Candy in bulk is a profitable mainstay for many businesses. Here are five tips for buying and selling it.
Candy in Bulk: 5 Tips for Buying and
Selling It
Whether your tastes run to chocolate,
fruit flavors, or sour, everybody loves candy in bulk. Bulk
candy forms the staple of candy stores, with stacks of bins
filled with long standing favorites as well as new flavors to try.
Other shops are also successful with bulk candy, making it a
winner with grocery stores, convenience stores, and gift shops.
So how can you make wholesale bulk
candy work for your establishment? Here are 5 tips to help your
business benefit from these popular bulk treats.
Use clear acrylic or plastic
bins. Acrylic and plastic are
both easy to clean and maintain, and neither will break easily.
Even more importantly, acrylic and plastic bins are transparent,
allowing your customers to see your delicious sweets. Whether you
offer bulk chocolates, bulk Jelly Bellys, or bulk gummi
candies, your customers should
get a good look at everything.
Plan out your color scheme.
There are many attractive ways
to display your bulk candy.
You can arrange it like a rainbow, with the reds on one side,
oranges next, and on through to the purple and violet candies. Or
you can create stripes with candies of one color alternating with
candies of another. Part of the allure of retail bulk
candy is the overall
impression of the whole display, which gives people a sense of
happiness and simple pleasure. Make sure to make that impression
when you plan your color scheme.
Use accessories that fit small
hands. Kids and candy are a
natural fit, so make sure your candy scoops aren't too big or the
bags too difficult to open. Older kids might have their own money
to spend on candy, and younger kids get great pleasure out of
scooping their own. These are certainly customers who will buy as
much of your tasty wholesale bulk candy
as they're allowed!
Display your candy in hinged
bins. All of your bins should
have lids with hinges, or some other means of covering your candy.
Having a lid with hinges protects the unwrapped bulk candy from
germs, keeps it from going stale, and makes it hard for anyone to
accidentally put a handful in their pocket.
Offer both classic and new
candies. You can't go wrong
with the old bulk candy favorites,
like M&Ms, gummi bears, and malted milk balls. But consider
trying some new ones, too, like Reese's Pieces, gummi sharks, or
chocolate covered almonds. Don't forget the candies that are in the
family of the classics, but have their own style, such as sour
gummis, or sugar free chocolates.
Don't
forget that when it comes to selling candy in bulk,
your best bet is to offer many choices, attractively displayed.
There are so many candy wholesale options
that you should be able to offer your customers a wide variety of
delicious choices.
Candy Concepts, Inc., specializes in
providing businesses with everything from a wide variety of candy
containers to the bulk candy and novelty items to full them with.
Learn more about the kinds of fishbowls and plastic containers you
can use in your business by visiting http://www.candyconceptsinc.com.
