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Question on the minds of many retailers:
With the dollar being at par with the American dollar when will you be lowering your prices?

Answer:
Please see an excert from a letter we recieved from a manufacturer on Feb 23 2008, giving us the reasons for a 10% increase in their prices to us:
The letter read:
"Since August 2007, commodity costs, energy costs (including transportation costs), and costs associated with manufacturing have escalated by a substantial and rapid pace.
Corn syrup pricing is up by 20%. Cardboard increased by 6% and bag film is up 8%, plus energy costs are up 10%. Domestic freight costs have increased 5% (exclusive of the continually rising fuel charges)."

Since February 1 2008 we have been informed of price increases from almost all manufacturers that we deal with some as low as a 10% increase and others as high as 15% increase.

With the above information being the reality of the situation in the candy business at the present time, the reality is we can not lower our prices even though the american dollar is doing what it is doing and the canadian dollar is strong. As it turns out the reality of the situation is that we need the dollar to be at par and we need it to stay that at par, so that we do not end up with the need to raise our prices.

In short and the good news in this is: It is because of our strong dollar that we can maintain our pricing and not raise the prices of our goods sold to the retailer.

If you are looking for an item and we do not currently carry it, please request it and we will do our best to look into that item for you. We need to know the correct name of the product and if you know who makes it please tell us that as well. If it is out of production we can do nothing about that,

McCraws Candy company had recently sold and the new owners have now gone out of business. This is very sad news as this was a top selling item. We will watch for if the company sells again and will inform you if the old fashion taffy becomes available again. If you want to be informed in the event of this happening, please email us with the subject line being McGraw taffy. We will inturn put you on a list of who wants to be informed if the Old Fashion taffy ever becomes available again. For now we suggest you consider carrying all four flavours of the French chew that is a new but old time product that we have brought back, to fill in this gap.

Cinnamon toothpicks. The founder and owner of the Harmon's Cinnamon toothpick company has past away and the family has decided to close the company. If they decide to start up again we will notify anyone that emails us asking to be put on a list - put in the subject line - Cinnamon Toothpicks

Black Jack, Beaman's, sour apple & sour cherry and clove- Nostalgia Gum is not currently available. This product is only made once in a blue moon. Possibly it will be made some time this year, we are waiting to hear if there is an announcement, if you are interested in being informed when we are told please email us requested to be put on our list of contacts - put in your subject line Nostalgia Gum. We will then inform you via email of a date of when this available, and if you know the quantity you will want, please indicate that as well..

Most of the little/mini size of the ferrarra Pan boxes are not available any longer, we still have apple head , grape head and cherry head, for a limited time. all other kinds are still available in larger sizes.

Christmas 2008 - While Christmas is still fresh in your mind from last year take the to think about what you will need for this coming year. It is never too early to place your British and American christmas order. We have cut off dates that come in the summer, so now is the time to think about it. Prices may vary from last year and some packaging may be different , but you can still work with last years price lists for ordering for 2008. Don't delay!!

If you are doing a minimum order Please do not include British items if you need a fast turn around, as we require 5-10 days turn around for British items other than sherbet fountain and curly wurlies, all other items of british should be ordered by Monday morning to recieve by end of week, otherwise they will require an additional week turn around time.

The Latest version of the most current price list was posted April 25th 2008

Rock Candy is now available wrapped assorted, wrapped individual flavours as well as unwrapped individual flavours and assorted

Razzles (as seen in 13 going on 30) very retro, also has new FLAVOURS sour and tropical

Sherbet fountain white fluffy powder is sherbet with a black stick of licorice to dip and lick

Email your order in with a master card or visa if it is not with the order, the order can not be processed. We can not call for this information.

We feel it is important to tell you of the fact that far too many candy distributors in Canada whom are offering low low cost specials are misrepresenting the product that they are selling. The reason they are able to offer rediculously low pricing is due to the fact that they buy and sell stale/ old close out goods. Some times the goods may even be stolen goods. We at Old time Confections do not buy any questionable goods of any kind and therefore cannot be expected to compete with those prices being offered on goods that were no cost to someone else. We would rather pay market value and be selling good merchandize that is not going to be an issue.. The sad part is most of these companies are not telling the retailer that the reason for the deal is that the goods are a close out. Every close out has a story. Is every story reliable and true is the question? The Fact is close outs cannot be trusted. Some close out companies advertise that is what they are and when that is the case the customer knows what they are getting. The crime is not all of these companies are telling the retailer that close outs are what they specialize in and what they are offering. When this Is the case the retailer is unknowingly selling old and therefore stale candy and yet the end consumer becomes very aware as soon as they buy something stale, as they try to eat it. They will then think everything in the store is stale. When this happens will that consumer that bought stale candy complain? Some will complain, and some will just tell 10 or more friends and never come back into the store again. Selling old stale candy is probably the number one reason for candy stores struggling along and eventually going out of business. Once the reputation of having old stale product is set in the minds of customers, it is hard if not impossible to win back your customers that had stale old candy from your store.

At Old Time Confections we do not buy close outs.

This means we do not buy old goods that are stale or past code, our goods are fresh, we also do not buy stolen goods.

Some items we sell have short dates and that is only on the one or two items that even though we have still bought fresh at the time of being made, yet they only have a short time to be able to be sold. Again that is only one or two of our items, the rest of our line you will have a very long time for selling through.

Cheap pricing on food items is not a deal if the goods are stale. If you see a product that has a market value of over $1.00 and upward of $1.50 being sold for .20 cents you shouldn't need to be told something is wrong. What we are trying to tell you is if a company offers you pricing that is very low or below market value, your alarm should be going off, both to beware of that product that they are offering you, and then to beware of them all together because that likely means most of the goods they sell are close out. So you should beware of everything they sell.

We at Old Time Confections will never risk illness being caused to a person, due to irresponsible selling of goods that should be in the trash can, and nor should you .

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