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I'm thinking about getting a booth at the farmer's market
Last season I really got into the local farmers markets. Every now and then I would come across a booth with dog treats. It was hit or miss with the quality, but the booths always seemed to have good traffic. I make a lot of Salty's treats at home with organic ingredients. I'm thinking about taking four of his favorite flavors and making big batches and bringing them to the market.
My question is, how should I package them? I could get a scale and sell them by weight, or I could say $2.50 for 5 cookies, or something else. How would you sell them? Or I could pre package them and sell them by the bag.
My other question is if I start baking now and then freeze them, would they still be good come May?
y'all tend to be more logical than me, so run any questions or things by me that ou can think of. The only start up costs would be the ingredients, the booth is free. What do you think?
My question is, how should I package them? I could get a scale and sell them by weight, or I could say $2.50 for 5 cookies, or something else. How would you sell them? Or I could pre package them and sell them by the bag.
My other question is if I start baking now and then freeze them, would they still be good come May?
y'all tend to be more logical than me, so run any questions or things by me that ou can think of. The only start up costs would be the ingredients, the booth is free. What do you think?
Re: I'm thinking about getting a booth at the farmer's market
Do you need insurance to do something like that? If someone's dog ate your treats and died because of a reaction to an ingredient or because they were contaminated (obviously just throwing wild possibilities out there) and they sued you, I would make sure you were covered. Possibly a special events liability policy? It looks like you could get $1M in coverage for three months for about $350 and six months for $600. I know this sounds crazy, but people sue for sh!t like this all.the.time.
For packaging, I think a set price for a prepackaged set number of treats would be much simpler than going by weight.
No idea how long they would last.
This is the first thing that came to my mind as well.
Ditto.
I would also check into food prep laws for the state/county. I know in order to sell any food you make, you can't make it in your personal kitchen. Not sure if pet foods would be that way too.
I agree that you'd probably want to prepackage them. I'd do them in baggies with either a sticker label or a ribbon with a tag on it. Something to make you look professional. And maybe have a jar of them that you can give one or two samples out (not sure if people can bring dogs, but might be a great idea to get customers interested)?
Good luck!
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Here's what the vendor handbook says:
"Vendors selling prepared foods (breads, cakes, homemade beverages, etc.) must secure the neccesaary food permits from the Florida Department of Agriculture."
Im not sure if that covers dog treats, but Im going to call them tomorrow and see. Im going to call the actual market coordinator and see what they say about insurance and if they have any recommendations.
Good thing I have 2 months before market season starts. I have time to get all of my ducks in a row.
That's the one. Even if I dont get a booth I cant wait for the season to start. I love it, there's always something new every weekend.