Food Service Supplies Sales Are Down
My food service supplies store has been hurting, due to the economy. I used to be the number one supplier of all food service supplies in town, but I think that either there are not that many catering jobs out there, or everyone has found someone much cheaper. I do know of several catering houses in the area who told me that their Christmas party schedule for this last year was really low. Companies just cannot afford to pay for those big elaborate parties and are opting to do away with them.
My partner has told me that he thinks we should start to offer additional things like cleaning supplies and maybe that would help with the sales. Everyone needs cleaning supplies and that is not something that you can skimp on or do away with. If I can find a good vendor to get them from, then I am going to seriously consider doing that. I will have to advertise a lot to let everyone in town know that we are offering additional products, so the initial cost might be a little high when you add in the marketing costs.
Offering food service supplies and cleaning supplies sounds like a good idea and even the smallest catering companies have to clean their kitchens, offices and cookware.