How the cost of living is impacting Christmas market stall holders
Christmas market stall holders fear their profit margins will be badly hit this year as their goods are costing far more to produce.After surviving Covid, traders are now faced with a rise in their costs because of the cost of living crisis.Emily Becketts, owner of Boozie Brownie Co, based in Herefordshire, has a stall at Cardiff Christmas market for the second time.
She also recently bought a converted horse trailer to travel to music festivals to create more business."The industrial oven I use costs me £12 in electric a day and I had a warning in my last bill that my electricity usage had doubled since last year," she said. Ms Morgan explained how one of the ingredients she uses for her tea, chamomile, has gone from costing £12 per kilogram to £22.Emily Morgan, the owner of Tea by the Sea, left her teaching career to start her business
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