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Meat specials poster for a butchery and its braai packs

A meat specials poster for the week at a butchery: cuts by the kilogram, a braai pack for the weekend, a family bulk pack. Each special is a line with its price, ready to post or print.

Also free: your specials on Weekly Eats.

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For example: Corner Cafe

See how it works

What you type stays on your phone. We only see it if you press "Send these to us on WhatsApp" or "Send them by email form" further down. It is kept on this phone, so it is here when you come back.

  • Cream card in red, tall shape
  • Dark card with a gold frame, A4 to print
  • Dark wood with orange lettering, A5 to print
  • Navy board with coloured day tags, square
  • Cream card in dark green, tall shape
  • Dark card with silver figures, square

Made-up places. Prices are examples, not a guide to charge.

How it works

  1. Type your butchery and this week's cuts.

    Example. A phone showing the step "What is the special?" for Market Street Butchery: the special being typed, and the specials poster beside it with the place name on it.

  2. Pick how it looks.

    Example. A phone showing the step "Pick how it looks": the specials poster for Market Street Butchery on the left and the same words in other looks on the right, one of them chosen.

  3. Change the colours, if you like.

    Example. A phone showing the same step with "More colours" open and another colour chosen: the specials poster for Market Street Butchery is in that colour.

  4. Share it on WhatsApp, or print it.

    Example. The finished specials poster for Market Street Butchery filling a phone screen, and the same picture printed on a page stuck to a wall.

The pictures show examples with made-up places and prices.

Run a weekly deal? Put it on a free page people can open.

A Weekly Eats page shows your specials by day, in your own words, with the price where there is one.

Listing is free. Nothing goes on the page until you have checked it and published it.

How listing works

Or type your place name and a special above. Then you can send them to us from here.

How do we check it is your place?

To make sure it is really your place, we set it up with the email address your place shows publicly, on its website, Google or Facebook. If it shows no email, we phone the number it lists and ask you to confirm by email. A phone call alone is not enough. So we can only set up a page when we can check the place is yours from something it already shows publicly. If your place has nothing online yet, we cannot set one up from here, and the poster maker stays free to use. If you message us on WhatsApp, message from the number your place shows publicly.

See an example page

You get a picture to post, and a bigger one to print on a normal printer page (A4) or half a page (A5), not a Word file. Free, no account, and nothing is uploaded: the picture is made on your device.

What goes on a butchery specials poster

1Cuts by the kilogram
A butchery special is a cut of meat and its price per kilogram. Type the cut name with "per kg" in it, then its price on the same line.
2Braai packs and bulk deals
A weekend braai pack needs its contents counted: "Braai pack: boerewors, ribs, steak, 2kg". A bulk pack to take home is the same: "Family bulk pack: mixed cuts, 5kg". Type the count in the name.
3What is in the pack
Say what the pack holds, one piece after another. "Braai pack: steak, boerewors, ribs" tells the customer what is in it. Keep the names short and let the count explain the size.
4The days the cut is in stock
Under each special, choose the days it runs, Monday to Sunday. Leave out the days you do not have the cut in stock, so the poster never promises a cut you cannot sell.
5Price per unit or per pack
Write "per kg" in the cut name so the customer knows whether the price is per kilogram or for the whole pack. The same goes for "500g of mince" or "per portion".
6A specials poster or a full butchery price list
This page makes the specials for the week: the cuts and packs on offer, with the days they run. For a full butchery price list, every cut and its price, the price list template is the better fit: it sets out a long list under headed sections, each item with its price on the right.
7Where it goes
Post the tall picture on WhatsApp Status on the Monday, when the week starts. Put the A4 page in the window, where people walking past can read it, and the A5 page on the counter.

Butchery specials poster design ideas

Six ways one week of butchery specials can look: a red cream card, a near-black card with gold, a dark wood board with a flame, a navy board with coloured day tags, a green cream card and a dark card with silver figures. Tap a picture to start from it.

