French honey price

[Tomlow bee]

On Sunday, there was a 'French' market in Southam, a small town some 3 miles to the west. Amongst the stalls was one selling French honey.

I was somewhat amazed at the price - £12.50 for 500g ie just over a pound in weight. Looked to be nice honey but more than twice the retail price of local honey.

Needless to say didn't buy any and may have picked up a couple of new customers who were commenting on the price.

 

[Plenty of honey]

On Sunday, there was a 'French' market in Southam, a small town some 3 miles to the west. Amongst the stalls was one selling French honey.



I was somewhat amazed at the price - £12.50 for 500g ie just over a pound in weight. Looked to be nice honey but more than twice the retail price of local honey.



Needless to say didn't buy any and may have picked up a couple of new customers who were commenting on the price.

It’s priced right, french honey is better than any other honey in the world EVER!![emoji23][emoji849][emoji95][emoji1305][emoji6][emoji38]


Seriously if there is a market then go for it I say. I sell a 500 g pot for 8 euros here but it might well have been high level acacia. In that respect that’s not a bad price! Do you know what type of honey it was?


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[Into the lions den]

Sounds like a special 'French Market' price.

Bulk honey prices in France on a *like for like basis* are lower than in the UK. Of course it may have been a speciality type.

 

[Plenty of honey]

Sounds like a special 'French Market' price.



Bulk honey prices in France on a *like for like basis* are lower than in the UK. Of course it may have been a speciality type.

In bulk we get 7.50 euros per
Kilo for good chestnut/bramble. Prices have thankfully gone up over the last 3 years. The problem isn’t selling it, it’s getting enough of it in the first place!!


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[Tomlow bee]

They had various types. Some were simply spring (looked like rape), summer, floral and a couple of single source types which i can't recall.

 

[Into the lions den]

In bulk we get 7.50 euros per
Kilo for good chestnut/bramble. Prices have thankfully gone up over the last 3 years. The problem isn’t selling it, it’s getting enough of it in the first place!!


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Its currently about 8030 euros a tonne here to the beekeeper, so 8.03/Kg, for ordinary OSR type honey, in drums. All other specialist floral types at a premium over that.

 

[Plenty of honey]

Its currently about 8030 euros a tonne here to the beekeeper, so 8.03/Kg, for ordinary OSR type honey, in drums. All other specialist floral types at a premium over that.

Better than we’re getting then, good news for this season! Thanks for that!!


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[Monsieur Abeille]

Seen last week in a New Zealand shop catering to the Japanese market, 2NZ$ = £1, so 500g for £900ish. Also had propolis toothpaste which sounded a tad sticky!

 

[maddydog]

Seen last week in a New Zealand shop catering to the Japanese market, 2NZ$ = £1, so 500g for £900ish. Also had propolis toothpaste which sounded a tad sticky!

Buy 5 get 1 free! Shirley that's got to be a typo!?!?

 

[maddydog]

. The problem isn’t selling it, it’s getting enough of it in the first place!!


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Nice problem to have!

 

[deemann1]

Why is honey so cheap ,I thought about all the effort that goes into beekeeping and expenses.
I reckon honey should be worth a lot more ..
Hopefull thinking I know.....

 

[justsmith]

Got a feeling it's so cheap due to the fake stuff floating around and been mixed in, which depressed the market.

To most people why buy the product which is 2-3x the cost of the valve label stuff in the super market they both say they are honey...

 

[ladaok]

Should be a book on how to market crap and make money from honey .... this is all clever marketing of a honey that supposedly has medicinal properties that's better your average clover type,... what a load of utter crap .... these charletins are fleecing the stupid Chinese like there's no tomorrow .... what these monkeys don't tell is that the supposed active ingredient MGO degrades fairly quickly with time and heat ...also MGO can and is a cloned compound and can / is added to the manuka honey to cheat on tests ... and the stuff tastes farking terrible

 

[Jimmy]

Its currently about 8030 euros a tonne here to the beekeeper, so 8.03/Kg, for ordinary OSR type honey, in drums. All other specialist floral types at a premium over that.

I make that £3.18 per pound at current exchange rates. Include the cost of a jar bought through local BKA at £40 for a gross (28 pence) and labels ( ~10 pence) takes you up to £3.56 per 1lb jar.
I think one of the local BKA stalwarts sells to his local farm shop at £2.50 per lb jar, for retail at £4.95.

 

[maddydog]

I think one of the local BKA stalwarts sells to his local farm shop at £2.50 per lb jar, for retail at £4.95.

Is he retired on a big fat pension ?

 

[Jimmy]

Is he retired on a big fat pension ?

Yes!

 

[foghornleghorn]

Its currently about 8030 euros a tonne here to the beekeeper, so 8.03/Kg, for ordinary OSR type honey, in drums. All other specialist floral types at a premium over that.

Would the likes of a clover/blackberry honey get much of a premium?

 

[Poly Hive]

There is no point in the hobbyist getting depressed over bulk prices unless you are selling in bulk of course.....

When I was commercial in the sense back in the 90's I had to cover rent of £1500 + elec and phone the bulk price was not much different all in all.

I bottled into unusual jars, I paid for bloody good quality labels which were themed, so black and gold for heather, blue and silver for blossom and red and gold for whisky honey. I presented a premium product and received a premium return.

If you buy a stock label and plonk your barely clean honey into a stock squat pound your competitive edge is what?

You can sit and moan or get up and get after it. It is there to be got.

PH

 

[Jimmy]

There is no point in the hobbyist getting depressed over bulk prices unless you are selling in bulk of course.....

You can sit and moan or get up and get after it. It is there to be got.

PH

I think the bulk price is great! My perception of what the local wholesale price ceiling is and the low wholesale price some beekeepers will accept depresses me.
I have to balance time for beekeeping, young family and almost full time job. Spending time in jarring up and delivering to local outlets isn't viable for me at the moment. Hence I sell in bulk and am content with the price I get.
However, there are several (semi-) commercial beekeepers who sell in jars and make it pay locally. I think that they are charging more than £2.50 per lb jar equivalent and as PH suggests it is through jarsize, label and choice of retail outlet.

 

[DanBee]

That reminds me - is "Allard Daalder - your honeyest partner" (sp?) still going? His adverts used to make me chuckle