Crown maple...lets see where to start. a wall street billionaire with a staff of 30 or whatever with a whole bunch of taps in NY state. That got most of the equipment he uses from grants etc. Has hired a big advertising team to sell his "AWARD WINNING" syrup to big cities like NY, San Fran to high end specialty shops, and very expensive high end foofy eclectic restaurants in NYC. he's selling 12 oz glass bottles for "$ 19.95 a piece doesn't do 1/2 gals or gals and is making $191 a gallon retail. for his syrup. Its bascially a rich investor who saw a way to exploit a mark and is taking advantage of people!!! and making a boat load of money in the process!!! highway robbery!!!

Honestly I don't like it,(if you couldn't tell) its just making big business out of what we all love to do. but at the same time Its not going to effect my little local market because my customers know that I am honest and going to give them fair, competative prices and my syrup is made by the blood sweat and tears and hard work from me. They know that I am I put my passion into what I do and if they go buy syrup from some guy in NY(no offense to the other NY Producers) then they deserve to throw their money away. I doubt if we will see crown anywhere local around here. If I do I will have to talk to the manager and tell them there are better options right here in NH.