cross country sale prices.

[red maples]

I have sent some to Cali, Very hard to fine out there. He said you can find it in high end specialty food stores. Which happen to be all over in San Fran. but he was very excited by my prices and even with shipping from coast to coast it was still cheaper than buying in the stores out there(he couldn't give me an exact price). He did say ,with out shipping, he could have easily paid double for the amount that sent him!!! which he bought a $10 pint and $18 Quart, and if I remember correctly shipping was around $13 for reg old USPS snail mail.

I feel bad for you guys that have to sell your syrup for so cheap. We all know the work that goes into it. I like the fact that prices for maple are very similar for all that I have seen around here everything seems to be within dollar or 2 for the most part. Not including specialty food stores and tourist places they are just rediculous and people still spend over $80 a gallon. they don't even know they are getting ripped off!!! But "thats where I get my syrup from and its really good" well yeah what ever.

[beetree]

Any body ever here of three tier pricing? It sounds like the guy with the r-v should be considered a distributor. This is a common mistake with us small business people. If you want this to be a long term thing with this guy,you need to make it a real sweet deal for him. The way I see it ,everybody should be able to make a 40% mark up from distributor, wholesale, and retail. There are always markets that will demand more,but this guy should be able to mark it up 80%,from distributor to retail price. The price per quart that I keep seeing should be a wholesale price. My retailers are marking my quarts up 40%.From $12.50 up to $17.50. Another thing I keep seeing is illustrated in the usda syrup report. If you look at the pricing across the maple reign,you will see a huge difference in some reigns. The only reason I can come up with for this is producers thinking bulk is wholesale. Or they're just not being honest.

[bison1973]

Yes central WIS is really low for prices. One big factor, among others, is the Amish (they're good hard working people and I know many of them) but that's just who you're competing against here. Most have next to nothing into thier operations therefore the low prices.

[michiganfarmer2]

Yes central WIS is really low for prices. One big factor, among others, is the Amish (they're good hard working people and I know many of them) but that's just who you're competing against here. Most have next to nothing into thier operations therefore the low prices.

we have a lot of amish here too and that keeps the prices down. I retail pints for $9.50, quarts for $15, half gallons for $27, and gallons for $45. I cant get much more than that. I did send a case of pints to a freind in Arkansas. He hasnt paid yet, but he says he can sell them for $18 each, so when he pays, I willl get my $9.50

[Bucket Head]

I have friends and coworkers who send my syrup to their friends and relatives in other states, primarily down south and the west coast. All the feedback I get is like this- "they can't find any there", or this from a friend of my fathers, "it's hard to find, and if you do find some, hold on to your wallet!". I don't know what the going rate is for the states my syrup is sent to, but I'm certain if anyone could devise a way to get their product there, they would be pleased with the returns.

Got any family or friends in the states that do not produce syrup? No? Got any friends here with family or friends in those states? Getting in touch with someone there about finding an outlet for your syrup would be the first step.

Steve