No Sugar of Any Kind to Be Had?
Then get some grape or corn sugar. You will have to work out new formulas, yes; but that is oftentimes better than going out of business.
Corn syrup? Yes, even get along without it. Before corn syrup was on the market cream of tartar was used to cut the grain of sugar.
It needs more accurate handling of the batch and requires working with cleaner kettles than is required with corn syrup. Try using an invert sugar, or corn sugar. Water will cut the grain in sugar if enough is used.
Without cane sugar and without corn syrup, how is pop-corn to be made? Do not forget there is honey, corn, or grape sugar, maple sugar, molasses and sugar substitutes on the market. Molasses alone cooked as high as it will go without burning will make a good winter corn cake. Honey is a very fine flavor and of high sugar content.
Pop-corn cakes can be made, even without sugar or corn syrup and be mighty nice in flavor and wholesome. When you do not get sugar, others do not have it and if you can deliver goods, you make the price to cover any increase in cost of materials.
CHAPTER VI
DISTRIBUTION
BE afraid to have accounts receivable as well as accounts payable. Well-made pop-corn keeps about as well as crackers. You can, therefore, follow the cracker manufacturers’ distribution methods somewhat, the taking of orders and delivery by wagon to retail stores, the packing in tin cans, the wrapping in wax paper sealed packages, etc.
You must depend on the consumer to keep your factory in operation, so always let the consumer take up most of your mind.
The methods used in getting your goods to the consumer will be chosen according to where the consumers you want to serve are located.