PerryFamily
10-09-2016, 03:45 PM
Ive started selling syrup in Nashville TN
Its my syrup, they provide the container and sell it with their name on it ( I caretake their property here in VT and I will be tapping there in 2017)
Right now its not in huge volume but the market there is great, very little maple products
2 questions:
Whats the best source to ship syrup? I like the flat rate USPS boxes but that wont work for any kind of volume
If I sent cases maybe truckload? ABF, Conway, FedEx......
Looking for others experiences
Our first load happened to go down in their pickup when they came up so the shipping was free essentially
Pricing: Id like to obviously have both of us make money. Id like to be midway of the bulk price and my retail here but obviously the higher the better
I was thinking around $3.50 a pound. Bulk I got was $2.25/pound, so that is $1.25/pound to reheat , filter and bottle in THEIR containers. So approx. $38.50 per gallon.
However once shipping is factored in I'm not sure theres a lot of profit on their end.
I guess I'm looking for suggestions on how to price accordingly so there is money to be made on both ends??
Thanks in advance
Its my syrup, they provide the container and sell it with their name on it ( I caretake their property here in VT and I will be tapping there in 2017)
Right now its not in huge volume but the market there is great, very little maple products
2 questions:
Whats the best source to ship syrup? I like the flat rate USPS boxes but that wont work for any kind of volume
If I sent cases maybe truckload? ABF, Conway, FedEx......
Looking for others experiences
Our first load happened to go down in their pickup when they came up so the shipping was free essentially
Pricing: Id like to obviously have both of us make money. Id like to be midway of the bulk price and my retail here but obviously the higher the better
I was thinking around $3.50 a pound. Bulk I got was $2.25/pound, so that is $1.25/pound to reheat , filter and bottle in THEIR containers. So approx. $38.50 per gallon.
However once shipping is factored in I'm not sure theres a lot of profit on their end.
I guess I'm looking for suggestions on how to price accordingly so there is money to be made on both ends??
Thanks in advance