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Daily specials menu: make yours free

A daily specials menu with one special for each weekday, Monday to Friday. Type the dish and its price for each day, pick a look, and save the picture to post or print for the counter.

Also free: your specials on Weekly Eats.

Step 1 of 4

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.

  • Big headline look in orange, tall shape
  • Big headline look in teal, A4 to print
  • Bold look in navy, tall shape
  • Bold look in red, square
  • Braai look in navy, square
  • Stripes look in charcoal, A5

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

How it works

  1. Type your cafe and your daily specials.

    Example. A phone showing the step "What is the special?" for Market Lane Cafe: 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 Lane Cafe 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 one colour chosen: the specials poster for Market Lane Cafe is in that colour.

  4. Share it on WhatsApp, or print it.

    Example. The finished specials poster for Market Lane Cafe 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 daily specials menu

1One special for each day
Each weekday gets one special, from Monday to Friday, so the menu reads down the week. Type the dish, tap the day it is on, then add the next special.
2Weekly specials and daily ones
Weekly specials are the deals that run all week. A daily special changes each day, so keep the two apart: the poster carries the week, and this menu carries each day.
3Name the dish, not the day
Type the dish as you would say it at the counter, such as "Chicken wrap". Put the day in the tap boxes, not in the name, so the name stays the same if you change the day.
4Prices typed the same way
Type each price as a whole number, such as 75, in its own box. The same format on every line keeps the prices easy to compare.
5A new picture each week
Make a new picture when the week changes, and take the old one down from WhatsApp Status and the counter. An old day left on the wall would show a special that has already gone.
6Hours and how to order
Use the note for the hours and for how to order. It takes 60 letters, so keep it short.
7Monday to Friday is five lines
Each weekday is one line, so five specials fill the picture. Leave out a day with no special, and the picture still reads clearly from the top.
8Same price all week
If a dish keeps its price every day, say so in the note, such as "Same price all week". A changed price belongs on the new picture, not crossed out on the old one.
9Check the day tags first
Each special shows its day on a tag, so a diner reads the week from top to bottom. Check the Monday tag first, then work down to Friday before you save the picture.

Daily specials menu design ideas

Six ways a week of daily specials can look: an orange headline, a teal headline, a navy bold card, a red bold card, a navy braai board and a charcoal stripes card. Choose the one nearest your counter, then type each day over the example.

Big headline look in orange, tall shape
A large headline in orange sets the week at the top, with one special for each weekday under it. Tall for Status.
Big headline look in teal, A4 to print
The same headline in teal, printed on A4 for the counter.
Bold look in navy, tall shape
Bold lettering on navy, one special for each day in a tall picture for Status.
Bold look in red, square
Bold in red for a cafe that wants its specials to be seen first. Sized for a post on Facebook or Instagram.
Braai look in navy, square
The Braai look in navy, with its checker edge and lime price badges, for a cafe that also grills.
Stripes look in charcoal, A5
Stripes in charcoal, the quietest of the stripes. On A5 it fits a counter.

A daily specials menu, step by step

The example has five specials, one for each weekday: a bacon and egg roll on Monday, a chicken wrap on Tuesday, a beef pie and gravy on Wednesday, fish and chips on Thursday and a toasted sandwich and soup on Friday. Type each one, then tap its day. Add another special for the next line. The note at the foot gives the hours, so the counter knows when each special is served.

Tips

  1. One dish for each day, at a price you can keep to.
  2. Check the day tags before you save the picture.
  3. Put the hours in the note at the foot.
  4. Take last week's picture down before you post the new one.
  5. Keep the same look all week, so people know the menu at a glance.

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 leave a day with no special?
Yes. Add a special only for the days you have one, and leave the other days out of the list.

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.

  • Specials poster in the Bold look on orange: four specials on dark cards, the days in yellow capitals and each price on a yellow badge, for StatusSpecials poster

    When the whole week of specials goes on one poster, the specials poster is the better fit.

  • Toasted sandwich menu on a square in black and mustard: a yellow and black checker band along the top and foot, the section names on yellow tabs, the names in white and the prices in yellowToasted sandwich menu

    A toastie bar keeps its toasties on one board, and one of them can be the daily special.

  • Breakfast menu on a pale cream card on A5: the name in brown script, four sections in brown capitals, the coffee prices in two columns headed Regular and LargeBreakfast menu

    A breakfast spot with a special for the morning sets it out on a menu of its own.

  • Coffee shop menu on a chalkboard in a wooden frame, each drink written in a chalk of a different colour: white, green, pink, yellow, blue and orange, with regular and large prices for the coffees and four more sectionsCoffee shop menu

    A coffee shop board sets its drinks and bakes in columns, and a daily bake can head the list.

More templates

All 36 templates, by kind of place