This past Saturday we had lots of early customers. In addition, we had a steady stream of customers up until 11:00. Then things slowed down (and it got hot!). We added 25 people from the market to our email list. The people who said this was their first visit to the market all said they found out about us by Googling local farmers markets.
Even better…the people that came were spending! K Bar K did over $6,500 for the day and our other meat vendor did over $1,700. That’s over $8,000 in meat sales at a four-hour market. Impressive!
At least five different potential vendors asked how to sign up as vendors at the market. If they DO apply we will add a flower vendor, a pretzel/bread vendor and a cheesecake vendor.
Market statistics:
17 vendors committed to attend the market.
21 vendors attended.
[Note, that is more vendors attending than reserved!]
I continue to reach out to potential vendors to attend, but they cannot find help. The vendors who want to attend but need booth salespeople are:
I continue to reach out to potential vendors to attend, but they cannot find help. The vendors who want to attend but need booth salespeople are:
Austinuts
The Tamale Man
Mountain Man Jerky
The Tamale Man
Mountain Man Jerky
Two Fun Guys (Mushrooms)
Bernards Game Day Chips and Salsa
Lucido’s Pasta, Herbs and Pickled Products
Village Baking Company (needs drivers)
While I’m disappointed that we’re not vendor-ed up because of the lost revenue, I believe that we have a nicely balanced market for our customers. We have a very nice selection of produce and meats. I need to beef up the baked goods and pickled goods.
I had a great group of volunteers at last week’s market. In addition to 5 Rotary volunteers I had two high school volunteers. I will continue to lobby for volunteers at each Thursday’s Rotary meeting. We also need to push Rotarians to shop the market. The products really are fresher!
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