Hi guys
This season I've grown a bit too many peppers than I expected and am now thinking of heading off to the local farmers markets.
I have been trying to work out what would be reasonable pricing and how is it best to sell them. Here are a few ideas I had, if anyone else has any suggestions, please yell out.
Our local supermarket prices for cayennes (pretty much all I've seen locally) are about $50NZD per kilo (2.2lb). I figured if I charged $100NZD per kilo (although I'll write up labels $10 per 100gm (3.5oz)) it might be ok.
I'm looking at selling 4 (maybe 5) varieties of which I have quite a lot of:
- Reapers
- Dorset Naga
- Aji Verde (from Judy, man these are massive plants with huge pods)
- Inca berry
- Devil's brain (possibly, it's looking like there could be quote a lot of pods)
I was going to just have them presented in 5 boxes ready for people to pick themselves, I have a bunch of paper bags ready, we weigh them and pay by weight. Does anyone know of a better way? I thought of pre-packing small bags with clear windows, but I figured most customers would want to try a bunch of different ones.
Is it just me or does it seem pretty cheap for superhots? I'm trying to look at it from both ways - as a grower I know that it definitely isnt cheap, since I'm only growing them as a hobby and am not buying all my supplies in bulk, etc. But as a customer who probably hasnt seen anything of chinense variety and probably won't know the difference until they taste it - they might think its a rip off.
Any suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks.
This season I've grown a bit too many peppers than I expected and am now thinking of heading off to the local farmers markets.
I have been trying to work out what would be reasonable pricing and how is it best to sell them. Here are a few ideas I had, if anyone else has any suggestions, please yell out.
Our local supermarket prices for cayennes (pretty much all I've seen locally) are about $50NZD per kilo (2.2lb). I figured if I charged $100NZD per kilo (although I'll write up labels $10 per 100gm (3.5oz)) it might be ok.
I'm looking at selling 4 (maybe 5) varieties of which I have quite a lot of:
- Reapers
- Dorset Naga
- Aji Verde (from Judy, man these are massive plants with huge pods)
- Inca berry
- Devil's brain (possibly, it's looking like there could be quote a lot of pods)
I was going to just have them presented in 5 boxes ready for people to pick themselves, I have a bunch of paper bags ready, we weigh them and pay by weight. Does anyone know of a better way? I thought of pre-packing small bags with clear windows, but I figured most customers would want to try a bunch of different ones.
Is it just me or does it seem pretty cheap for superhots? I'm trying to look at it from both ways - as a grower I know that it definitely isnt cheap, since I'm only growing them as a hobby and am not buying all my supplies in bulk, etc. But as a customer who probably hasnt seen anything of chinense variety and probably won't know the difference until they taste it - they might think its a rip off.
Any suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks.