Self packers stock service

[glennborthwick]

From 1st October i will be launching a stock service for the growing number of self packers;

All figures enough to do 100 pots or just over an equivalent normal box at 60g weights

Pots 5.5p
Moams £21
Mini eggs - £20
Skittles - £26
Jelly mix - £16
Strawberry pencils - £16
Jelly beans - £16
Mini Pencils - £16
Fizzy cola/fizzy mix - £16
Bon bons - £15
Minstrels - £25

Once I am properly organised with the printers I will also be providing a service whereby I can send you professionally made stickers with tabs and ingredients to make your pots look professional.

all prices plus vat and delivery.

email me glennborthwick@aol.com

[Snackmore]

Good idea, my only concern is the hygiene issue?

Would be interested to know how bulk self packers deal with this?

I self pot Maoams only which are obviously sealed alredy

[glennborthwick]

its probably covered on here somewhere. You do have obligations to follow if packing at home.

[Big Chris]

Hi glenn,

Us the stickers for pots something you have already trialed? Only reason I ask is when I was at a services on sat I noticed a crane with pots in, bottom half Sweetfix and on top was pots bender with candy can I think they were called?

Chris

[glennborthwick]

no we supply a company who fill the crane machines with them. They had their own brand "icandycan" then switch to sweetfix a few months ago

[choice vending]

Intresting idea all i need now is someone who is willing to pack then for 4 pence a pot

Regards Brian

[glennborthwick]

on most lines you should be able to pack 300 an hour. However without a machinethe labelling would take the same time.

[Atari2600]

i would have thought that you would need a food handling licence ? , or at least list the ingredients etc ? . what happens if a foreign object is found in a pot , whos to blame ?
is there much of a saving in filling pots yourself ?

cheerz

[glennborthwick]

its about a fiver a box, sometimes more on certain lines. Most people who self pack are using the stuff with ingredients on the packets already. Loose sweets is a bit trickier and a grey area of course but its covered on here in depth before, but i agree packing at home isnt aas simple as most people think.

[Ade]

i would have thought that you would need a food handling licence ? , or at least list the ingredients etc ? . what happens if a foreign object is found in a pot , whos to blame ?
is there much of a saving in filling pots yourself ?

cheerz

you have to be passed by your local council to self pack at home, ingredients isnt actually a requirement by law (look at bulks) but i label all my pots with ingredients, as for foreign object that could happen with any packer including the big firms, this is why you need to be passed by local council because they have certified the place of packing as hygenic and clean. Also public liability insurance is a must.


Ade