I've had several people tell me I ought to approach the local small meat market about my poultry. They say he has good meat, but his poultry is wal-mart like.
I want to do this, but don't know how to handle my own local sales, along with selling to him (if it happens). My price is the same for everyone, wholesale or retail. My other big wholesale customer marks it up slightly and resells. They are not in my local area, so my sales aren't really affected by that.
So..if he wanted to buy my chickens, do we each just keep selling on our own? I have no problem keeping my mouth shut about providing the poultry to him. It wouldn't be fair to him to tell everyone that they can get it cheaper from me and it doesn't give me any kind of advantage. I'm still selling the same number of chickens for the same price. His customers seem quite loyal, which is ok. I think there's room for both of us.
I would like to have some kind of idea or plan on the sales thing before approaching him, in case it comes up. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jena
I want to do this, but don't know how to handle my own local sales, along with selling to him (if it happens). My price is the same for everyone, wholesale or retail. My other big wholesale customer marks it up slightly and resells. They are not in my local area, so my sales aren't really affected by that.
So..if he wanted to buy my chickens, do we each just keep selling on our own? I have no problem keeping my mouth shut about providing the poultry to him. It wouldn't be fair to him to tell everyone that they can get it cheaper from me and it doesn't give me any kind of advantage. I'm still selling the same number of chickens for the same price. His customers seem quite loyal, which is ok. I think there's room for both of us.
I would like to have some kind of idea or plan on the sales thing before approaching him, in case it comes up. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jena