Market day - Oct. 24

16 years ago

Another inclement day weather-wise! I was not planning to bake bread for the market today when I saw the 90% chance of rain in the forecast. But then I had a regular customer call me and order 4 loaves! So I said what the heck.

I had a total of 12 loaves, 8 Amish Wheat and 4 100% Whole Wheat and sold all but 3 loaves. I took my time getting there because it was raining and very windy out. So I sold those loaves between 8 am and 10:30 am when it started raining again. There were only 4 vendors there today including me.

Did have a good conversation with Utah who sells fruits and vegetables. He said that he continued selling after the market end date all the way until after Christmas and no one said anything to him. Then the organizer from City Hall came around to greet the vendors and he told me it would be fine to sell after Nov. 14!

So, I think I will make up some info sheets to give out the next few weekends offering to take orders for breads and rolls in November and January. Also, if a regular customer calls me, I will arrange to meet them at the market to get their bread to them - so I'm still sort of selling at the market and most likely will not get into legal trouble.

Teresa - still rolling in dough, but not money! ha!

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compumom
16 years ago
Teresa, it's excellent that you can extend your selling season and I love the idea of taking orders. HOWEVER, based on your last comment, are you making enough money to justify your time? If not, I'd recalculate the time you devote to baking, selling and purchasing the components and see if it is really worth it. If you like the social networking aspect, use that as a positive element in your calculations.
Then again, you never know where this path will lead you!
Hugs,
E
teresa_nc7
Original Author
16 years ago
I hear you, E....and I keep mulling this over in my head. I'm probably not making enough money to justify my time. But then, if I greatly increased the price of my bread, I might not sell any at all. Purchasing the needed ingredients does not take a lot of my time, especially if my friend can pick up the flour for me. By staying with just breads and rolls, I don't have to buy a lot of the expensive ingredients used in other types of baking - chocolate, nuts, dried fruits, cheese, cream, etc.

The baking does take time - so I try to divide it up between 3 nights after work, Wed., Thurs., and Fri. The selling time is only 3-4 hours or less on Saturday morning, then I'm done.

What I see is that I'm adding some more money to my monthly budget. And it is all relative, what might be considered a good chunk of change to me might seem like a pittance to someone else.

Teresa
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hawk307
16 years ago
Hey Teresa:
What ever get's you thru the night.
It's a lot of work but if you enjoy it ???
We may get a warm spell and you can sell up til New Years.
Good Luck, LOU
canarybird01
16 years ago
Teresa it's good to see that you're still able to keep on selling through and after November. I think it's a good idea as well to print out info sheets for orders.

Sending you lots of luck and much success with an increasing list of clients.

Stay warm!

SharonCb
cotehele
16 years ago
Ugh, nasty weather! Glad you did well in spite of it. I've always brought home at least a few things that didn't sell. It's okay because it is less I need to bake for us during the week. Everything freezes, lol. I wish you much success with orders the next few months. Fingers crossed!

Judy
monkeymamaof4
16 years ago
Glad to hear that you can add to the family budget a little bit. I am hoping to find a few craft shows to sell my crafts and goodies at this fall. I am just using up materials and ingredients at home and will figure that most of the materials came from goodwill or garage sales so will be profit. I won't figure in my time, because half the reason I am doing it is to keep busy and occupy my mind, and then get out and about to sell the crafts.

Stacie
annie1992
16 years ago
good luck, Stacie, I hope your crafts sell well.

Teresa, I wish you better weather next week. If you can sell bread in that weather, you should be able to sell out when the weather is better!

Annie
rob333 (zone 7b)
16 years ago
One thing you might consider... Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming. Maybe extend it by taking "pre"orders and then ending for the year. Just a thought. I know I like to supplement this time of year with others much better skill at special items like yours.