and I get honey as a gift (my thinking), so good luck to them.. I just enjoy beekeeping .. honey a bonus.

 

[MuswellMetro]

Is this an "old chestnut"?

There was a similar story circulating a couple of years back about Bodmin market... ex 1Lb pickled onion jars I believe!!!

Yeghes da

well i have the 1g EU certified scales they SUGGESTED i buy, as my kitchen scales were out by 6g /454g

it was a food market at Avenue House Gardens, Finchley and the previous month honey had been sold at a fete in the same grounds that had been put in tesco mustard and Mint sauce jars, So trading Standards checked my honey , jar receipts and scales

now i cannot prove who it was, but a forum member said on the forum they used mint sauce and mustard jars and where did they live ,well very near Finchley

 

[psafloyd]

What price are people charging per 1lb jar to local shops for honey that will be resold?

I am not selling to shops any more, as they only want to knock me down on price. Wouldn't even meet me half way when I guaranteed a 40% margin at a reasonable price.

I can sell as much as I like from home or go to a fair and they can get stuffed.

 

[psafloyd]

No longer sell in 1lb jars ... but grockles will happily pay £10 for two 8oz hex jars in a gift pack!

Yeghes da

Really? You lucky sod.

 

[psafloyd]

Just a shame the honey shows don't get their act together and allow honey to be displayed in 12oz as it means having to buy jars I will never sell (a real waste).

they need to sort it out soon.

over

All mine I sell are 1lb as people want the biggest jar I have.

 

[psafloyd]

I think most consumers don't appreciate the difference between the imported junk supermakets sell and the high quality product they get from a beekeeper. Perhaps thats because we don't blow our own trumpet enough

Until they've tried yours, and then...

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

£4.50 for soft set, £5 for runny, all in 12oz hex jars, all sold over the gate or in local pub (very popular with the B&B clientèle). Fully expect to sell out long before next season, but then I don't produce much.

 

[Tonyatcwfarm]

I sell a bit to a local fruit and veg shop
I get 5 euro for the 12oz and 650 for a 1lb jar
they are selling on for 650 and 850 for the 1lb
the 12oz jars outsell the 1lb jars 3 to 1

 

[B+.]

Fully expect to sell out long before next season, but then I don't produce much.

Neither do I. My bees do most of it !
I'm sorry...its raining and I've been stuck indoors all day. I'm going stir crazy!

 

[For want of a better word]

Really? You lucky sod.

Never be frightened to charge!!!

Yeghes da

 

[gregior]

I sell mine for £3.50 for 8oz hex to retailers,£4 at most of the markets i do,last weekend i was at Southport flower show and was charging £5 for 8 oz hex,cost me a few sales,but most didn't seem to mind.My best seller is comb and chunk honey which sell for £7 and £6 respectively,it really annoys me when i'm doing a market and someone else is selling honey from someone they know,seen it as low as £2 per pound

 

[psafloyd]

Never be frightened to charge!!!

Yeghes da

Oh, I'm not. But I don't have a tourist trade and I am already dearer than all my local keepers. Bar one, who does mail order.

 

[bontbee]

£4.50 for soft set, £5 for runny, all in 12oz hex jars

That's interesting. The only people I know that supply soft set around here charge more for that than runny - I always assumed because of the extra processing involved. Personally, I prefer the runny and would also be prepared to pay more for that - if I had to buy it...
As a matter of interest, have you tried charging more for the soft set? Ta