Locations

You can find Grama Sue's Rainbow Eggs at:

The Hy Vee on Agency in Burlington, IA


Markets:

Wednesday - Friday 9am to 1pm at the farm 1/2 mi east of the Nauvoo-Colusa Jr. High then 3/4 mile North on 1050.

Wednesday 3-7 pm at the Painted Corners on HWY 96 in Lomax, IL

Saturday:

7 - 11 am Keokuk Farmer's Market at the mall





Wednesday, February 13, 2013

New Carton

When we went to order more egg cartons, we found that the price had jumped from 40 cents a carton to 60 cents. We didn't want to raise our price by 20 cents so we looked around for something else. We have always used the tri-fold plastic egg cartons because they show off our pretty eggs. The only ones we could find that were similar were these bi-fold cartons so we decided to give them a try.


We don't like them. They don't close as well. They are bigger over all so they don't fit well in the crates we transport our eggs in and we have to use a stick-um type label instead of our plain paper labels. It takes about 3 times as long to fill and label a carton with these. 

We haven't decided what to do. In order to get the same price as we had with the tri-fold cartons, we had to order a large volume. There are enough to last us a couple of months anyway. We are wondering if we ought to go ahead and order the tri-folds next time and raise our prices or switch to paper cartons that are cheaper, but don't show off our eggs. 

What do you think?


God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue



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