In article >,
~patches~ > wrote:
(snippage)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I just placed an order. Buy the grandkid a toy.
> >>>
> >>>Boron
> >>
> >>The royalty won't buy a stick of gum, much less the Disney Cinderella
> >>Palace or whatever in heck I've been "advised" about. I've just mailed
> >>the Gedney folks asking for info about how many jars have been ordered
> >>by my r.f.c. acquaintances. Must say I'm stunned by the interest --
> >>even though they ARE wonderful products! And when I think about it, $5
> >>or less for a jar (if you buy 12, I think) is a reasonable price for a
> >>pint jar. I sell my homemades for nearly or twice that, in a smaller
> >>jar, besides. :-/

>
> Hey, thinking about the costs of ready made - I was at a US grocery
> store over our Thanksgiving weekend. Mind you I'm used to canning my
> own & Canadian prices. They wanted $5.99 for a 500 ml jar of dilly
> beans! I could not believe it. I grow my own beans so a jar that size
> likely costs be about 5 cents to can, maybe a little more but you know
> what I mean.

I think I was saying, though, that I can't make and sell it as
inexpensively as they do. I don't have access to wholesale costs nor do
I make the quantities that would let me avail myself of pallets of jars,
etc. I'll offload the rest of what I have in a month at a fundraiser
for the local Seniors Center. They tell me that people come early to
scope out my stuff. Rob will be happy to have those freakin' jars out
of the house.
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