Posted by Shantel on February 05, 1998 at 10:25:19 :
In Reply to: Illegal Caterers posted by Carl Jones, Premier Catering on December 11, 1997 at 00:19:09 :
: i know this may step on some toes, but i agree
: wholeheartedly with the state laws that make it
: difficult for people to cater out of their homes...
: a home based caterer has no real overhead, most cant get
: liability insurance, nor a health permit... they have the
: ability to underprice the market, making it hard on us.
: many times they dont underprice because they have lower
: costs, they do because they are ignorant.. and they lose
: money and eventually go out of business, but in the
: meantime, they have taken some business from me
: and have created doubt in the mind of the consumer as to
: the proper pricing of catered meal....
: I say, make it impossible for someone to cater without
: proper license and have tough standards for issuing
: licenses.......
: what do you think??/?
I happen to think that this is the most ignorant thing to say. Caterers who start out of their home do so so that they can build up the clientale before taking on large overhead responsibilities. And to correct you, home-based caterers can in fact get insurance and permits. And most that start off at home do succeed. If you're over pricing you're over pricing. Not to step on any toes.