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    MyHermes and other courier company for Ebay delivery

    I have used many couriers and received parcels from couriers and for both delivering and receiving my herms has been brilliant in my experience. very quick delivery times
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    Moving from a market to a shop

    hi yeh I did think about posting it there but was looking for general advice from anyone or people who may of been in the same situation but selling different items and thought if I did post it there I may only get other sweet shop owners reading it. hopefully I've put it in the correct...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    From my experience from events with a sweet cart even If its just wrapped sweets you need to inform the council and make them aware your selling sweets and check if they want/need to inspect the cart ect. you will need some form of hand washing this can be a sink like the portable ones or like...
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    Moving from a market to a shop

    Hi looking for a bit of advice from people who have shops or who have made the jump. A bit about what I do : I have a sweet shop with bottled sweets , pick n mix , the normal packaged sweets and I also have a ice cream freezer selling ice poles ect . I can not sell any drinks or crisps due to...
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    Selling on the street

    Asking the council is the best way forward, when I phoned my local council they said as long as I was trading outside the building I had my shop in and was planning on selling the same items that was for sale in my shop they had no problems with me doing so without the need for a licence. As...
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    Snow cones

    I've had a look on the search and cant see anything regarding this. I'm looking to get a snow cone machine to add to my sweet shop I've done a lot of googling and watched a fair few videos but I still cant seem to get the information I am after. has anyone used them? are they quick and simple...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    How does everyone clear there close to date stock? knock the prices low at the start of that month or wait and reduce to cost or lower ect...
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    Indoor Market What Units do you expect

    its not a council run market its a building owned by one man who specialises in training and getting grants from the government who decided one day to turn this building in to market, he wont help with advertising or re decorating or even adding affordable heating so we all have to use fan...
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    Indoor Market What Units do you expect

    we currently have DVD's, Games, Cds. Café Army Surplus sweet shop Equine shop Butchers A second hand electrical equipment and finally a unit selling second hand repaired tvs and kids clothing.
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    Indoor Market What Units do you expect

    we have done one day where we had a charity day we all knocked at least 10% off everything and had music going on with someone on a mic all day long shouting out ect ect worked well for atmosphere but not sales but it was great fun and all enjoyed it,and it showcased the market a bit more. The...
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    Indoor Market What Units do you expect

    Im inside a indoor market and as the times get harder more and more units are becoming empty i have been in the market for 3 years and seen over 20 business fold around me. we have never had a say in what units come in they can sign up and then do whatever they please, we would now like to be...
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    Indoor market

    Just wondering if anyone else out there is in the same sort of situation I have a lockable shop unit inside a indoor market open 6days a week (all the units are secure and more like shops) there is 15 units in total but only 7 of them are trading. The rest are being rented by other traders...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    I got a apology and offered a free bag with my next order after including some photos to show there clearly not the same as always. All I'm hoping is the next bag will be back to the shiny good tasting ones. :) Thank you for your help.
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    hi I recently re ordered sweet spot aniseed balls from uk sweets before they was lovely all shiny looking but now there dull and powdery looking and taste different I have one lady who always buys from me and travel's 15miles to do so as im the only one who has the aniseed balls she like I let...
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    Some customers - well, they are not customers, taking the pee !

    I get exactly the same with people asking for free sweet jars unfortunately I buy most of the sweets in bags so I hardly get jars and if I do I can only fit half of them in my glass Victorian jars so the jars are still half full with stock. I keep them when there empty as there handy, but I have...
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