What is you price for 100% pure, light amber colored honey? I am getting ready to sell some of my honey (for the first time). I have checked around at the local prices and they really seem to have a wide price range...
I've been selling mine for $4 a pound in Central Georgia. But this is my first year, so I'll have to see how that goes. So far so good.
Beth
I've been selling mine for $3.75 a pound in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It's been doing pretty well.
$4.00 per around here.
Now, if I ever get any honey I'll probably sell it for little over four bucks a pound. That seems to be the average price around here.
Last year in North Central Mass, I sold for:
For an 8oz Jar - $2.50
For a 16 oz Jar - $4.50
this year I will have 2lb jar, 5lb jar and 6oz mini bears.
I'm planning on:
2lbs - $7.50
5lbs - $13.50
6oz - mostly used for gifts, but if someone wants 'em I figure on $2.00.
The local beekeeper I talked to yesterday said they sold theirs for $4.50 a quart And a bigger opperation up in Tulia Texas went $5.50 quart.
A quart is what? Two pounds? So $2.25 to $2.75 a pound around here.
You guys are expensive.
Jerrymac,
A quart is more like 3 pounds, so the ones in your area are selling it for $1.50 to $1.83 per pound. Is that wholesale or retail price?
A local commercial producer (over 1000 hives) that I know is getting $1.60 a pound for his honey straight out of the extractor (no straining, filtering or bottleing involved) and into 55 gallon drums. He sells his to a honey packer.
Jerrymac-
Wish I could get that good of a price on honey at the grocery store! And grocery store honey is nowhere near as good tasting as fresh honey. I pay about $3 a pound at the grocery store - and we eat alot of honey (in coffee). We go through about 4-6 pounds easily a month, so we have to have ONE hive just for our own intake.
Beth
The lady I talked to was straight from extractor and bottled by her. The Tulia guy mixes his for a consistant color from what I understood. She said people have told her that hers was a lot better.
Man I wish I hadn't put the name Jerrymac, sounds like when my mother was mad at me. "Jerry Mac!!!! Why did you bust out those windows?"
"Don't make me chase you boy!!"
Then I failed to mention, they sell it to small stores and health supply shops.
It seems to be about same price like in Finland. I take 3,5 â,¬/pound in 12 pound boxes and 4â,¬ from pound container as single pieces.
1â,¬ = 1,3 US $
I checked here, 4 bucks a pound (16 oz.) I also did a national look and it looked like the average was 4 bucks, bye
12 oz Bear - $4
16 oz Bear - $5
24 oz Skep - $6
32 oz Plastic Queenline - $8
Retail prices, which are just a bit higher than grocery store prices here.
Local honey can (and should) be priced at a premium.
Jim
I was just wondering if all these prices include the cost of the container? How much does it cost for bottles and such?
I had a period of my life where I sold honey via the website - it was going to be an experiment for the logbook section on MARKETING your honey. I did really well and actually ran out of product quite quickly.
I had:
1/2 pint jars going for $4.95
Pint Jars going for $8.95
Quart size $16.95
Plus shipping (which frankly was as much as the product.)
Now.... (with all humblenessity meant) I know these prices seemed outragious, but afterall, Beemaster's Honey was a BRAND NAME and had a relatively SMALL volume to sell. There was both supply and demand - the market place allowed me to name my price :)
I sold mostly 1/2 pint and pint jars (decorative glass) and shipped via US Postal Service and sold a total of 11 gallons in 9 weeks via the website. I won't do the math here, but it was pretty darned impressive.
My point being, you need to create a product base, make your honey something GREATER than "Honey" itself - and you can name your price. Labeling is a great inexpensive way to increase price - nothing beats a country looking homemade label on a jar of honey.
Also, working with local road-side vegatable stands or farm markets can be a great source of sales. It THIS case a quality made sign over your products can greatly boost the price of every ounce you sell.
