Honey jars

[Neils]

Dare I start a debate on rip off local honey verses cheap supermarket honey?

I'd put it the other way round, supermarkets driving down the prices with cheap imported honey making it very hard to get a fair price for ours I don't think we should be aiming for Fortnum and Mason prices, but we sell our honey here far, far cheaper than, for example the Greek and Turkish beekeepers seem to (and not just to Tourists). I also believe that my honey is a quality product, certainly in comparison to what the supermarkets sell and, thankfully, most of the people who want my honey seem to agree with me.

So as not to totally derail the thread I tend to get my jars from Compak, but they are pretty close to me and reasonably priced as a result. YMMV.

[Adam]

I sell honey in hex jars with a weight of 350g. They sell in a local shop at £3.95. I had some 454g jars which sold for £1 more but customers were reluctant to spend the extra money even though the honey was better value. We live in hard times! My prices are more than supermarkets and customers will pay the higher price for quality.

There are some people who I have spoken to who say that local honey has definitely helped with their allergies and honey from India will not do that. Honey needs to be taken for months or a year or two for it to work it seems. I assume it's the pollen in small quantities that helps the immune system build up resistance. I wonder if I could bottle and sell the sludge that blocks the fine honey strainer as a high potency anti-allergy remedy?


Here's another supplier of jars http://www.colouredbottles.co.uk/sto...ars-hexagonal/