Bake sale for a fund raiser for BWS, could you help with prices?

Question

We are having a bake sale for raising awareness for Beckwith Weidemann Syndrome and not sure on how much to ask for the baked goods. If anyone can help out with suggestions on pricing, it would be greatly appreciated.

(Umm, sorry didn't know where to post this, so if you see it a couple of times throughout the boards, you know why.)

Cookies --- Half dozen $

Dozen $

Pies --- $

Cakes --- $

Puppy chow --- $

Fudge --- $

Brownies --- $

Rice krispie treats --- $

We would like for it to be reasonable pricing yet enough to help raise some good donations.

Thanks to all for responding!!!!

Answer 1

With all due respect, and appreciating that you offered a list for us to price, I won't do that. What I will do is offer my opinion.

  Certainly you should be targeting those affected by the syndrome, in some manner of advertising, even hand written flyers. Then expanding awareness somehow, with hand made posters, or professionally made posters regarding the disorder, from any group that is the basis for the research, and donation accepting.

  You should assume no huge profit, but might also involve people who have no clue about the syndrome and it's effects, some details and history.

  You should expect that fair, in a charitable sense, for those who care, might be food items over priced, as regards what a market might charge, but it is for a cause. Publix, for example, might charge as much as $1 per brownie. Adjust your thinking to compare with that pricing, in either direction.

   You can probably do some comparative price shopping at a local market, and either maintain their price, or drop/increase yours.

   Obviously your goods will be known to be "home made" and should show quality, and creativity. They should be decently packaged, you might even offer a Taste sample? Essentially those who buy the items, might not even like deserts, or have a Puppy.

   Those who are the selling agents should be so, in a professional, but friendly manner, most especially knowledgeable about the disorder, even explaining it to the Naive. You might even be so graphic as to make charts, and show STATS of the disorder and it's effects, allowing the situation to be one that allows info, keeps a prosepective hanging out for a bit, and donating, just because it feels right.

   I can't tell you how often I've bought Girl Scout Cookies, or boxes of stuff my kids brought home from school for fund raising. Ya gotta touch hearts.

   I'll offer you an example of what I might do. The sale is winding down. You have one large quantity of well presented, well made KRISPIE treats, no one seemed to be interested in. If I was interested in the charity, the disorder, and helping, I'd probably buy as many as I could afford, though I don't care for them, then turn and offer them to someone who had just purchased something else.

  I wish you success.

Steven Wolf

Just my two "sense"

Answer 2

cookies half dozen 4.00

dozen 7.00

pies (depends on the type of pie and how much work involved) $6-10

cakes (again depends) $6-8

puppy chow a 1lb. bag I would say 1.50

fudge 1/2 lb. 2.00

brownies .50 ea. or 4.00 a dozen

rice krispy treats .50 ea. or 4.00

Good luck!  Depending on where you are setting up you may have more luck selling things in single servings.