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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Catering so good our competition had to copy our menu...

I was recently surfing one of my local competitor's websites and noticed that his catering menu was a verbatim copy of mine. A lot of thoughts ran through my mind. I'm generally not pleased with someone else copying my hard work. Through some great counsel, I have realized that it should be a point of flattery. Doesn't the saying go, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?"

So here is the pitch: Holy Smokes BBQ catering is so good and so well executed that our competition's only choice was to copy our menu. At the end of the day the service that Holy Smokes provides is much more important than the menu that is suggested.

I don't want to be snotty about the whole situation so I will not mention the business name. If you would like to see it, just look for a barbecue restaurant in Dacula, GA. Check out the catering menu and compare it to what you see at: http://www.holysmokes-bbq.com/catermenu.htm . Please remember to give us a call at 770-963-0994 if we can help with any of your catering needs.

UPDATE: It seems that our competitor has removed our sample menus from their website. You can still see the remnants... after all, how many BBQ restaurants have chicken tortilla soup on their catering menu? Notice also how all of the items are under the same headings in the exact same order.

2 Comments:

Blogger Sandra said...

I know that it had to really upset you that another company copied your menu, and after I went and looked it up for myself, I had to laugh. However, please remember that it is the food that brings the customers back, and I have had the opportunity to enjoy your catering twice. Once was at Hebron Baptist Church, and the second time was a Branch Christian's Thanksgiving luncheon. The turkey was so good that I had to ask where it came from, and it was the children that informed me it was from ya'll. So I wanted to say thank you for a great tasting moist turkey.

November 21, 2008 9:27 AM  
Blogger Mat... the uncreative engineer said...

Thanks, Sandra! I'm so glad you enjoyed the turkey. Without trying to be too salesmanish, I'd also like to let you know that you can call the restaurant to order a turkey for thanksgiving now. The number is 770-963-0994. Thanks again for the encouragement!

November 21, 2008 8:18 PM  

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