Selling mixed varieties

Granite26 · August 6, 2010

This year I am selling 5lb mini crates of mixed varieties to a local gourmet store. Early indication is strong sales. I will let you know how it goes!
Here are a few packaged up and ready to go (gotta love those Green Zebras thrown in! Thanks Tom!!!

Anyone else sell "packs" like this? If so what do you use for containers?

Granite26 · August 7, 2010

The beauty here is it is a "grab and go" item. No weighing and people buying 1 tomato. This also helps sell thru all varieties not just the most desireable. I cover the top with clear wrap before I deliver them.
The local store sells them for $18.50. They now have a waiting list as demand is exceeding supply!
Come on plants start producing more! (here in WI I have only been getting ripe toms for two weeks)

pinakbet · August 8, 2010

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Originally Posted by Granite26

This year I am selling 5lb mini crates of mixed varieties to a local gourmet store. Early indication is strong sales. I will let you know how it goes!
Here are a few packaged up and ready to go (gotta love those Green Zebras thrown in! Thanks Tom!!!

Anyone else sell "packs" like this? If so what do you use for containers?

nice bunch of tomatoes and love the crate too.

franzb69 · August 8, 2010

now if only we can buy tomatoes like that in my country.

ah well. growing our own instead, right pinakbet? =D

**carolyn137** · August 8, 2010

I don't know what size/varieties you put in those packs but I used to sell pints of mixed cherry tomatoes as well as pints of just one variety and they were very very popular.

When selling to chefs directly they always were deliveries of many different varieties but I'd checked with the chefs before to see what they wanted and then tailored my growouts to their needs.

Bama mater · August 15, 2010

Granite26, Those 5lb boxes are a good deal, I don't know what the crates cost you but if you can get $3 lb thats good.

on average I sell a 15lb variety box 2 sometimes 3 a week to the local chefs for $45. I put in a nice colored assortment of large and small varietys and usually the box weighs somewhere between 15-20lbs I always throw alittle more in there. I would like to charege more for the cherry tomatos because they take so much more time to keep picked and alot more work, but I don't a 5 lb box runs $15 and again a nice assortment of 5 varietys, and most usually ask for 10 lbs.

August 6, 2010	#1
Granite26 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Western WI Posts: 359	Selling mixed varieties This year I am selling 5lb mini crates of mixed varieties to a local gourmet store. Early indication is strong sales. I will let you know how it goes! Here are a few packaged up and ready to go (gotta love those Green Zebras thrown in! Thanks Tom!!! Anyone else sell "packs" like this? If so what do you use for containers? Last edited by Granite26; August 6, 2010 at 04:31 PM. Reason: typo

August 8, 2010	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I don't know what size/varieties you put in those packs but I used to sell pints of mixed cherry tomatoes as well as pints of just one variety and they were very very popular. When selling to chefs directly they always were deliveries of many different varieties but I'd checked with the chefs before to see what they wanted and then tailored my growouts to their needs. __________________ Carolyn

August 7, 2010	#2
Granite26 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Western WI Posts: 359	The beauty here is it is a "grab and go" item. No weighing and people buying 1 tomato. This also helps sell thru all varieties not just the most desireable. I cover the top with clear wrap before I deliver them. The local store sells them for $18.50. They now have a waiting list as demand is exceeding supply! Come on plants start producing more! (here in WI I have only been getting ripe toms for two weeks)

August 8, 2010	#4
franzb69 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Philippines Posts: 210	now if only we can buy tomatoes like that in my country. ah well. growing our own instead, right pinakbet? =D

August 15, 2010	#6
Bama mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 269	Granite26, Those 5lb boxes are a good deal, I don't know what the crates cost you but if you can get $3 lb thats good. on average I sell a 15lb variety box 2 sometimes 3 a week to the local chefs for $45. I put in a nice colored assortment of large and small varietys and usually the box weighs somewhere between 15-20lbs I always throw alittle more in there. I would like to charege more for the cherry tomatos because they take so much more time to keep picked and alot more work, but I don't a 5 lb box runs $15 and again a nice assortment of 5 varietys, and most usually ask for 10 lbs.