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08-07-2006, 06:27 AM
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 how to start a catering business I really want to get into catering business. I am ignorant on what to do or how to start it. I search the net for something that can help me. i came to this book, Starting Your Own Catering Business. Has anyone read this?       |
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08-07-2006, 06:52 PM
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 Starting catering Go to google and look up Catersource on the net. Spend the 75 bucks and join it will be money well spent whether you go into catering or not. Catersource is where I am many other Pro caterers go for education and peer discussion. They have one convention in Vegas every year. Nice gig. Good luck
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08-07-2006, 07:06 PM
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| Where are you located or where do you intend to open thins venture? |
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08-09-2006, 09:41 PM
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| Depending on what area of catering you are going into I am developing some new catering software which may be of interest to you. gary @ quickcatering.co.uk (without spaces) |
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08-30-2006, 08:09 AM
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| Ummm, catering is another business. Like any other businesses, there are two seperate branches within the business, sales and manufacturing, then there are the sub-branches. After almost 10 years in my own catering biz, the one thing I have to stress to anyone wanting to start out is: Sales. No matter how big you dream, how good your food is, your service, value for money; no one will use you if they don't know you exist. In order for sales you'll need marketing tools like menus, prices for services, be able to fling out quotes in your sleep, guage if clients are serious or shopping for Costco-quality, and intimate knowledge of every loading bay and parking layouts of every building in your area. Forget romanticism, a caterer is a contractor, and you will need a contract for any event that you want to get paid for. How well you set yourslef up with the above mentioned tools is directly related to your success. Oh yeah, food. Buy as good as you can get, cook as good as you can, present as good as you can. An Ideal caterer will have one partner for sales, one in the Kitchen, and another to support to first two. |
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