I do hear you… butter where I live when from $2.00 a box (16 ounces) to $2.99 a box in just a few months. Food prices are skyrocketing everywhere and it does worry me, personally I think moreso. However, I am now subtly raising prices to reflex my time and effort, and not just cover the cost of ingredients. Ingredients are working out to be a small fraction of the prices I am charging lately, and every 4 months I have been raising my prices per serving a little bit at a time. It’s really begun to change things for me as far as caking goes by almost eliminating the bottom rung of customers who would be better suited by ordering a cake from walmart because they “are only looking for a good price” and not the quality and skill that I offer. I’ve even thought about cutting out sheet cakes because there are just so many places in town that can do that, much more cost effectively than I, too.
Leslie Bruckman, Owner of Nom Nom Sweeties
