Wholesale Honey price - for jarred honey

[melias]

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

 

[YorkshireBees]

imho the answer is "as much as you can get".

Locally produced honey is far too often under rated and priced too low!

It also depends on the area the shop is in and what kind of shop they are and therefore what kind of customers they have!

 

[mbc]

Check out what honey is priced at in the sort of shop you're going to sell to and aim about 30% below this.

 

[enrico]

Nothing..... Not got enough to sell this year! All for me! Last year was my best year in thirty years this year is my worst!
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[jenkinsbrynmair]

Check out what honey is priced at in the sort of shop you're going to sell to and aim about 30% below this.

Sounds about right I sell mine for 28% below the usual retail price, they take it no quibbles

 

[B+.]

Check out what honey is priced at in the sort of shop you're going to sell to and aim about 30% below this.

Several years ago I used to sell it to a garden centre. I charged £4.50 / lb and they sold it at £8.50. If you have a steady footfall of afluent shoppers, you can charge a higher price. They would buy a couple of cases 3 or 4 times a year

 

[Erichalfbee]

Nothing..... Last year was my best year in thirty years this year is my worst!
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Yes, weren't we all spoilt last year?
I feel sorry for the novices starting out this year.

To OP
I sell (sold) 12oz for £5.00 direct and £3.50 to shops/cafes so that's 30%

 

[For want of a better word]

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

Yeghes da

 

[B+.]

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

Isn't it strange that people would rather pay more for less?
A lot of beekeepers around here have done the same. Its becoming rare to see 1lb jars of honey on the shelves (a consequence of supermarkets selling 4oz jars of Chinese honey at silly prices?)

 

[dpearce4]

Isn't it strange that people would rather pay more for less?
A lot of beekeepers around here have done the same. Its becoming rare to see 1lb jars of honey on the shelves (a consequence of supermarkets selling 4oz jars of Chinese honey at silly prices?)

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

 

[Pete D]

12 oz £3.50 which means its a waste of time and I may as well just sell bulk at £2.50.

However I get repeat orders direct from customers who cut out the shops so it is a good way of getting my label and product out there.

I sell at markets and front door at the same price as shops charge.

 

[B+.]

it means having to buy jars I will never sell (a real waste).

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

 

[nantmoel]

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

There are loads of people telling me that they can buy honey from Lidl's for a £1 a jar - my answer is well go and buy it then. You are totally correct B+ we do not blow our own trumpets. I have however been amazed at the number of people who have been sign our praises at the quality of our honey. Its our first year back after many years and something which has surprised me is the cost of honey. Over 20 years ago we used to sell honey for £1 a jar, we now sell our honey for £5 for a 12oz jar.

 

[theeggman]

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.

 

[mintmoth]

As I have no bees yet, I buy local honey when I see it, and as I use no sugar in my food, I buy quite a lot. And I'm amazed at the difference in pricing.

For instance, just this week I bought a 1lb jar (another reason I prefer local honey, decent sized jars) at my local farmer's market for £5, but then in a small local garden centre, a different seller's honey was only £3.75.

I bought all 4 jars, which was all they had. I'll be going back there again!

 

[Pete D]

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.

Indeed, just sent 10 jars from Norfolk to Middlesex, Parcelforce (£16) signed for.
Its just about getting people to taste it and appreciate what goes into it.

 

[theeggman]

Indeed, just sent 10 jars from Norfolk to Middlesex, Parcelforce (£16) signed for.
Its just about getting people to taste it and appreciate what goes into it.

Pete, don't mean to steal your customers BUT you don't turn away £115.00 paid up front.

 

[Pete D]

Pete, don't mean to steal your customers BUT you don't turn away £115.00 paid up front.

Hey no worries, they wouldn't be my customers, they buy local.
Selling our premium product is all that matters, more than enough customers for all of us.

 

[masterBK]

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.

 

[beeno]

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

Yeghes da

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