Toffee? How can Toffee be a bad thing...unless you're diabetic?

What's the sitch? 🥺😕

@Irishroze @Render @TetsuKaba

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

I make toffee.
Decided to be a vendor at a rodeo due to the secretary in charge of it telling us how great we'd do.
*Maybe* sold enough to cover the booth rental. Maybe.
Now I've got a shit-ton of toffee to...do something with.

*sigh*

@Irishroze @Render @TetsuKaba Ah. Well...why didn't it sell better? That's the first place to start. Was it the location? Was it the marketing? What made people not buy as much as was planned for? 🤔

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

1. This was the first time we did anything like this. We are used to the customer coming to us.
2. I planned for that instead of realizing that we'd be a virtual unknown in that space.
3. We prefer not to be pushy, and to attract the customers you've got to be a bit pushy.
4. Wrong crowd.
5. Wrong venue.

@Irishroze My Dad loved Toffee when he was a little older. Hand out a little and see if you get any orders.

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

@MisterE @Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

One thing we thought of doing is going to the old folks homes and giving some to them. Ours doesn't stick to their teeth so they love it.

@Irishroze That's what I was leaning toward for the older folks.

Kids like candy. Cub Scouts, church events. You can talk with parents and get some face-to-face time with parents. The parents might like to sample a piece or two.

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

@Irishroze Do you have a national supermarket chain store near you?

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

@MisterE @Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

Our kitchen isn't licensed. They "don't take unlicensed products".

And we have to be careful about quantity. We don't want to overwhelm ourselves with orders and not be able to fill them in the future, ya know what I mean? Or am I talking nonsense again?😏

@Irishroze No, these are good thoughts. I was thinking about a short-term shelf placement, but as you say, licensing means a lot, I guess.

Walgreens or CVS ?

I'll keep thinking....

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

@MisterE @Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

Thanks.

We've also talked about giving some to the local police and fire departments. Never hurts to have them happy with us, ya know?

@Irishroze Good idea. Good community relations go both ways.

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba

@Irishroze
Find a small batch icecream maker and sell to them? Toffee icecream is the best icecream.

@Heucuva8 @Render @TetsuKaba