maple flats
11-07-2013, 11:11 AM
Almost 2 weeks ago I decided to post a simple 2 line for sale ad, "pure NY maple syrup" in another (non maple) forum I am also in. Well, the response has been huge. Since last Friday I have shipped more syrup than my previous 3 months combined. The response is far better than I ever dreamed. Now for the problem, I am critically low on Medium Amber. I have a call out to a friend to buy 30-40 gal of either light (I would blend with some DA as I am out of my B in bulk) or medium, should have my answer this afternoon.
My sales have traditionally favored Dark Amber, followed by B and then came Med. As such I generally blend some of my medium and most of my light with B to make DA. I have no light bulk left but I do have some light on the shelf, but I don't want to repack that and blend it to make medium, too costly and wouldn't make enough anyways.
In the future I'll need to hold more of the lighter syrups. While my local customers favor the darker, the new customers from across the country are ordering some medium, but they still order more DA (so far I'm selling about 70% dark and 30% medium, no light).
This new trend and huge sales increase caught me unprepared.
This IS a good problem to have!
My sales have traditionally favored Dark Amber, followed by B and then came Med. As such I generally blend some of my medium and most of my light with B to make DA. I have no light bulk left but I do have some light on the shelf, but I don't want to repack that and blend it to make medium, too costly and wouldn't make enough anyways.
In the future I'll need to hold more of the lighter syrups. While my local customers favor the darker, the new customers from across the country are ordering some medium, but they still order more DA (so far I'm selling about 70% dark and 30% medium, no light).
This new trend and huge sales increase caught me unprepared.
This IS a good problem to have!