The month of July has flown by. We've been busy baking and selling items at 3 farmers markets. I can honestly say that I felt like I was on a merry-go-round. We enjoyed our time at the Hingham market and made new friends and contacts. It was great to see other customers from other markets show up. Maybe in the fall we'll head back to Hingham for some dates. Right now, it's nice to have only 2 markets to worry about.
Trying to figure out what to bring to the markets is always a challenge. Since we only bring a small sampling compared to what is offered on our website, it never fails that we don't have something someone is looking for. For example: Toffee Chip cookies. They weren't a big hit at the beginning of the season so we stopped bringing them along with us only to find people asking for them. Another cookie having the same results are the Freedom cookies. The Blondies and Southern Comfort cookies have a certain following, but lately they're selling out before the Original or Peanut Butter Cups. Don't get me started on pies or breads. One week, all the breads can sell out in an hour but the pies are slow moving. The next week we bring more breads and less pies and it's the pies that are flying off the shelves instead of the breads. At this stage in the game, we just laugh about it. We're reminding customers that they can email or call us a few days before we show up and ask us to bring/make something for them. We'll hold it for them on market day. So far this concept has caught on.
We love hearing feedback from our customers. One elderly gentleman from the Hingham market raved about the Apple Pie. Another lady from the same market commented that on the Cream Cheese Pound Cake. She stated that her elderly aunts absolutely loved it.
August will be a little slower in pace but we're still at the Cohasset Market every Thursday and will be in Carver on 8/15 and 8/29. As fall approaches we'll bring out different breads, like Pumpkin and Zucchini, and Blueberry and Cranberry Buckle and Sour Cream Coffee Cake. If you have any suggestion for new cookies, breads, biscotti, let us know.
