After Christmas Bargains

After Christmas Bargains was Originally Posted on December 28, 2011 by lavarock

I went to Walmart yesterday because I needed Christmas items. Yes, a day late but didn’t want to overspend. Last year I saw a plastic container that holds 20 ornaments and thought that it would make an excellent holder for fruit to be taken to the farmers market. It has indented round sections similar to an egg carton and a top that hinges shut. I could place soft fruit in it, or fruit that I didn’t want to mix up. Some of our fruit is different outer color than you woudl expect.

Last year I saw them at abbout $2 each and when I went back, they were gone. So I spent about $6 each for 6 of them, but thought it was still a great find.

There is nothing fun about setting up a table at a farmers market, standing (or sitting) all day and then packing it up, taking it home and perhaps unloading it again.

In this scenerio I think I can load these in the truck and drive up the driveway, stopping every few rows. Then going down one row and back another I can puck two fruits and load them in the cases. I think I could fill these things in 10 to 20 minutes. Then I drive t othe market, set up thje table, place each case side by side and open them up. I’m ready for business. Each case will have a card with a photo of the fruit and a photo of the inside. Then I can write up a small thing about each fruit and leave them in the cases. Everything is sorted and easy to pack back up that night.

I did pick up other items up there, but this was the item I especially wanted