The biggest thing you can do to increase sales though (in a roadside marketing site) is choice of product. Have different sized jars, cut-comb, and other products including candles (even if the candles are bought wholesale and added to your product line) no one says you are stuck with just your own products, although it is best to do so.
Selling through the web though is tough. I got lucky only because of a good placement on the search engines. I set up an account with Paypal, so the money was always in the bank before I bothered jarring the product. Shipping was tough to get around, going plastic jars over glass jars HELPED cut cost to the consumer, but was NOT enough of a savings over using "Decorative Glass Jars" in my ads.
Creating a product name the best single way to increase revenue and every penny per ounce counts. Quality is number one, because no matter how good the name, if you give people crap - you will never see them again.
Thought I'd share this with everyone. I rarely speak of the days when I attempted to have commercial sales on my site - it was exciting, I did really really good, but it was NOT what I wanted to do.
After all the honey was gone, I had a site that was STILL set up to go and I had to disable the sales page (meanwhile people were looking to order more honey - yes, I had several repeat customers who loved the decorative jars for gift giving) but once I ran out of honey, telling the customer that it would be 6 months before I had more honey JUST didn't cut it - so I closed up shop RATHER than go commercial.
There was even a suggestion that I have "Beemaster's Premium Blend" a mix of quality New Jersey (The Garden State) finest honey - where a small amount of the "Blend" was mine and the rest from local beekeepers. The idea (suggested to me by a local grower sounded interesting, but I didn't wan't to mislead anyone into thinking it was a "SEASONAL MIX" of my own best honey flavors, which I think it would have done.
And at that point where does it stop? Literally, one drop of Beemaster's honey to a quart of generic NJ Honey - ugh. So I never went with the PREMIUM BLEND idea.
There is my tale. It was fun and for nearly three months I was making multiple trips to Staples for boxes and bubblewrap and to the post office to ship. But honey sales by mail is tough if only for the weight factor. Now.... only if you could sell FREEZE DRIED HONEY, hmmmmm there's an idea :shock:
I think this guy has you beat on the gimicky name.
http://www.bumblebarf.com/
(http://www.bumblebarf.com/graphics/label458.gif)
that is kinda sick and funny at the same time, I dont think of them barfing it up though. bye
Quote from: beemaster on January 24, 2005, 10:24:33 AM
I had a period of my life where I sold honey via the website - it was going to be an experiment for the logbook section on MARKETING your honey. I did really well and actually ran out of product quite quickly.
I had:
1/2 pint jars going for $4.95
Pint Jars going for $8.95
Quart size $16.95
Plus shipping (which frankly was as much as the product.)
Now.... (with all humblenessity meant) I know these prices seemed outragious, but afterall, Beemaster's Honey was a BRAND NAME and had a relatively SMALL volume to sell. There was both supply and demand - the market place allowed me to name my price :)
I sold mostly 1/2 pint and pint jars (decorative glass) and shipped via US Postal Service and sold a total of 11 gallons in 9 weeks via the website. I won't do the math here, but it was pretty darned impressive.
My point being, you need to create a product base, make your honey something GREATER than "Honey" itself - and you can name your price. Labeling is a great inexpensive way to increase price - nothing beats a country looking homemade label on a jar of honey.
Also, working with local road-side vegatable stands or farm markets can be a great source of sales. It THIS case a quality made sign over your products can greatly boost the price of every ounce you sell.
The biggest thing you can do to increase sales though (in a roadside marketing site) is choice of product. Have different sized jars, cut-comb, and other products including candles (even if the candles are bought wholesale and added to your product line) no one says you are stuck with just your own products, although it is best to do so.
Selling through the web though is tough. I got lucky only because of a good placement on the search engines. I set up an account with Paypal, so the money was always in the bank before I bothered jarring the product. Shipping was tough to get around, going plastic jars over glass jars HELPED cut cost to the consumer, but was NOT enough of a savings over using "Decorative Glass Jars" in my ads.
Creating a product name the best single way to increase revenue and every penny per ounce counts. Quality is number one, because no matter how good the name, if you give people crap - you will never see them again.
