Market Day Reminders for Farmers Markets on Mosey

Market day reminders in the Mosey app are a notification that arrives on the morning of each market day. Where a market has a page in the app, you tap "Remind me on market days" on it, allow notifications when the app asks, and the market can nudge you before you plan your weekend. You can turn them off in one tap.

What are market day reminders?

A reminder is a short message from a market you chose, sent only on the days that market is on. It is meant for people who like the idea of a farmers market and then forget which morning it runs. The reminder lands in the morning, which is when the choice to go is made, instead of the night before when you are not thinking about breakfast.

Reminders are for markets only. They are not a general alert for every place you follow, and nothing else about your account changes when you turn one on. A market keeps its own list of market days in the app, including any season it runs, and the reminder follows that list.

How do you turn on a farmers market reminder?

The button lives on a market's page in the app. Where a market has one, you will see a button labeled "Remind me on market days." Tap it and the app asks for permission to send notifications, with a line that reads "So" the market "can remind you on the morning of each market day." Allow it and the button changes to "Reminders on."

Two things are worth knowing. First, not every market has a page in the app, and the app does not promise one for any particular market, so the button is something to look for, not something to count on. Second, if notifications are off for the app on your phone, the page says reminders are on but notifications are off, and tapping it takes you to turn them back on. Nothing is sent until the phone says yes.

Why the morning of each market day?

Because that is the useful moment. A reminder at 6 a.m. is an annoyance and one at noon is too late for the best produce. The app sends market day reminders in the morning in the market's own time zone, and it sends one per market day, never a second one for the same date. If a market has marked a day as closed, nothing is sent for it, and a day the market adds on its own is treated as a market day.

The messages also respect your phone. Quiet hours apply, there is a daily limit on how many notifications any place can send you, and the market cannot reach you at all unless you asked for reminders.

How do you turn reminders off?

Tap the same button again. The accessibility label spells it out: "Reminders on for" the market, "Tap to turn off." Unfollowing the market ends the reminders too, because the reminder is part of the choice you made when you followed it. There is no second setting hidden somewhere else, and nothing to cancel.

What should you do with a market day reminder?

A reminder only helps if you have a plan, so here is a short routine that works at most markets. Look at what is in season and decide on one thing to buy that you would not normally cook. Bring bags, because many stalls expect you to. Walk the whole market once before you buy anything, then circle back to the stalls you liked. Ask the person behind the table what they would make with it. Growers and bakers love that question, and it is how people end up with a new favorite dish.

If you are meeting friends, the reminder is a good excuse to start a message. Start a list for the day, put the stalls or snacks you want on it and invite whoever is coming. The guide to building a food list with friends shows how, and a shared list keeps everyone's picks in one place.

What if you cannot make it that week?

Skip it. A reminder is a nudge, not a commitment, and nobody is told whether you went. Markets run on seasons, so a missed Saturday in July is easy to make up, and the reminder arrives again on the next market day. If a stretch of weeks is too busy, turn the reminder off and switch it back on when your schedule opens up.

Some people like to pair the reminder with one small habit, such as keeping a reusable bag by the door or checking the weather the night before. The reminder does the remembering, and a habit does the rest.

How can market visits show up in your ratings?

A market with a few tables nearby also pairs well with the ideas in the guide to restaurant patios. When a market gives you something worth remembering, a rating is a good way to keep it. Rate the dish you ate at a stall or the thing you took home, add a tag that says why it stood out, and your note helps the next person decide what to try first. The rate-as-you-eat guide covers doing it while the memory is fresh.

Markets are often small businesses run by a few people, and a rating or a reminder is a free way to show up for them. Mosey is free for a place to list, has no hidden fees and keeps its tools affordable, which suits a stall that lives on thin margins. That is supporting local in practice, with nothing to spend.

Which markets can send reminders?

Only a market that has a page in the app and keeps market days there. The market day reminders feature page shows the screens, and the US food guides hold more ideas for planning a weekend around food.

Get the Mosey app, follow a market when you come across its page and turn on the reminder before next weekend.