Preferred Container

[jmp]

In your experience which containers do consumers like best? Glass? Plastic? Shape? Size? Thanks!

[jmp]

55 views and no replies? Was it a stupid question? :)

[PeddlerLakeSapper]

56... Just kidding. I like glass to show off how good my syrup is.

[mapleack]

Our most popular is plastic quarts.

[maplekid]

ive sold alot of syrup in glass this year. people like to see what there getting. but i know alot of people like the jugs too. they like the look of a traditional syrup jug.

[StayinLowTech]

I've found that people buying for themselves like glass (even canning jars which seem more local) but I had much more demand for plastic jugs because so much is mailed out of town and as gifts. Two plastic quart jugs are the most cost efficient to mail (in a Medium Flat Rate box.) Most sales seem to be quarts and pints - the occasional half gallon - which is good because the smaller the container, the higher the price for your syrup.

[highlandcattle]

We sell in plastic quarts, because that is the most popular size and easy to transport when I bring them to work. Glass is for the co-op and shows. I use mason jars for the country look with nice labeling and a bit of raffia. It's the packaging that catches the customers eye and then how good it is inside! That will bring them back! When I can get a good deal on glass from a distributor I pick it up, otherwise it's way too expensive! You pay for the bottle, not the syrup.

[sugarmangraham]

I bottle in nothing but glass. I lke the way it looks and most of my customers lke to see the product that they are getting. Although I did have a request from one customer for the plastic jugs.

[jmp]

Our glass is a best seller as well but I agree that plastic is much easier to ship. Thanks for comments guys!

[Dave Puhl]

The people that I sell too have like the plastic qaurt jugs over the years...I seen a few jugs dropped over time too...glad it wasent glass....