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Bernie Williams from Cornish Cracking Eggs said she had to give away thousands of pounds worth of stock
Traders who were unable to sell their stock after an annual show was cancelled due to high winds have said they lost thousands of pounds in revenue.
Bernie Williams from Cornish Cracking Eggs said she lost between £4,000 and £5,000, and Kate Martin, of Treway Farm, said she had lost between £10,000 and £15,000 after the cancellation of what traders call "Super Saturday" due to the amount of potential business.
The organising team of the Royal Cornwall Show have been approached for comment.
Martin said she was planning to sell meat at the show as well as burgers and bacon rolls.
"Obviously, first and foremost, it was absolute disappointment," she said.
"It's disappointing for people attending, and then there's also obviously the colossal financial impact to businesses...
"For us, it's usually Saturday lunchtime before we start running into any kind of profit.
"So where we are right now, we've not broken even from two days' trade, it will be £10,000 to £15,000 [deficit].
"We're now into the realms of damage limitation."
Martin said she was trying to sell the stock and was planning to arrange a burger night.
The Eden Project offered trading opportunities to stallholders on Saturday to help them sell their stock.
Williams said she sold some stock there, as well as at various markets on Saturday.
"We probably lost about £4,000 to £5,000. We made more Scotch eggs, and we gave them away to the other traders and people who were in there, the exhibitors," she said.
"We've probably given away about £2,500 worth of produce so far, as we didn't want it to go to waste.
"We haven't broken even yet at all, [not] anywhere near it."
Sally Lugg from Primrose Herd Butchery also sold stock at the Eden Project
Sally Lugg from Primrose Herd Butchery said her business had lost "at least £10,000".
"I think I was in shock, to be honest, like most people, very shocked at the decision and as the day went on, we just had to try and mitigate some of the losses that sadly all of us have had to encounter," she said.
Lucy Sheers
One trader had queues outside her shop after reducing her stock by 50% when the show was cancelled
Lucy Sheers, who runs Lucy Bakes, said that despite the disappointment of the show being cancelled, it turned out to be a positive for her business.
Sheers decided to offer her produce at a 50% discount from her shop in Hayle.
"I didn't get back to the shop until just before 11:00 BST, and the queue was already 25 metres down the road, and I've never seen that before," she said.
"We've been open here in our shop for nearly three years, and we've never had anything like that. That queue continued for about three hours, and we sold out.
"Although the show was cancelled, I think in the long run this could be very good and help the growth of my small business."
Show secretary Mark Stoddart said on Saturday that damage caused by the weather overnight on Friday was "substantial", and there was no choice but to cancel the show as it was "not a safe environment for people".
