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Friday 3 May 2013

Tips For Success With Corporate Catering Services

By Alison Wilcox


Working in the hospitality industry can be a very rewarding experience with regards to finances. Many people earn a comfortable living from their work in this industry. There are several activities that one could engage in which form part of the industry. Amongst these activities is the provision of corporate catering services.

Contrary to what the name suggests, it is not necessary that everyone who ventures into this line of work has to have qualifications as a caterer. Just like in any other business, investors can look for competent persons with qualifications as caterers who will do the actual work as they act as supervisors. The investor will meet the financial requirements of the job while the employees meet the professional requirements. For guaranteed success, there a few things that investors in this field need to know.

As a new comer in this business, it is vital that an investor makes a name for him or herself in the corporate circles. He or she needs to approach heads of these organizations and talk to them about his or her business. The main objective in doing this is establishing a loyal clientele. There are several advantages of having loyal clients in this industry. The first of these is that the organizations, who happen to be the clients, usually have many events for which they need caterers. If the organization is loyal to one catering service providers, he or she will be called in for all these events. This means that the caterer will always have repeat business which is really the lifeline of all commercial activities.

The importance of this loyalty is seen in two ways. First, it means that whenever the organization needs catering services, they will call up the entrepreneur. This means that he or she will have a constant flow of work and therefore, a constant cash flow as well. Secondly, the heads of these organizations will not fail to recommend the specific caterer to other heads who require the same service in future. This translates to new clients and therefore new business and more money for the entrepreneur.

Providing catering services can be a very expensive affair if one is not careful. There is therefore the need for persons in this trade to find ways of reducing expenses thereby increasing their profit levels. One of the most expensive and recurrent costs is that of tents and chairs. Caterers cannot do without the mentioned items. If an investor can afford it, he or she should purchase personal tents and chairs for the business. This will eliminate the need to continuously pay for these items whenever a client needs service.

Another expensive vote head in this business is the question of transport. Again if the investor can get a dedicated automobile for transport of caterers and their equipment, this would go a long way in cutting down transport costs. There are several other avenues that can be explored in a bid to make savings by the entrepreneur.

Lastly, the question of hygiene cannot go unmentioned when talking about success with catering. There are no two ways about this. Entrepreneurs have to invest in high standards of hygiene.

Following these tips can go a long way in facilitating success with corporate catering services. This can be a very worthwhile venture for any individual.




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