Pints or quarts?

pmcgrady · April 21, 2016

How do you sell your cherry tomatoes? Pints/quarts?
And where do you get the pint/quart containers?

joseph · April 21, 2016

The most common sizes around here are pints or cups...

One farmer at my market uses crystal drink cups. Another uses plastic bags. Another farmer uses clear clam-shell containers.

I use plastic berry baskets that I sourced on eBay.

pmcgrady · April 21, 2016

I'm thinking I need pint clam shells, maybe 300...

Cole_Robbie · April 21, 2016

I sell cherries by the pint, in plastic boxes. I think we get them at the local grower's supply store.

pmcgrady · April 21, 2016

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I sell cherries by the pint, in plastic boxes. I think we get them at the local grower's supply store.

Not much for growers supply stores around here, maybe a trip to Carbondale is in orderl. I'm thinking a lot of cherry tomatoes this year.i might need 500 clamshells.

pmcgrady · April 21, 2016

Remember wooden pint berry containers?

Texas Basket Company
60 cents each plus shipping...
A nice overflowing wooden pint box of assorted cherry tomatoes
$5.00 ?

Cole_Robbie · April 22, 2016

I'd say negative on the wooden boxes. Most customers don't want the box. I just dump the tomatoes in a plastic bag and re-use the box. The wood will stain over time if you re-use them, as some cherries inevitably burst in the boxes. I make my boxes up at market and not the night before for that reason. Also, the green mesh plastic baskets will give the fruit 'waffle butt' if they sit overnight.

This is the place we get our stuff: http://www.southernfs.com/agronomy/P...rd-Supply.aspx

Stop by and take some plants if you come down. I'm overflowing right now.

joseph · April 27, 2016

At market, I dump the baskets into paper bags, and tell my patrons that I'll recycle the baskets.

April 21, 2016	#1
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Pints or quarts? How do you sell your cherry tomatoes? Pints/quarts? And where do you get the pint/quart containers?

April 21, 2016	#6
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Remember wooden pint berry containers? Texas Basket Company 60 cents each plus shipping... A nice overflowing wooden pint box of assorted cherry tomatoes $5.00 ? Last edited by pmcgrady; April 21, 2016 at 11:40 PM.

April 21, 2016	#2
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	The most common sizes around here are pints or cups... One farmer at my market uses crystal drink cups. Another uses plastic bags. Another farmer uses clear clam-shell containers. I use plastic berry baskets that I sourced on eBay.

April 21, 2016	#4
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I sell cherries by the pint, in plastic boxes. I think we get them at the local grower's supply store.

April 22, 2016	#7
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I'd say negative on the wooden boxes. Most customers don't want the box. I just dump the tomatoes in a plastic bag and re-use the box. The wood will stain over time if you re-use them, as some cherries inevitably burst in the boxes. I make my boxes up at market and not the night before for that reason. Also, the green mesh plastic baskets will give the fruit 'waffle butt' if they sit overnight. This is the place we get our stuff: http://www.southernfs.com/agronomy/P...rd-Supply.aspx Stop by and take some plants if you come down. I'm overflowing right now.

April 27, 2016	#8
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	At market, I dump the baskets into paper bags, and tell my patrons that I'll recycle the baskets.