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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: NorthEssexsmallholding on July 28, 2011, 08:04:32 am

Title: carrots, what price to sell?
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on July 28, 2011, 08:04:32 am
I'm going to sell some carrots to a local pub but I have no idea what to charge them, any ideas where I could find a wholesale price?

I sold them some potatoes at the market price I found on the potatoe council website.  I charged them £0.50/kg for my potatoes.
Title: Re: carrots, what price to sell?
Post by: Sylvia on July 28, 2011, 01:43:19 pm
Look what you're local greengrocer/supermarket is charging and price yours accordingly. If yours are fresh from the ground, organic etc. I think you could put a bit on the top. Good luck :hshoe:
Title: Re: carrots, what price to sell?
Post by: Mel on July 30, 2011, 02:55:55 pm
I'm going to sell some carrots to a local pub but I have no idea what to charge them, any ideas where I could find a wholesale price?

I sold them some potatoes at the market price I found on the potatoe council website.  I charged them £0.50/kg for my potatoes.
That sounds cheap to me,are they new potatoes? I have had 80+ kg of new pots this year so far and sell them for £2.00 for 3kg with people falling over to buy them!
Title: Re: carrots, what price to sell?
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on July 30, 2011, 08:04:14 pm
yes but I'm selling to a pub, they won't be paying retail prices, they buy their produce from a wholsale company, they will be paying a bit less than retail.  I have no idea what to charge them, I might ring up a whosale Co and try to get a price that they charge.
Title: Re: carrots, what price to sell?
Post by: Millwood on July 30, 2011, 09:32:22 pm
Hi there, we sell our own organic (tho not certified) carrots, retail at £2/kg loose, if we were wholesaling them, we certainly would not let them go for less than £1/kg. According to the soil association (we are producer members) the current wholesale price of organic carrots is £1.32/kg. http://www.soilassociation.org/Farmersgrowers/Marketinformation/Pricedata/Horticulture/tabid/171/Default.aspx (http://www.soilassociation.org/Farmersgrowers/Marketinformation/Pricedata/Horticulture/tabid/171/Default.aspx)