WeeklyEats

Shisa nyama poster maker for your specials

Make a weekend specials poster for your braai place: the meat and its price, the days you are open, and a photo of the fire or a full plate. Want a full menu instead? Switch to Menu or price list at the top of the form.

Start typing your specials

  • Photo look, Story size
  • Circle look, Story size
  • Split look, square
  • Kasi look in charcoal, no photo
  • Shisa nyama look, A4 to print
  • Green chalkboard, Story size

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

Size
Story: 1080 by 1920 pixels, tall like a phone screen.

This is an example. Type your place name and what you sell, and your own picture takes its place.

What are you making?
Special 1
Which days does it run?

The picture

Look
Add a photo of your food to get the Photo, Circle and Split looks.
Colours
Photo and logo (optional)

Nothing you type here is sent to us unless you press one of the buttons below. It is kept on this device so it is here when you come back.

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

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.

Add your place name and a special to send them to us.

WhatsApp opens with your message ready, and the form opens filled in. Nothing is sent until you press send. See an example page

You get a picture (PNG) and a printable A4 or A5 picture, not a Word file. Free, no account, and nothing is uploaded: the picture is made on your device.

What goes on a shisa nyama specials poster

1One special to a line
Each special is a line: what it is, its price and its days. Put the meat first, with the unit in the name, such as 500g or per portion. A Story or a print holds up to eight specials, and a square holds five.
2Say what the price is for
Raw for the customer to braai, or cooked? Write it in the name, for example "Boerewors, 500g, raw". People ask, and it saves an argument at the fire.
3Pick the days
Every special starts with all seven days ticked. Switch "Every day" off and tap Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the poster says Fri to Sun for you.
4Add a photo of the fire or a plate
The Photo, Circle and Split looks are built round a picture of your food, and they appear under The picture once you add one. Your photo stays on your device.
5Hours and where to find you
Use the Heading box for your days, such as "Fri to Sun", and the "Address, hours or a note" box for a landmark or opening hours. Add a phone number and tick WhatsApp if people can message it.
6A menu as well
For a full price list, with meat, plates, sides and drinks in sections, switch to Menu or price list at the top of the form. It uses the other looks, and nothing you typed is lost when you switch back.
7Event nights
A sound night or a match day is its own poster. Use the Heading box for the date or the event, type only the specials for that night, and save it as a separate picture. Change it back afterwards for the normal weekend poster.
8Meat by weight, plates by name
Sell meat by the portion or by weight? Say which in the name, "Lamb chops, per portion", and give each plate a name of its own. The poster shows exactly the words you typed.

Shisa nyama poster design ideas

Six ways one weekend specials poster can look. The first three use a stock photo of a steak that comes with this page, not a braai; add your own photo and they use that instead.

Photo look, Story size
The Photo look puts your own picture across the top and the specials under it. It is the one to try first when you have a good picture of the fire.
Circle look, Story size
Circle sets the photo in a round frame, which suits a plate or a pot seen from above.
Split look, square
Split gives the top of a square to the photo and the rest to a plain list, so four specials fit with a picture.
Kasi look in charcoal, no photo
No photo yet? The Kasi look needs only words: tilted white day labels and yellow price tags.
Shisa nyama look, A4 to print
The Shisa nyama look is dark wood with gold names and prices and a flame by the heading. On A4 it is made to be printed and put up at the gate.
Green chalkboard, Story size
Chalkboard gives each special a circled price, like a board written for the day.

A weekend poster, step by step

The pictures above come from four specials with Friday to Sunday ticked: boerewors by the 500g, lamb chops with pap and chakalaka, a chicken quarter with pap, and a cold drink that costs extra with any plate. Type the first special, tap Add another special for each of the rest, and watch the poster fill in beside or above the form.

Tips

  1. Type the unit with every meat price, in the name.
  2. Choose only the days you are open, so the poster says just those days.
  3. Leave off what you cannot honour. Do not write "all you can eat" unless you mean it.
  4. A photo of your fire or a full plate beats a stock picture. Take it in daylight, from above, and wipe the lens.
  5. Make a separate poster with its own heading for an event night, with the date in the heading.

Sizes and printing

Story
1080 by 1920 pixels, tall like a phone screen
Square
1080 by 1080 pixels
A4 to print
1240 by 1754 pixels, about 150 dots per inch
A5 to print
874 by 1240 pixels, about 150 dots per inch

Questions

Is the shisa nyama poster maker free?
Yes. Making a shisa nyama poster picture costs nothing and needs no account.
Is my shisa nyama poster uploaded anywhere?
No. The shisa nyama poster, any photo and your logo stay on your device, and the picture is made there. We receive something only if you press one of the send buttons at the bottom of the form.
Can I change a price on my shisa nyama poster next week?
Yes. Open this page, change the line and save a new picture. What you typed stays in this browser on this device until you clear your browser data or use another browser.
Can I print my shisa nyama poster?
Yes. Choose A4 to print or A5 to print next to the picture and press Download. You get a picture (PNG), not a Word or PDF file.
Can I put my own photo and logo on the shisa nyama poster?
Yes, both are optional. They stay on your device and are not kept for the next visit.
What does shisa nyama mean?
It is a Zulu phrase for grilling meat. It is also written chisa nyama or chesa nyama, and it usually means friends and families grilling meat over a fire, often next to a butchery.
Can I make a shisa nyama menu instead of a poster?
Yes. Switch to Menu or price list at the top of the form and type your meat, plates, sides and drinks in sections.

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