Thought I'd share this with everyone. I rarely speak of the days when I attempted to have commercial sales on my site - it was exciting, I did really really good, but it was NOT what I wanted to do.
After all the honey was gone, I had a site that was STILL set up to go and I had to disable the sales page (meanwhile people were looking to order more honey - yes, I had several repeat customers who loved the decorative jars for gift giving) but once I ran out of honey, telling the customer that it would be 6 months before I had more honey JUST didn't cut it - so I closed up shop RATHER than go commercial.
There was even a suggestion that I have "Beemaster's Premium Blend" a mix of quality New Jersey (The Garden State) finest honey - where a small amount of the "Blend" was mine and the rest from local beekeepers. The idea (suggested to me by a local grower sounded interesting, but I didn't wan't to mislead anyone into thinking it was a "SEASONAL MIX" of my own best honey flavors, which I think it would have done.
And at that point where does it stop? Literally, one drop of Beemaster's honey to a quart of generic NJ Honey - ugh. So I never went with the PREMIUM BLEND idea.
There is my tale. It was fun and for nearly three months I was making multiple trips to Staples for boxes and bubblewrap and to the post office to ship. But honey sales by mail is tough if only for the weight factor. Now.... only if you could sell FREEZE DRIED HONEY, hmmmmm there's an idea :shock:
interesting data points, thx very much.
here in silicon valley, multiple local beeks are currently selling local honey for $17 per quart.
The local guys around here sell a quart for between 10 and 15 bux...I sell mine for 5 bux a lb..I'll also sell 12 oz for 5 bux! :-D
for me, 5 dollars is just a figure I dreamed up pretty much. I really eat and give away more than I sell!....good things are meant to share! :)
(unless you can get 5 bux!)
your friend,
john
I am not even sure I will have surplus this year, but this is a very informative thread. I sure as heck hope I have surplus. If I do, I would agree that it should fetch a good price. I don't want to part with the amazing sweetness for chump change. LOL Great info. Thanks for starting it, and giving input to all.
$4 PER POUND TO FRUIT STAND, $5 A POUND DIRECT TO CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH EAST LOUISIANA.
BEEN THINKING OF GOING UP A LITTLE TOO.
BAILEY
I cannot even share with you all how much I am selling my honey for. I get very little of it, so it is very precious to me. I sell it to the members of the Yoga Center where I keep my bees. I give the yoga center the proceeds as a donation. I keep very little for myself.
But I sell it in beautiful bottles with beautiful labels and I can get whatever I want for it. That just how I feel about it. I work hard for it, the bees gather the flowers at the yoga center, I don't use any chemicals in the hive. The members feel it is very pure and very fresh and pay top dollar for it.
Of course if I was getting lots and lots of it, I would lower the price.
I have been very busy with cutouts and 2 colonies had the lightest and best honey I have ever found. Got 9 gallons or more from the two. Gave the homeowners some and have sold all I had for $7.50 a lb raw and screened only with customers wanting more. Hope my hives are as exceptional as those. I have no yards within 15 miles of the cutouts.
Bruce
Last year I sold mine for $4 / pound and sales were good. This year I increased my price to $5 / pound. Sales are just as good.
Steve
I sell mine for $3.75 a half pint, $7.00 for a pint. I do give $0.50 per jar on next purchase if its for sure my jar w/lid label intact. I have customers waiting for this years harvest. One more month to go!! Things are looking good!
I ask $10/ lb. But I'm organic only. No chemicals, treatments, etc.
$5 for a half lb and $8 for a pound. Seems to be about the going rate around here.
$5.25 a lb in this area
glad to see people are finding this revived thread of use *and* updating it with current info.
hal
"But I sell it in beautiful bottles with beautiful labels and I can get whatever I want for it."
Where do you buy your bottles and labels? I have about 100 mason jars that I will use to sell to friends and family, but wondered what people do when they sell to the general public. If I have surplus, it will only be sold direct.
