March 14, 2018 - 12:59pm
Those of you that sell bread
Those of you that sell bread in any capacity, I am just curious on what other things you sell to pay the bills. Bakeries that I have worked at have sold cookies and brownies at a higher margin to keep bringing money so they can keep baking specialty bread that they love. What do you sell?
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Croissants, cinnamon rolls, caramel rolls, chocolate croissants, frangipane croissants, cream cheese danish, gougères, sometimes macarons or oreos or something else fun.
and your almond croissants. Michael’s pastries are to die for!!!
Well, I do make Plum Puddings at Christmas and Hot Cross Buns at Easter, but pretty much just bread. Mind you, I am a pensioner and don't have a shop to speak of, so few expenses (no lease, no employees). I'm just a small community baker. :)
I took this advice and added some pretty decadent cookies to my line-up. While they are popular, and are are priced pretty high, I find they are more work than they are worth, and that working on ways to make larger batches of bread is a better way to help my bottom line.
I also don't find the margin to be all that advantageous so far for me...
I sell slices of sweet and savoury focaccia, buchteln filled with jam or poppyseed paste, tortas de aceite, rugelaches and Chelsea buns...all go down a treat - I’ve tried to sell sweets that don’t sell anywhere else - here in Ireland it’s always croissants, brownies, scones, lemon slices and cinnamon rolls so thought I’d try another route...
but had some pretty good success with craft fairs and bake sales, selling cinnamon wreaths. It started when I made one for the break room at work and one lady asked if I'd make her one for her Yom Kippur dinner. When she came back to work after the dinner she said I should sell them.
I made a dozen in different sizes and toppings and sold out in half a day at the Christmas craft fair at work. It's just cinnamon rolls that you don't cut. Form the log into a ring then cut partially through and twist. Sprinkle with sanding sugar, or drizzle with icing. Some I made with sliced almonds or raisins, too. Super easy, but makes a great presentation, and I got $8.00 for 12" rings and $12.00 for 15" rings. It was fun!
There's a picture of a similar one here just to show what one of these looks like
--Mike