Boosting Stoneware Sales: Tips, Demos, and Strategies for Success

[stefani2]

Let's share ideas, tips, demos and explanations on HOW we sell Stoneware!
My Stoneware Sales have GREATLY decreased - so I need new ideas HOW to sell Stoneware.

 

[rennea]

If you or your host have a very seasoned pce. of stonware make sure to show it at the shows, for anybody who is intrested in stoneware but has never used it. I have had a couple of shows where the host has had stoneware that was black and the crowd were in aww and I sold way more.

 

[stefani2]

All Day PanI would give them the example of the Large Bar Pan being an "All Day Stone"

Breakfast:
-Make Pancakes - no flipping necessary, just use your Cookie Cutters or Pizza Cutter
-Bacon - do 1 lb. of bacon at one time - no splatters, no mess

Lunch:
-Grilled Cheese Sandwiches - you don't even have to butter them and you ALL eat at the same time

Supper:
4-6 chicken breasts - use some Rosemary and Herb Seasoning

Dessert:
2 boxes of brownie mix - how easy is that

 

[Debala715]

Making bacon on my bar pan is the only way I'll make bacon anymore. I love it! And when I explain this at a show, I love getting the "bug eyed" look of the guests and I usually sell at least 1-2 of them.

 

[stefani2]

benefitsWhat about the benefits:

Healthy Cooking - no oil, lead-free clay, etc.

No turning/flipping food

Food stays hotter longer - 30-45 minutes after it is out of the oven

 

[rennea]

Bacon on the bar pan, can't believe I forgot that one People always seems surprised by this.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

30 Minute Chicken! That sells the DCB!

I do find though, that my stoneware sales decrease during the summer months. But highlighting things that can be done in the microwave oven in stoneware might help with that, also.

 

[pampermejolene]

Bacon on the bar pan, can't believe I forgot that one People always seems surprised by this.

People didn't believe me when I told them. They told me, you can't do that. And why would you want to do that... you would have to reach into the oven to flip it. I tried to explain but they had already drawn their own conclusions! :cry:
Some guests are so difficult!

 

[rennea]

People didn't believe me when I told them. They told me, you can't do that. And why would you want to do that... you would have to reach into the oven to flip it. I tried to explain but they had already drawn their own conclusions! :cry:
Some guests are so difficult!

Would be a very simple and easy demo:chef:

 

[Debala715]

People didn't believe me when I told them. They told me, you can't do that. And why would you want to do that... you would have to reach into the oven to flip it. I tried to explain but they had already drawn their own conclusions! :cry:
Some guests are so difficult!

I tell them, "The only way I make bacon anymore is on my bar pan. I line it with our parchment paper, put the bacon on it, stick it in the oven at 400 for about 20 minutes (depends on how crispy I want it). No flipping, no splattering, no excessive curling, no standing at the stove watching it."

The one my guests seem to have a harder time believing is making grilled cheese on it.

 

[stefani2]

demoWell, you could ask the Host if she has some bacon! Do the demo right there. People are asking the Host for a potatoe so they can boil it to try the Mix N Masher - it helps sell it. Sorry for the OT.

I was thinking about bringing my SBP and doing a demo right there. It sounds like a bit of extra work - but I wonder if it would help me sell more Stoneware - my sales are really down for Stoneware right now. I am glad to hear that sales will possibly decrease during Summer months - I never thought of that - but it makes sense.