Bulk Maple Syrup – Know Before You Buy
What’s, organic, high quality, Fair Trade and absolutely delicious? It’s our new bulk maple syrup, available in both grade A and B! Because this is a Fair Trade product, your purchase of this maple syrup supports local organic family farmers from Wisconsin. We would love to continue carrying this product and need your help in keeping our costs down.
When you self-dispense the syrup into a container, please be aware that it is sold by the pound, not volume. Recently, customers have have been surprised at the registers by the cost of filled containers.
Below is a chart that may help you estimate your purchase before you dispense the amount you wish to buy. Once the product is dispensed, we are unable to put it back in stock if a customer changes their mind, and that could potentially drive our prices up in order to absorb the loss. We hope you will find the following information useful when considering your purchase of our new maple syrup. Thanks!
Here are some approximate costs for filled containers:
- 8 oz. size - $8.95
- 16 oz. size - $17.26
- 1 qt. size – $34.29
- Small Tub – $10.39
- Medium Tub - $19.23
- Bear container – $9.61
March 26th, 2010 at 6:32 am
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March 26th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Thanks for writing this it gives me an pretty accuarate idea on how much the different containers filled with maple syrup cost. I appreciate your foresight in helping people estimate before they get to the register. This may be a good article to hang up by the maple syrup. Great job you guys!