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- From: "maury sheets" <maurysheets AT verizon.net>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:56:55 -0500
Wyatt, Prices vary so much from area to area that saying you
should charge x dollars could put you at a severe disadvantage at being too
high or too low for your area. I bake some pumpkin breads and charge $5.00 for a large loaf and
$3.00 for a small one. 1) I looked at what others were charging
around me. 2) I figured out food costs to make a good profit and
3) divided the profit by hours spent to decide if it was a reasonable
hourly rate to make for myself. Best of luck, because pricing is probably the hardest part of
being in business (besides finding the customers). Maury Sheets Woodland Produce South Jersey From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wyatt
Jones I'm
about the worst person imaginable for pricing so I thought I'd ask this list
what they thought. How
much should I charge for a 1.5 lb loaf of French bread? How much so you
charge for bread. I know I'm underpricing myself but I don't have much to
compare my pricing to. I put a lot of work into it and I've been
improving my technique for years, I haven't seen anything, even in bakeries in
San Francisco, that is better, most isn't as good. I've had a hard time
believing that and it seems arrogant for me to say that as I'm really not that
confident about it but I've been told that often enough I guess its
true. I know I'm really picky about it. I started baking it
because I had bread in Europe and couldn't find any here that was that
good. Anyway
I need to raise my prices and I'm very nervous about it. How
much should I charge for this stuff? I don't want to chase away customers
but Imp going to stop doing it if I don't start making more than $1.50 an hour
on it as I have stay up all night baking the stuff and it takes a day
or two preparation to get to that point. I know people don't get rich
making bread but I'm not doing it for charity either. Thanks
for your input "Wyatt's
Way" Jamestown
Ohio
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Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way,
Wyatt Jones, 11/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way,
Willie McKemie, 11/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way, Andy Fellenz, 11/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way, maury sheets, 11/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way, jay sleichter, 11/13/2009
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- Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way, sora, 11/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wyatt's Way,
Willie McKemie, 11/13/2009
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