I averaged about $160 per market with $180 being the highest that ran from 4-7:30. I sold classic salted at $3 a piece, cinnamon sugar bite cups at $6 each and pepperoni twists at $4 each. $180, $150 and $130 and my dough failed the final market so I couldn't attend. About 4 to 5 hours worth of work plus the 3.5 hours at the market so i did pretty damn good!
It was great to finally get out there and sell other flavors for once and interact with a bunch of people all at once and meet other small local businesses. I have since been invited to sell at a couple bars in town so i now have a "route" of 2 bars that will have weekly deliveries.
Great learning experience, had a lot of fun and met some great people, considering i have horrible social anxiety, i still had a good time
by PeeB4uGoToBed
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I think you may be under valuing the pretzels. While I LOVE a good deal. I think a pretzel that size is worth 5$ easily
Cool. You should have your contact info so people can buy direct. This is an opportunity.
I would like a pepperoni twist right now.
Nice! What was your net?
Congrats! The pretzels look amazing and it sounds like you did some great networking 🙂 now if only images were edible (seriously, they look delicious lol)
Inspiring! ❤️🥨🌻🌻
Looks fantastic! I’d buy all of em
Ooh, those look yummy! And awesome job not letting anxiety stand in the way!
Wait, 4-5 hours of work per market or total?
Maybe look into pairing up with a vendor who makes mustard or jams and have a sample of their product with yours at both of your booths. Set up next to each other even. I know I’d love to be able to pair homemade pretzels with a great local made mustard.
Do they hold up well where someone could buy 6 for $15 and take home and warm in microwave? Thinking you may make more money by having some higher price points.
Also have you thought about increasing their size and charging $5 instead of $3. Auntie Anne’s locally is $5 a pretzel and yours look better.
How do you keep them fresh and soft?? I feel like mine get very chewy unless they’re warm
I’m not a baker, I’m just a regular farmer’s market customer, and I think you should charge more!!! I’d pay $5 for the classic salted, $7 for the pepperoni and $8 for the cups!!
Drooling at these
Oh man, if you were local to me, I’d snag one immediately!!! Those look fantastic, great job!! Proud of you and your success!!
Is it rude to ask for a recipe or for tips on how to make better pretzels? I love them but I can never seem to get them right!
well done you! sorry to hear about the last week, that must have been such a sad happenstance.
Congrats!
You should consider adding a German-style käse-brezel, which is just a normal soft pretzel (though I think without the large salt) with grated cheese on top that’s then air fried or broiled. It’s my favorite bakery item whenever I visit Germany.
Just a suggestion but if you want to make a bit more margin make up huge jugs of homemade lemonade and sell large cups for $1.50. Pretzel and lemonade is a classic twist and it costs pennies to make large quantities of lemonade.