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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Oct 03 2006 : 6:21:17 PM
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OK, I was jokingly contemplating a career change today and someone mentioned that I make pretty good pies. I laughed and said I would have to charge $25 per pie to break even. He said that was pretty pricey and I agreed. I've purchased wonderful handmade pies in gourmet food shops for $15 each, and the Amish ladies at the farmer's market sell for much less.
Tonight looking for a recipe I stumbled on the Hickory Farms web site http://www.hickoryfarms.com/shop/product.asp?sku=064437&group_id=0&purch_src=SR&search_term=apple%20pieand it seems they are asking $29.95 (plus shipping, I guess!) for apple pie, and it isn't even baked!
I wonder how many they sell at that price, and what is it about their pie that makes it worth the premium price?
(Sometimes I think that the price can make something more better, if a customer has to pay more they get more satisfaction out of buying it?????)
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 03 2006 : 6:52:30 PM
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at christmastime .. our garden club makes 'italian wedding pies' .. and another kind (can't remember the name of it) .. and they sell for about $25. and $30. .. .they are deeeeeelish! and i usuallly buy one or two .. (probably mostly to support our garden club though) but during the course of the year .. i can't imagine paying tht much for a pie .. unless a handsome scantily clad good looking man came with it to bake it! but then again ... if you have a dynamite recipe and can reach a higher-paying market .. it just might work. can't hurt to give it a try i wouldn't think. of course, if your 'market' is not local .. you will also have to solve the problem of keeping them 'fresh' and 'unsquished' in transit. think and plan it through and go fo it ... the 'worse' thing that could happen is that they might not sell .. and the 'up' side to that .. is that YOU and your family get to eat them!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Oct 18 2006 : 06:59:25 AM
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Check out www.thebackdoorgourmet.com. It will definitely give you some ideas! I would think that the shipping overhead would diminish profit, what about a farm market next year? Remember "she who will not be named" (MS) started out selling pies at Thanksgiving in a Connecticut train station!
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Edited by - bramble on Oct 18 2006 07:02:41 AM |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2006 : 07:57:41 AM
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I would recommend selling them for less for a more general market (unless you have the right market for them at a higher price) and if you research your suppliers well enough and can buy in bulk, you can save on the cost of each pie.
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MustangSuzie
True Blue Farmgirl
634 Posts
Sarah
New London
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2006 : 08:48:51 AM
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This sounds like a yummy venture. So many people either just don't or don't know how to make homemade pies anymore they will pay the price for them. With the holidays coming up would be a great time to start your new venture. I know of a couple people around here that will make rolls, cookies etc during the holidays for people. The make a price list/menu out and take it around to businesses.
I've been wanting a career change too, thus my reason for picking everyone's brain on here about gardening and such. My daughter has been taking her lunch to school and she says the other kids love what she brings...I think I must be making community lunches!! lol She and her lil girlfriends have me making a cookbook and them selling it for me. lol What a hoot!
Best to you!!
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Edited by - MustangSuzie on Oct 18 2006 08:51:01 AM |
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