5.00 a lb, bears are 4.50. I only had 75lbs last year so it didn't matter much, gave a lot away to family and freinds, they came back begging for more. This year is for selling. In no way do I beleive in cutting the price so bad that you sell more than the next guy. Prices should be even across the board, like said above, its a premium honey, pure right from the extracter. That in itslef should get a slightly higer price. Sellin it for a buck a pound. Pfffft.
Glad to hear that honey is getting good prices! It's a shame when people sell a quality, local, fresh product for a pittance. :'(
Does anybody do comb honey? I'm also wondering about quarts jars of honey with a comb chunk floating in it. What should that sell for?
Does anybody (grandmadog?) distinguish between organic honey (as in, hives in the middle of miles of organic territory) versus organic beekeeping (as in, no chemical treatments, foundation, etc.) when trying to price their honey?
Qt. mason jars with single piece plastic tops for $18.50. That's 3.5 pounds honey.
Quote from: joker1656 on July 05, 2009, 03:05:54 PM
"But I sell it in beautiful bottles with beautiful labels and I can get whatever I want for it."
Where do you buy your bottles and labels? I have about 100 mason jars that I will use to sell to friends and family, but wondered what people do when they sell to the general public. If I have surplus, it will only be sold direct.
The labels are made from "onlinelabels.com", but I downloaded my own design. The bottles are the hexagon bottles, 4 oz size and I can't remember where I purchased them from but you can get them from almost any bottle company.
"Does anybody (grandmadog?) distinguish between organic honey (as in, hives in the middle of miles of organic territory) versus organic beekeeping (as in, no chemical treatments, foundation, etc.) when trying to price their honey?"
I never say my honey is organic, but I do say it is chemical free.
Honey weighs 1# per 12 fluid oz, so 1 quart weighs 3#. The guys around here have been getting $4 a quart (Southeast Texas), which sounds too cheap to me, for sure. I emailed Honey Solutions in Baytown, and they do buy from locals, but he never shot me a price.
Lite amber honey sells for 5.00 a pound here and there is no problem getting rid of it. Pint jar with some comb in it sells for 7.50, 8 oz bears- 3.00, and 12 oz bears 4.00. I stay away from the quart jars, too much weight goes out and not enough money comes back in.
Marc
Previously I sold for $6.50 per pint. Sold like hot cakes. I didn't sell anything yet this year. I will probably keep those prices.
"I never say my honey is organic, but I do say it is chemical free."
Would I be able to say mine is chemical free? I use foundation, but no chemicals whatsoever. My goal was to be able to say that, but I happened to think...I don't know about the foundation.
If I can say that, I plan to sell for a decent price. I think quality is paramount, but the aesthetics of the packaging will be essential. I gotta get an attractive label and settle on some great jars, but inexpensive jars.
Crossing my fingers for a good surplus..... :-D
Actually what I say is "I don't use any chemicals in my hive". This is more accurate.
That makes sense. I just wondered if I could say that honestly since I use commercially produced foundation. Thanks for the advice.
anette,
Thank you. Very few people realize the true value of honey. The few beehives that I keep are producing exceptional honey.
Most of it we use.
I give away some 8oz glass jars and 4oz cut comb to our neighbors and friends.
The little amount of honey that I sell is $5/lb in new 1 lb glass containers. So far, I can sell as much as I produce.
Over the 4th of July weekend, I had some help from a niece and nephew extracting, straining and bottling about 75lbs of honey. The 20+ year-old farm kids from southern New England learned how much work it is for us . . . . and the bees.
I gave them a swarm of bees in early June. They are enthusiastic about raising bees!
whenever I travel, I buy honey farm stands, diners, farmers markets and locals.
We buy our meals the same way.
I am a sucker for chunk comb honey, orange blossom, Tupelo, etc. My wife is always reminding me about how much honey we have at home in the pantry.
I am one of those people that will pay a higher price for quality.
Our bee club got a lecture on the status of Organic.
