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Determining your selling price of homemade pickled onions
Determining a selling price for your homemade products does not require a degree in mathematics. Not even matric maths. In fact, you probably won’t even need a calculator! A home based manufacturing business making, for example, pickled onions, would have the following scenarios. A small operation, making 20 bottles a week, to sell at a flea market on the weekend, would have the following costs. Flea market fee R30 Fuel to Flea market R20 Bottles 0 Cleaning bottles R6 Onions R25 Vinegar R25 Pickling Spice R12 Chilies R5 Labels R2 Total R125 There you are. 20 bottles of pickled onions, at a cost of R125.00 divided by 20, a cost of R6.25 each. In the manufacturing fields, a mark-up of 80% to 90% is standard. This would give you a minimum price of … Read entire article »
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Extra income from fruit and vegetable deliveries and sales
Fruit and vegetable sales and deliveries are a wonderful source of extra income. It is an easy and enthralling market to get involved in, and has few entry barriers. On a part time basis, about 3 hours a day, my ex-wife was earning between R750.00 and R1000.00 a week. Granted, not everyone will do that kind of turn-over, and some will exceed it. I mention it as an illustration of what can be done. Starting up Before starting we decided on our target market, and selected restaurants as our primary market, with take-aways and homes as secondary. We then compiled a list of the f&v products these establishments used. With our list we visited our local fresh produce market. We walked around each of the Agencies; spoke to several Agents about the f&v business … Read entire article »
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buy and sell second hand goods to earn an extra income
Never thought of it before? Why not? The process is pretty simple – buy something second hand, and sell it at a profit. So, where do you buy second hand goods that don’t cost too much, that others might want, and that aren’t too big to load into your car when you buy or collect them? There are various ways to buy second hand items: Auctions are a great place to start. Often, especially at the smaller … Read entire article »
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