Covid 19 increases syrup demand

[maple flats]

Based on the last 2 months I'm beginning to think more people are staying home and eating meals that use pure maple syrup. The last 2 months have been my best Feb and Mar since I first sold syrup in 2003. Is anyone else seeing this too? Those 2 months have been over double what the same time period were in any other year, not counting Maple Weekend sales (which are not happening this year). In fact this year has been better than even years with Maple Weekend except one. I'm not complaining, just observing the trend.

[dogpatch]

I am a small producer selling enough to cover the costs of production. I have sold enough so far to cover about a third of my costs. If and when the farmers markets get started I hope to make enough to buy all the supplies I need for next year. I do sell to 1 local grocery store and his sales have been very good so far, may be a result of people cooking at home now. Although I would like to think it's the great product.

[Michael Greer]

I'm selling self serve to my friends that call ahead. They leave a check and take the goodies. No contact necessary. I'm beginning to miss folks though.

[maple flats]

Sales remain strong, Far more orders than typical, I think way more people are eating a good breakfast which includes real Maple Syrup. Not only from old faithful customers only either, lots of new customers too.

[SeanD]

Cancelling maple weekend was definitely a blow. Porch sales have been steady, but I haven't compared to last year yet, but I think I'll sit down and do that. I have a wholesale order that I normally revisit every 6 months or so. I just filled that order again after about 2 weeks, so things really exploded there. That got my attention. It's a farm store that sells a lot of local meats, eggs, vegetables, etc. I agree people have time to eat better, bake, etc. right now. The NYT just had a maple pie recipe a couple days ago. Not as good the French-Canadian versions we see on this site. I think seeing maple in recipes motivates people to use it. It works on me!

[Mead Maple]

I agree. Folks are home and cooking


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[wmick]

My wife got quite a chuckle the other day... Reading an article about things to do while on Covid isolation.. One of the suggestions was to "learn a heritage skill, such as cooking or baking"...

[ecolbeck]

My wife got quite a chuckle the other day... Reading an article about things to do while on Covid isolation.. One of the suggestions was to "learn a heritage skill, such as cooking or baking"...

Sounds like feeding oneself is becoming a heritage skill!

[Michael Greer]

Might be a good year to learn some gardening skills too.

[highlandcattle]

I know the media is encouraging people to support take out. I would never think of eating anything someone else made at this point. Are the people preparing the food in good health?....Nope, we'll suffer at home with my cooking. Glad we had the back yard rototilled. Saves mowing. Hopefully this encourages folks to start putting in gardens and getvan idea of where food comes from. Using our syrup on alot of stuff. Tons of recipes on Pintrist.