Farmer's Market / Flea Market
By Meggan Moore
@Meggan (375)
United States
March 8, 2022 11:01am CST
My little town does not have a grocery store. It is hard for some people to drive to another town to do their grocery shopping. So many are forced to do what they can at the Dollar General and the local gas stations. So to help with this my husband and I decided to start a Farmer's Market/ Flea Market. We plan to start a garden so we will be able to provide some fresh vegetables.
Have you started one before? Do you have any tips and experiences?
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8 responses
@Vikingswest1 (7443)
• United States
8 Mar 22
1. Location. You need to arrange a high traffic area to set up.
2. Permits, license and insurance. These are a must.
3. Vendors. You need to have several lined up that will sell produce or products.
4. Determine a schedule that is viable. Open only when a variety of products are available.
5. Select someone to oversee the operation.
6. If you charge for booth rentals you'll need to report the income. You need to be registered as a business or legal entity or list it as personal income for tax liabilities.
7. Be willing to do all the legwork necessary to make it happen.
It might not be as easy as you think. It will take an initial investment of a substantial amount to even get off the ground.
I don't mean to pee in your Wheaties but there is quite a bit involved to open a farmers market. I hope you can make it happen.
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@Meggan (375)
• United States
8 Mar 22
We bought a building for another business that we are putting a pause to. It has lots of land for a Farmer's Market and will help bring traffic to our other business once we can get it up and going. Thank you for the insight! Definitely a lot to look into.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
8 Mar 22
That is great you are doing that.
I remember living in a place with no grocery store and the Dollar Tree was it and like you said the little convenience stores.
No tips as I have never started one.
Good luck with it though!
I am sure people will appreciate it.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
8 Mar 22
@Meggan This will be great if you could.
I would like to see all and know how you are doing. Maybe you could do videos and have a YouTube channel too if you like. You could put the link in your profile here.
I would like to see all and know how you are doing. Maybe you could do videos and have a YouTube channel too if you like. You could put the link in your profile here.1 person likes this
@Meggan (375)
• United States
8 Mar 22
@RebeccasFarm I will see about doing some videos. I will definitely take pictures.
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Mar 22
Oh, ok. I thought you were planning to create a farmers/flea market.
@Meggan (375)
• United States
8 Mar 22
Dollar store carries limited selection of meat. I don't know how they manage it, I would go crazy.
@Meggan (375)
• United States
8 Mar 22
I pray I can find produce vendors, the last person who tried one went and bought store produce and people were not happy!
@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
10 Mar 22
That is a really good idea. That will help people who can't get to another town to get groceries.
@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
9 Mar 22
No, but that sounds like an amazing idea. I thought you were going to say you started a business going grocery shopping for other people.
