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Thoughts on Pricing for Smoking
Glenn, you make a good and mouth-watering point about leftover control. It got me thinking about other things a caterer who is new to the business might do with leftovers if he doesn't have enough gigs booked to just use them at the next gig. He could distribute them as promotional freebies. ...- plasticporter
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- Forum: Catering & Large Group Gatherings
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Thoughts on Pricing for Smoking
That makes sense. It is not so simple to switch from one type of business to the next. Every industry has its own way of doing things. If you put a chauffeur, a roofer, a swimming pool cleaner, and people from any other number of small businesses together in a room, each one will have a...- plasticporter
- Post #11
- Forum: Catering & Large Group Gatherings
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Thoughts on Pricing for Smoking
It sounds like you have already started building up a fan base. I am sure your Facebook friend was delighted to receive the care package. I think catering is a great way to monetize your meat smoking skills, because the costs of overhead are so much lower than if you had a restaurant or even a...- plasticporter
- Post #9
- Forum: Catering & Large Group Gatherings
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Thoughts on Pricing for Smoking
It sounds like you are off to a good start doing research on social media. Every town needs a reliable source of barbecue for parties. Another idea about deciding on pricing is to look at what other caterers charge. You are in a great position by being the first barbecue caterer in your town...- plasticporter
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- Forum: Catering & Large Group Gatherings
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Thoughts on Pricing for Smoking
Cost of food times 3 seems pretty standard, but a lot of caterers express this number as a charge per person. Given my experience catering parties, the per person charge is easy for customers to wrap their minds around, since they plan parties by number of guests, not amount of food. (If you...- plasticporter
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- Forum: Catering & Large Group Gatherings
