setting up my own traditional sweet shop

jayriz666

i am thinking highly of setting up my own sweet shop in the midlands . i want to sell the old traditional retro sweets that were around wen we were growing up as well as the more modern kids sweets . i just wanted your views on this and would it be a good buisness to get into ??

safesecure.ie

Theres someone after setting up a similar shop in Navan, might be worth a look.

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/sweet-smell-of-small-successes-giving-commuter-town-a-boost-2289613.html

jayriz666

yes went over there the other day and seems a great little set up and was a few around

ToxicPaddy

It might be worth looking at an online presence too, have a look at these guys

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/

They seem to do everything you'd find in a traditional sweet shop and have been going for a few years now. You might get some ideas too like gift packs in traditional jars etc..

I was in the Point Village today for their weekly market and there was a company there selling traditional sweets, cant remember the name but they were doing booming business..

Sounds like a cool idea too.. used to love apple drops nyom nyom

MrMatisse

Give the online route a thought. Id say youd have to sell a hell of a lot of sweets to cover your overheads if you opened a bricks and mortar store, plus there are loads of twenty somethings plus who would buy a box of this stuff for the laugh who live all over the country.

suey71

There's a shop in Balbriggan selling only old fashioned sweets but I'm not sure what its called.

seco

One opened recently in Drogheda. Seems to be going well

bigneacy

I looked at this idea a few weeks back, got involved with something else so I didn't have time. Its a great idea and it seems to be the new thing...

If you have the extra fund go for a full shop fitting by a pro company because the finish could be incredible and that will take care of the marketing if you can get the local papers and the independent or the times to do a piece on you because of how quirky your shop is (people like nice things!)

There is defo a market in it tho, I know that from my own projections and plans.

suey71

There's also a shop up north specialising in sweets and chocolate for diabetics. Another area you could specialise in.

rubberdiddies

Really-Stressed wrote: »

Give the online route a thought. Id say youd have to sell a hell of a lot of sweets to cover your overheads if you opened a bricks and mortar store, plus there are loads of twenty somethings plus who would buy a box of this stuff for the laugh who live all over the country.

agree about the bricks and mortar store. Make sure you do a lot of research into this before you go head first. You would need to sell an awful lot of sweets.

I believe online would be even more costly. Whilst relatively cheap to set-up, attracting customers (marketing) will require a major budget

91011

jayriz666 wrote: »

i am thinking highly of setting up my own sweet shop in the midlands . i want to sell the old traditional retro sweets that were around wen we were growing up as well as the more modern kids sweets . i just wanted your views on this and would it be a good buisness to get into ??

Just be careful about just doing sweets - its a fad at the moment, but even euro2 have taken in a a wide range of pre-packed traditional sweets as have many regular newsagents.

Forget about online - the market here is too small and again there are a few dabling in it.

Look for additional products and have sweets as about 30% of the offering. PM me if you want a list of suppliers as a client of mine sells about 100 different traditional sweets in Carlow.

leinad

Anyone interested in these have a look a www.waverleyconfections.com - I had some of the chocolate satins at the weekend, they are lovely

Doyler92

I know there was one open in Dundrum shopping centre and seemed to be doing well but it is after shutting down.

Might be helpful if you could get any other information about this shop.

noahsark

jayriz maybe it would be a better idea to put together eye catching P.O.S. stands, and start supplying them to all the newsagents around Ireland?

I would LOVE if my local shop had a stand of traditional sweets, so maybe one in every 10 mile radius would be a good idea, and rotate the stock on the stand every month to keep people interested!