1. You're exempt from being certified organic if you sell less than $5000/year
2. No plastic can be in the hive
3. No fungicides, miticides or other non food grade chemicals.
4. powdered sugar is food grade.
So I can say I'm organic.
I don't think anyone distinguishes the nuance of organic beeking vs organic area beeking. But I can say my bees are free ranging!
-mt
Quote from: annette on July 06, 2009, 12:38:53 AM
"Does anybody (grandmadog?) distinguish between organic honey (as in, hives in the middle of miles of organic territory) versus organic beekeeping (as in, no chemical treatments, foundation, etc.) when trying to price their honey?"
I never say my honey is organic, but I do say it is chemical free.
Gotta love the term "free ranging." Especially with bees :D
I thought I had read somewhere that in order to have truly organic honey the hives had to be in an area so enormously organic that the bees couldn't forage anywhere where there was GM crops, pesticides, herbicides, etc. That would surely limit the production of organic honey, hey?
I think I will just take the lengthy route of explaining how my bees make their own wax, I use no manufactured chemical treatments, etc.
I believe that organic certification is federal driven and not state. The rule I hear all the time is you have to be in control of all foraging within a 3 mile radius of the hive, as that is pretty much impossible I do not believe any apiary could get certified as organic.
I also do not believe that anyone can be exempt to the requirement just based on volumn
I am of the strong opinion that anyone who wants something more that a trusted source for PURE, RAW local honey . . . that is to say someone who requires such honey to also be organic, has taken something just a bit too far. Organic beef . . . fine. Organic cheese . . . cool if that is what floats your boat. Organic honey . . . . come on. If the bees are alive, and the beek is known and trusted as far as pest control in the hive, then the honey is probably the best one can get.
1 # jar $6.95
22oz pint mason jar with cut comb inside - $12.00 (up a dollar from 08)
2 1/2 pound jar $15.00
12oz Bear $5.50
Sell out (approx 600 pounds) by Nov 1st Our web site stays open even tho we sell out, but to be fair, it is just one tab in our Millcreek Valley Farm (http://www.millcreekvalleyfarm.com/) web site so it is not a bad thing to have sold out on just one item found there. BeeMaster is right about shipping - it costs plenty. a few are willing to pay. But most of what we ship is the personal care stuff. Our site Googles very well for "utah local raw honey" #3 first page last time I checked, so most sales are our shows and at our home.
Harvest this Friday . . . 7 mediums packed and waiting with good flow still goin on. We had lotta rain this spring, and you know what they say about April showers, 'cept it was all of May too!
This year was the first time my girls had a surplus. I harvested enough honey from 1 hive in June to fill 48 pint jars. My dad and I sold them for $6.50. They were all gone in 2 days.
Quote from: BoBn on July 07, 2009, 12:27:55 AM
anette,
Thank you. Very few people realize the true value of honey. The few beehives that I keep are producing exceptional honey.
Most of it we use.
I give away some 8oz glass jars and 4oz cut comb to our neighbors and friends.
The little amount of honey that I sell is $5/lb in new 1 lb glass containers. So far, I can sell as much as I produce.
Over the 4th of July weekend, I had some help from a niece and nephew extracting, straining and bottling about 75lbs of honey. The 20+ year-old farm kids from southern New England learned how much work it is for us . . . . and the bees.
I gave them a swarm of bees in early June. They are enthusiastic about raising bees!
whenever I travel, I buy honey farm stands, diners, farmers markets and locals.
We buy our meals the same way.
I am a sucker for chunk comb honey, orange blossom, Tupelo, etc. My wife is always reminding me about how much honey we have at home in the pantry.
I am one of those people that will pay a higher price for quality.
I also purchase honey anywhere I go and for almost any price. That's why I know I can charge so much for my honey.
I still fantasize about the sourwood chunk honey I bought in TN 2 summers ago. They were selling it for $10 for a quart jar. I still kick myself for not buying out their entire stock!!
