I get $8.00 per pint. $4.00 per half pint
WOW, what a difference 125 miles makes. Honey here sells for $12-$14 per QUART. A high price on a pint here is $9. A quart jar is the "standard" unit of measure in NE AL for honey. I had planned to try and sell mine for $15 per quart this year but am unsure that it will sell for that price.I'm getting $10 a pound and I can't keep it. My wife sold some the other day for $12 and the lady came back the next day wanting to know if I had anymore.
Brad, It's all about the market(ing).WOW, what a difference 125 miles makes. Honey here sells for $12-$14 per QUART. A high price on a pint here is $9. A quart jar is the "standard" unit of measure in NE AL for honey. I had planned to try and sell mine for $15 per quart this year but am unsure that it will sell for that price.
If I can sell it for $25 per quart, I'll tie the label on with a lace thong!Brad, It's all about the market(ing).
I have a customer that sells my honey in his shop and he's getting $20 a pound for it because I put it in glass honey bear jars and tie a label on with hay straw! His customers will pay it and he's begging me for more as soon as I can get it extracted! People want LOCAL honey and will pay for it.
And I'm not the only beek in town, there are a bunch of them around here. My mentor says $7-8 is great, and just shakes his head when I tell him what I'm getting.
There's an interesting place in Savannah, Georgia called the Savannah Bee company and they get $24 for a 4" square of honeycomb honey and $15 for a pound. It's crazy! http://www.savannahbee.com/product/Wildflower-Honey/ST-979
It's all about the market(ing)!
That's funny a hand label jar sells better here than a fancy label . The hand written label the know means local . Fancy label they think grocery store and know its shipped in .Aucoop is right, I have a BK here in Travlers Rest that runs a bee keeping store, his honey will sell for $14.50 a pint, and has trouble keeping honey in stock. Not sure what comb honey sells for but its not cheap and sells out quickly as well.
He spoke on this last tuesday, said its all about marketing. If you have a mason jar with a handwritten label, people are only willing to pay $10-$12 for that, stick a good label on that and market it as "premium" honey, and you can sell the same jar for $25
NOW that would be a GREAT FATHERS Day gift with a little something for mom:}If I can sell it for $25 per quart, I'll tie the label on with a lace thong!![]()
I was planning on using mine to tie the label on with, but yeah your idea would work.NOW that would be a GREAT FATHERS Day gift with a little something for mom:}
A win/win situation I'd say...Great Idea!