making food items and selling them - any tips/ideas?

stargazerselena

I love baking and making food stuffs and it occured to me whilst i am at home to bake and make cakes/ confectionary as a money making scheme. however i am stuck as to how, where , etc i would sell them?

Any advice/ ideas would be gratefully recieved, as are other peoples' experiences with this:)

b3nton

Have some professional looking packaging done and approach some local sandwich shops, cafes etc...

stargazerselena

ooh good idea.ta!

more_money_for_me

Try farm shops as well, they want genuinely home made products to sell, and haven't always got time to bake alongside running the farm. Best thing is to go in and talk to them about what they can't get. It may be that they have plenty of cake suppliers but need meringues for example. These places can have huge turnover, and can often command premium prices. As the post above says the right look can be the key. Emphasise anything that is different about your product eg, gluten free, lactose free, no e numbers, organic ingredients, locally groung flour, free range eggs etc etc.

skintbint_2

hi have a read through here, may help you with some tips
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2167151

skint x

stargazerselena

that post is fab :T

skintbint_2

stargazerselena wrote: »

that post is fab :T

no probs! any questions just ask, we'll do our best!

stargazerselena

i've spoke to a friend of a friend who's holding a social next weekend. shes said yes to me selling cakes there!:j

So, now as I'm new to all this, does anyone have any thoughts on how much i should charge for a cupcake/brownie/slice of cake? too much and they wont buy. too little and i'll undercut myself.

All thoughts appreciated

joedenise

The WI used to say 3 x the cost of the ingredients, so you need to price up how much each costs and multiply by 3 (this calculation includes a cost for gas/electric and your time). If you're doing tray bakes you'll need to work out how much the whole thing costs and then divide by the number of pieces - same for slices of cake.

Hope that helps.

Denise

Vickisaver

All the info on here is brilliant, I'm going to look to start selling fudge and other things through ebay, does anyone have any experience of doing this?

heretolearn_2

Posh cupcakes in the shopping centres round here are about £2.50 each, which I find ridiculous, but people buy them. Greggs do not quite such posh ones I think 2 for £3.