I sell mine for
2.50 half pint
3.00 12 oz bear
5.00 pint
10.00 quart
I'm probably under pricing it but it supports my bee habit so I'm satisfied and my customers keep coming back. As a matter of fact I can't keep enough on hand so I guess I'll have to get more bee's. More bees more honey more honey more bees is'nt it great.
Currently sell 12oz for $5.00.
...JP
One season, about a half a dozen years ago now, I sold honey in 1/2 pint, pint and quart containers through my website. It was a bumper year and I wanted to see how well the BEEMASTER'S OWN SELECT HONEY BLEND HONEY would sell. I spent three weeks going to the post office nearly every day with mostly purchases of 1/2 pints which I was getting a whopping $6.95 for, pint $11.95 and quart $20.95 - I even had 1 ounce sample jars for grouping a collection of different flavor assortment packs, but never used those, I only had a previous seasons late Fall and Summer flow, which are very different but still only two flavors. I know all really great prices, but I had a marketable name, with a good website following even before the forum was started.
The shipping was the killer of course, people didn't mind paying extra for the Beemaster name, but they cringed at shipping costs, which really drove up cost. It really was a great income but I ran out so fast.
I always had a dream of a Beemaster Member's Select or Premium Blend - make a business using the resources of the membership to help sell their products and offer a great choice of flavors to the customers.
Then the idea to be commercial free came to mind, being different and NOT having anyone dictate how the site is ran or how it looks really set into my mind and I never looked back.
Although honestly, with someone who is good at logistics and reliable membership able to ship quanties when needed, we could really have a very competitive supplier of honey with that local marketplace feel.
Quote from: beemaster on July 08, 2009, 09:01:35 AM
One season, about a half a dozen years ago now, I sold honey in 1/2 pint, pint and quart containers through my website. It was a bumper year and I wanted to see how well the BEEMASTER'S OWN SELECT HONEY BLEND HONEY would sell. I spent three weeks going to the post office nearly every day with mostly purchases of 1/2 pints which I was getting a whopping $6.95 for, pint $11.95 and quart $20.95 - I even had 1 ounce sample jars for grouping a collection of different flavor assortment packs, but never used those, I only had a previous seasons late Fall and Summer flow, which are very different but still only two flavors. I know all really great prices, but I had a marketable name, with a good website following even before the forum was started.
The shipping was the killer of course, people didn't mind paying extra for the Beemaster name, but they cringed at shipping costs, which really drove up cost. It really was a great income but I ran out so fast.
I always had a dream of a Beemaster Member's Select or Premium Blend - make a business using the resources of the membership to help sell their products and offer a great choice of flavors to the customers.
Then the idea to be commercial free came to mind, being different and NOT having anyone dictate how the site is ran or how it looks really set into my mind and I never looked back.
Although honestly, with someone who is good at logistics and reliable membership able to ship quanties when needed, we could really have a very competitive supplier of honey with that local marketplace feel.
the post office now has a variety of fixed-price shipping boxes that i ship jam / jelly / honey to friends and g.i.'s overseas. i use the med-large boxes and they run ~$11, regardless of weight. last time i sent 6 jars of goodies, the p.o. worker told me i'd saved >$10 over conventional shipping.
Selling treatment free honey for about $13 a pound in Birmingham, AL.
The public likes to know that their food is coming from a good place and don't mind paying for it. If I was producing 1000+ pounds of honey, I wouldn't sell it for $13 a pound.
It's good to see that this string is revived. I've sold a few 1-pound jars of honey at $10 a pound this year, but mostly give it away and only took 14 pounds from my two hives this year because I thought they'd need it for the winter. I, too, buy honey wherever I go, to see what different regions are producing -- but never iin supermarkets. I want to know it's real honey, raw, unfiltered and natural. And when I give honey or sell it, I stress that it is real, raw, unfiltered honey, not the garbage people get in supermarkets. I guess I should say "last year" above, because it was in the fall. Ok, well...
ditto on the postal rates. They got permission from Congress to lower their rates or something like that.
