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Postby welsh wizard » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:42 pm

Here it is........

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Parry-PGF1200mm-G ... 2305e5da7b

Should cook a few on that!

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Postby saucisson » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:44 pm

That looks the business :D

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Postby wheels » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:23 pm

WW

At 40kg you'll have muscles like Popeye! Nice bit of kit. :D

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Postby welsh wizard » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:08 am

Didnt start that way Phil, biggest muscle was round the waist - still is!

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Postby wheels » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:06 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Zulululu » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:02 pm

Well done WW get away from the electrics you will never look back. :D
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Postby welsh wizard » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:27 pm

youre right Zulu - most things are OK but big grills with a 3KW rating are a nightmare!

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Postby welsh wizard » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:44 am

Oh golly gosh I thnk I may rue this but I am going to try and post some photographs - please bear with me.......

Paella at a farmers market


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Chilli cooked for 110 people
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Pies displayed at Farmers Markt
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Kitchen at home

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View from the office window

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Pork pie / game pie wedding cake
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Postby JohnDeere » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:14 pm

In today's market place, the Farmers Market is competitive in larger cities most venders though buy from produce houses. Consumers that visit Farmers Markets in today's market place are focused on local,seasonal,organic or fresh with no preservatives.

As stated in other replies, advertisement of your product is a key facture, simple and to the point can go a long way. most of all when your right their explaining values and product.

Their is something that a person just feels about seeing products on ice or coolers that just spells fresh, it's eye catching and gives you the feeling more care has been given. Grocery stores simply can't match that no matter how many plastic greens they place around things.

I think that people today, that visit Farmers Markets are looking for that home made home grown, healthier product without that grocery store price

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Postby JohnDeere » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:27 pm

Great pics Wiz I like your information sheets on the products nice touch, makes me hunger just looking.

A friend of mine uses a live cam tied to his website showing people buying and sampling products
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Postby welsh wizard » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:09 pm

HI JD

I purchased a small display fridge when I set out and I haul this around with me each and evry market. It is necessary as you say, not only to give confidence but also it shows care about what you are doing. I was fortunate to have been a marketing director in a previous life and it has stood me in good stead.

Re displays, I am toying with the idea of getting a digital photo frame (I think that is what you call them) and up loading my catering pictures on it and displaying it at the markets to show what else I can do as it were.

Anyway thanks for your comments

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Postby DanMcG » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:38 pm

Great Pic's WW thanks for sharing! You have a nice looking kitchen there, I'm a bit envious to say the least. And did you make the pies?, I couldn't figure how to enlarge the pic but they sure look good non the less.
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Postby welsh wizard » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:03 pm

Hi Dan

Yep I sure did make the pies. I tend to hand chop all the meat that goes into them which takes me bloomin ages and then cut them in half at the market so the consumer can see exactly what goes into them.

Ref the photo, if you double left hand click on your mouse it will take you into my photobucket site and you can enlarge from there and also I have posted more food related pics on the site - if you can bear to go through them!

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Postby wheels » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:10 pm

WW

I'd like to re-iterate what others have said - everything looks superb.

However, I fancied a nosy at your kitchen and pies, but like Dan can't see a way of enlarging the photos even when I 'click through' to Photobucket?

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Postby welsh wizard » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:33 am

O'err

Total male chicken up. sorry I said I was going to do something stupid and guess what........I resized the photographs to fit the site and saved them in that format and now I cant get to make them any bigger - smaller no problem.

I will try and take some more and post them up

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