It turned out that most people only wanted the waffles and they sold out much quicker than we expected. This lead to me having to run (actually run) down the the nearest shop to pick up more waffle ingredients and quickly make more batter before the last batches were all used up. In the end, we were out of batter and there were only christmas cards left. This is why we saw a few disappointed faces.
Although the christmas cards were not selling as quickly as the waffles, we did manage to sell them all in the end. To make sure that we got as much profit as possible to donate, while still keeping people interested we set the prices quite fairly. We sold the waffles for 1,50€ and each extra topping (except for powder sugar, of course) was 0,50€. As the cards also had to be printed and designed, we decided to sell them for 2,00€ each.
Overall, it was a great experience and it was a massive super duper huge SUCCESS! We managed to make over 250€ profit from just under 2 hours of work (not including dragging around and setting up the tables and equipment). Personally, I think that we should definitely repeat this and in order to make the most money possible, we should make a few small improvements, namely:
- Bring enough waffle batter to avoid last minute baking (which leads to much more cleaning up than is necessary)
- Spread out the tables to avoid huge crowds of people around one area when they are waiting for the waffles to be made
- Use more waffle irons (two is not enough for the huge demand)
- Bring a bin for people to throw away their used plates and napkins
- Assign specific jobs so that each person knows what they are doing
- DO not get waffle batter and powder sugar everywhere (especially my school uniform)
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