Cream card in red, tall shape
A cream card with red slab capitals and each price on a round red badge, the way a butcher paints a sign. Tall, so it posts well on WhatsApp Status.
Dark card with a gold frame, A4 to print
Near black with a thin gold frame and serif lettering, the look of a traditional butcher price list. Printed on A4 it sits in the window.
Dark wood with orange lettering, A5 to print
Dark wood with orange lettering and a flame, the look of a braai stand. It suits a butchery that sells braai packs, and A5 fits the counter.
Navy board with coloured day tags, square
Navy with gold lines and coloured day tags, so one run of days reads apart from another at a glance. Square for a post.
Cream card in dark green, tall shape
The first card in dark green instead of red, for a butchery whose sign is green. Tall for WhatsApp Status.
Dark card with silver figures, square
A dark card with silver figures, a quiet look for a butchery with a classic counter. Square for a post.

A butchery poster, step by step

The example has four specials: rump and fillet steaks that run Monday to Saturday, a braai pack for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and a bulk family pack for Saturday and Sunday. Type each cut or pack with its price, then choose the days it runs. The line at the foot says the butchery takes orders.

Tips

  1. Say the cut clearly: rump, fillet, neck, brisket. The price is the kilogram price.
  2. A braai pack for the weekend is three or four cuts that cook together on the fire.
  3. Name the pieces in the pack: steak, boerewors, ribs. Count them if the pack holds a number of pieces.
  4. Pick only the days you have the cut, so the poster does not promise stock you lack.
  5. Use the line at the foot for when you are open or how to order.

Sizes and printing

Tall, for WhatsApp Status
Tall like a phone screen. Best for WhatsApp Status and for Stories.
Square, for a post
Square. Best for a post on Facebook or Instagram.
Printer page (A4)
A4 is the size of a normal printer page. Print it at home or at a print shop. A home printer leaves a thin white edge.
Half page (A5)
A5 is half of a normal printer page. Good for a counter. A home printer leaves a thin white edge.

Questions

Can I show the price per kilogram and per portion?
A line holds one price. Show the main unit, "per kg" in the name, and put the portion size in brackets if you sell portions as well.
Can I list the cuts in a braai pack on the poster?
Yes. Type them in the name, one after another: "Braai pack: steak, boerewors, ribs, 2kg". Keep it short, two or three pieces.
Can I put my butchery logo on the poster?
Yes, if you want. Under All options there is a box for your photo and your logo, and you can leave them out. They are not sent to us.
What size does a printed butchery poster come out at?
The printer page (A4) is the size of a normal printer page, and the half page (A5) is half of that. The print option is in the Get your picture step, and you get a picture file, not a Word or PDF file.

What you type is kept in this browser on this device until you clear your browser data, so you can come back, change a price and save a new picture. A photo and a logo are optional and are not kept for the next visit.

  • Steakhouse specials poster in the Steakhouse card look: a cream card with a maroon bar at the top and foot, the name in maroon slab capitals, four specials each with its day and its price on a round maroon badgeSteakhouse specials

    A rump or fillet night for sit-down guests goes on the steakhouse poster with weights.

  • Shisa nyama specials poster in the Photo look: the place name in a bar across the top, a photo of a steak below it, and four specials with prices on cards over the lower edge of the photo, Friday to SundayShisa nyama poster

    Meat straight off the fire, sold Friday to Sunday, has a shisa nyama poster with those days.

  • Grill house menu as a black menu board with an orange double line round the edge: the name in white capitals in the middle with a small flame under it, four sections with orange section names over a rule, quarter and half prices in orangeGrill house menu

    Chicken and beef grilled to order, with sides, fit the grill house menu.

  • Lunch special poster in the Sunday lunch look: a cream card with a green frame, a Monday special, a Wednesday special, a Sunday lunch special and a cold drink offerLunch special poster

    One meat special on one day, a Sunday roast or a weekday braai plate, has a simpler poster.

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