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Creating customer bonds with presence, abundance, and generosity

June 22, 2015 by Tom Roberts Categories
  • Best Practices
  • Merchandising
  • Pricing

Traditional retailing wisdom says it is of the utmost importance to give customers exactly what they pay for. Any less, and you are cheating the customer; any more and you are cheating yourself. Being rather non-traditionalist myself, allow me to offer an amended view. Many markets and farmers have a budget for what they refer […]

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Design your stand for your shoppers

August 22, 2012 by Tom Roberts Categories
  • Best Practices
  • Information
  • Merchandising

Physical barriers can be psychological barriers, too. The way you build your display space has an impact on how shoppers feel about it and about shopping with you. Some markets impose limitations on the amount of space a member may use, while other markets allow members to use whatever space they can fill. In either […]

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Featured Markets

Portland Farmers’ Market – Deering Oaks

Summer Market: Shop directly from over 40 of Maine’s top farmers’ and food producers in one stop at beautiful Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine! We are open 7:00am-1:00pm Wednesday and Saturdays, May through November. SNAP, CREDIT, & DEBIT ACCEPTED at all of our markets! To Learn More, you can: 1) Read about how our […]

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Alan Day Community Market

The Alan Day Community Market will be held on Friday evenings from 5:00pm-8:00pmpm, July 10th to August 28th and will feature fresh produce, live music, ready-to-eat foods, a pizza oven, workshops and cooking demos. The market also accepts SNAP EBT. More info can be found on our website: http://www.alandaycommunitygarden.org/communitymarket

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Dexter Farmers’ Market

The Dexter Farmers’ Market takes place every Saturday from 12:00pm-3:00pm, June-October (weather permitting), at 445 Corrina Rd. in Dexter. Shoppers will find nearly anything their (local) hearts desire including fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, whoopie pies and other baked goods, honey, pork, crafts, soap, jewelry and gifts.  

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