We have a lot in South Africa. People bake cakes, and drop them in daily,make dresses for children and adults. Knit jumpers and scarves. They sell an enormous amount of lovely homemade items. Perhaps a beeter choice for Christmas shopping?.
2007-11-06 11:50:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Wish we had something like that over here in the U.S. but there is not. At least not around the middle of the country.
2007-11-06 12:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard the term before. I'm on the west coast, and
we do have flea markets indoors, where people sell from
their 'stalls' or booths. And then we do have Christmas
Bazaars where a building is used for people to set up their
tables full of things to sell.And that includes holiday cookies,
and candy and even candy wreaths are included in the food
line. Usually for a Saturday they will have every thing you can
expect to buy on impulse for decorating or eating treats.
Home made clothes would go into a flea market. Or into a
consignment shop. But in consignment shops they sell your
things for you and at a lessor price than you paid. So you will
get maybe a 1/4 of the cost back if your item sold. I would
like to see a store as you describe, here. But we also don't
have "boot sales" as they have in England. Where people
sell out of their car trunks (boots) at a parking lot. Or as
they're called in England, "car park". We do have laws that
protect consumers tho for sanitary guidelines with food items
not commercially made. So maybe the home made cake,
cookie and pie sales are now a thing of the past. I remem-
ber as a child, we'd have bake sales during the year with
baked goods we or our mothers made. Now they are not
seen anymore outside of stores or restaurants where
families would go into to buy something. Even people that
handle food at their jobs, have to have a 'food handlers card'
to identify that they've been instructed in the proper care of
cleanliness and serving food in an establishment. I still re-
member things from my instruction eons ago. And the things
I saw onscreen that made me ill just to look at how germs
can spread and take over. So I appreciate how most people
who work in areas selling fresh food, now wear plastic gloves to keep the food more sanitary than before.
2007-11-06 13:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of any shops called that in my part of the USA. As the first answer said there are Flea Markets that are usually open weekends. People pay a fee for a space and sell all sort of items there. Some are there long term and others may just be there for a season or even a weekend.
2007-11-06 12:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No not that many in this part of the U.S.A. (Midwest) There are some and I tend to go there as much as I can. However. here they are rather expensive. Even the used clothing stores that carry high brand name clothes on consignment want way too much for the clothes. But I do still shop there and sometimes get lucky.
2007-11-06 14:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by Meeshmai 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We wouldn't know a Home Industry shop from a toll booth. We really wouldn't. In fact, if you opened a Home Industry shop, we would walk around looking up, down and sideways as though we had been transported through the looking glass.
2007-11-06 11:55:51 · answer #5 · answered by "G" 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the US we call them craft stores and there are flea markets for just anyone who doesn't have a store. And we can't sell food like that we need a license
2007-11-06 11:54:34 · answer #6 · answered by Linda S 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sounds great -- think the cottage shops in the US must all be hooked up to EBay.
2007-11-07 00:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well around here the Amish make and sell things and bake foods and sell them as well............
2007-11-06 15:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by Melissa R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