A friend of ours has sinus headaches from allergies. Her and her husband also run a restaurant. Good food, good service, and we always tip. For an added bonus I threw in a pint of honey from my hives. I mentioned the fake honey issues as well.
She had heard that local honey would relieve allergies so she started taking it with some cinnamon. Not long after that her headaches went away. Well she ran out and bought some at the store. It did nothing for her headaches. The last time we ate there she pleaded from some more of my honey. I felt sorry for her because of her pain and I sent two pints, one of mine and one from another local source. I'm not sure but I think the other source is heated and adulterated. I informed her of that and sent the two pints by my son. I did not want any money for them, but my son said she wouldn't have anything to do with that. On her own she gave me $10 a pint for them.
Point is, folks know good things and will gladly pay for it.
When yall say "a pound"' is that fluid oz or actual poundage....what I want to know is can I sell a 12 fluid oz jar of honey as a pound of honey, which it is on a scale, or do I have to sell a pound of honey as 16 fluid oz's, which is more like a pound and a quarter on scales.
Sell it by weight, not volume.
I gave a 1/2-pound jar to a chef last night and he acted like kid at Christmas. I had given him and his boss jars last fall and somebody in the kitchen stole the chef's. He knows and appreciates the value of real local honey.
Pint Jar= 22oz
Quart Jar-44oz
Tare weight? ( without weight of the jar?)
Quote from: Dallasbeek on February 17, 2015, 11:59:59 PM
Tare weight? ( without weight of the jar?)
Weight of honey without jar. So basically 1 fl oz. of honey is 1.375 oz by weight (1.375 x 16 =22)
These are recommended figure that came from bee supply mag years ago from a chart inside the cover. Of course moisture content, source etc may change from year to year and affect figures a little
In West Kentucky I sell for $7 a pound and $20 a quart jar. I can't keep it in stock and actually limit folks to 5 quart jars at a time. I have enough orders this year (2015) that I could sell 2 tons worth and not have enough for everyone. I also sell 4oz Muth jars around Christmas for $4. Makes great gifts during the holidays and for hot toddies!!! The jar price is why they cost so much.
I've been selling mine in 8oz and 16oz plastic bottles. $8 for 16oz and $4 for 8oz....took off at first, then I think folks didn't think I had more, last month took off again...mostly just selling at mine and my wife's job. Lady emailed me today wanting $24 worth.... The GM at my wife's job, just hands her a $20 and says, "I need my honey!" what's cool, I work for an international company, I've sold some to folks (employees)visiting from Brazil and The Netherlands! :)
Quote from: Beewildered61 on February 25, 2015, 08:54:49 PM
I've been selling mine in 8oz and 16oz plastic bottles. $8 for 16oz and $4 for 8oz....took off at first, then I think folks didn't think I had more, last month took off again...mostly just selling at mine and my wife's job. Lady emailed me today wanting $24 worth.... The GM at my wife's job, just hands her a $20 and says, "I need my honey!" what's cool, I work for an international company, I've sold some to folks (employees)visiting from Brazil and The Netherlands! :)
I think your price is low, particularly if you're talking about 8 and 16 fluid ounce bottles. But it is getting out there,nso good for you.
No, actually I have 8 and 16 oz bottles from BetterBee, not fluid onces... I weighed them, 17 ounces (1 ounce for the bottle) and 1.06 pounds on my digital scale :)
Good for you, then. But if people look at supermarket "honey" they think that's the price they should pay. Tests have shown a lot of the "honey" has no real honey at all. Don't undervalue real honey to compete with that fake stuff, is all I'm saying.
This is what I sell it for. 8oz $5, 12oz $7, 1# $9, 2# $15, 5LB $30.
I remind myself Savannah Bee Co. sells theirs for a heck of a lot more than that too. Market it well and sell it uniquely. I sold out production of my 25 hives in 6 months at those prices.
$8 pound.
This is retail, it might help.
http://www.honey.com/honey-industry/honey-industry-statistics/unit-honey-prices-by-month-retail