Posted by carl on June 27, 1998 at 00:30:13 :
In Reply to: Re: Illegal Caterers posted by aajay on June 26, 1998 at 17:06:58 :
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: : 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??/?
: Do these comments apply to cooking in the clients home i.e. demonstrations or cooking quantities and freezing them IN THE CLIENTS OWN HOME? Is there any info anywhere on this? Thanks
No, cooking in a clients home is not catering, it is a "traveling chef" or
a chef for hire..... catering is basically preparing in your company's kitchen
and transporting the food to another location to be served.....
of course the word caterer has been applied to just about any to-go
food..... unfortunately....
i was not refering to those who do that.... they dont compete with me....
however they still need a business license...
carl