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| JA_MORAN |
 Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:52 pm |
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need ideas, suggestions for marketing/selling a growing supply of brown
free-range eggs.
I am in southern Arizona, have several hundred Rhode Island Reds, Barred
Rocks, and other breeds that lay BROWN eggs.
I had been taking eggs with me to work in Tucson and selling them.
Now, I am looking for a more regular means of selling the eggs...
Can I sell to just one Costco store or must I supply the entire chain ?
If I can do one store at a time that would be great...
anyone else market their eggs...
my domain for the eggs is FREGGS and there is a web page too
thanks
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| Jill |
| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:00 am |
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JA_MORAN wrote:
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Can I sell to just one Costco store or must I supply the entire chain
? If I can do one store at a time that would be great...
ASK them?
Ask your food health people
Ask your agricultural extension
There are lots of rules and regulations about selling food and they vary
around the world
Few supermarket chains are interested in small producers but you need to
find out what the situation is in YOUR store
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| JA_MORAN |
| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:31 pm |
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I checked with the University of Arizoan AG Extension. They really don't
have much information on Poultry. If it were dairy or beef cattle, or
gardening tips, yes they have lots of info, but very little on poultry
I take eggs to work now. Bought some plain white styrofoam egg cartons
from a place that sell packaging materials..
Costco.. I did call and they told me they need VOLUME.
next year, I hope to hav several thousand birds and be able to supply at
least part of a chain like costco.
I am a unix administrator, raising poultry is right now a hobby that I
want to grow into a full time business.
What I don't need is companies I work for (as a unix admin) trying to
cut costs and eliminating my position.... not nice
JOHN
Jill wrote:
Quote: JA_MORAN wrote:
Can I sell to just one Costco store or must I supply the entire chain
? If I can do one store at a time that would be great...
ASK them?
Ask your food health people
Ask your agricultural extension
There are lots of rules and regulations about selling food and they vary
around the world
Few supermarket chains are interested in small producers but you need to
find out what the situation is in YOUR store
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| Jill |
| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:32 am |
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| Catherine Jemma |
| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:59 am |
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If you are "organic" then contact nearby "haealth food" shops
Even if you are NOT "certified" organic, they might accept produce like eggs
which is claimed "99 %" organic, but just not certified to be 100 % so
as an earlier poster said, find out who else sells eggs into your area, and
what prices they charge etc
Dealing with large supermarket chains, is probably a last resort, small
"health food" shops or other "mom-and-pop" stores are better
but make sure you're paid promptly, some unscrupulous shops drive their
suppliers virtually bankrupt, by taking a lot of stock, but sending payments
seldom and very late
Remember you're in business to sell eggs, NOT act as their Bank providing
overdraft facilities
Backyard poultry and some eggs to locals is one thing, but be careful if
engaging in a larger commercial enterprise, don't go into tens of thousands
of dollars debt to massively increase your stock, if there's no market for
the eggs, at a price that makes you happy, in your local area
Factor in the cost of fuel/diesel/gasoline/petrol or transport-carriers
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