I run a small bakery (solo operation) and we sell at a weekly year round Farmer's Market. Trust me, I know the feeling of taking 1/2 or more of your product home at the end of the day. Your bread looks amazing and you obviously put a lot of time and care into it. Maybe talk to the market manager, we have a system that the market board has to approve all vendors and their products, this limits the overlap and makes for a more interesting market as the selection is more diverse, it is clearly written on your application what you make and can sell. I am the Bread guy someone else does cakes and sweets, and another pies ect, everyone has their specialty. Hopefully that helps. Keep up the great work and good luck.
Thank you! It is tough, but we control what we can and take the rest in stride. I did talk to the market manager, who assured me the regular season wouldn't be like this spring preview. And I think they took to heart what I said about what the market can support. Applications work the same way here, but I have such a narrow selection it's easy for other bakers to overlap one (which turns out to be half) of my products and affect the whole market for me. Oh well, we keep baking. Good luck to you too!
that's beautiful
Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of baker life! I hope the next market goes better! ❤
Thank you! The first market of the real season did indeed go much, much better.
I run a small bakery (solo operation) and we sell at a weekly year round Farmer's Market. Trust me, I know the feeling of taking 1/2 or more of your product home at the end of the day. Your bread looks amazing and you obviously put a lot of time and care into it.
Maybe talk to the market manager, we have a system that the market board has to approve all vendors and their products, this limits the overlap and makes for a more interesting market as the selection is more diverse, it is clearly written on your application what you make and can sell. I am the Bread guy someone else does cakes and sweets, and another pies ect, everyone has their specialty. Hopefully that helps.
Keep up the great work and good luck.
Thank you! It is tough, but we control what we can and take the rest in stride. I did talk to the market manager, who assured me the regular season wouldn't be like this spring preview. And I think they took to heart what I said about what the market can support. Applications work the same way here, but I have such a narrow selection it's easy for other bakers to overlap one (which turns out to be half) of my products and affect the whole market for me. Oh well, we keep baking. Good luck to you too!