I have come out of my Winter Hibernation to update you with what's been going on at Andy's Organic Market. Our June Market's were very busy - my orders at the Adelaide Central Market went through the roof. I found out that the School Holiday's during Winter is the busiest time for the Market with parents feeding hungry kids and bringing them to the market as a cheap outing like I do with my Family. Almost a year ago I approached the owner of Stall 66, The Providore at the Adelaide Central Market to see if he would like to sell my cronuts. I was going out on a limb as I had never sold to any shops before and had only recently started making cronuts. Ian ordered 20 on that first Friday and now has them at Providore on Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's if your lucky. My order for this week was 190 all gone by Saturday Morning. My record order from them last month was 224 cronuts and 24 Kouign Amanns which pushed me to my cronut making limits. They have told me they have customers saying they are the best cronuts in Adelaide, the staff at the Yoghurt Shop next door squeal with delight when I deliver them (they can't even see them but know by the smell of freshly made cronuts wafting past) and the best story I heard was a customer told the staff to let me know he had travelled all the way from Perth to try my cronuts as he had heard about them and seen them on the Internet. When I mentioned it to Ian I was blown away with the news this man had travelled from Perth, Scotland not Western Australia as I had assumed and wasn't disappointed. Another great success story is my Guava Jelly - I made around 20Kgs of Guava Jelly this year and it has literally walked off the shelves. Not bad for something my mate Finchy was throwing out or using for compost. I turned his Guava's into Guava Jelly and sold it for $500 and Say Cheese made another $500 from on selling it so $1000 from one Guava Tree!!! Needless to say I am planting an orchard of Guava Trees this Spring and encouraging all my friends and family to do the same. I plan to post How to Make Guava Jelly on this website soon so stay tuned.
I can certainly recommend to anybody thinking of starting a foodie business to give it a try as it is a very rewarding experience which has taught me a lot, helped me to make lots of new friends and connections and provided me with some pocket money to purchase equipment and expand my business. Making something that people buy, eat and enjoy is very satisfying and enriches my soul. I look forward to seeing you at our next market. Ciao for now (-;
I can certainly recommend to anybody thinking of starting a foodie business to give it a try as it is a very rewarding experience which has taught me a lot, helped me to make lots of new friends and connections and provided me with some pocket money to purchase equipment and expand my business. Making something that people buy, eat and enjoy is very satisfying and enriches my soul. I look forward to seeing you at our next market. Ciao for now (-;
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