Yes We Cater

We met with Yes We Cater during our reception planning and we did not choose them - I was completely unimpressed by them and thought I should share my experience. Maybe we caught them at a busy time and our experience is not representative of how they normally are. We drove all the way out to their office in Monroeville and talked with one of the owners for about 2 hours about the type of food we wanted at the wedding (we wanted all vegetarian food) - I noticed that the owner was not taking any notes on what we would want and since it was such a long meeting I was wondering how he was committing everything to memory! He promised to talk with their chef and send us a full list of menu options with pricing by the following Friday. At the end of that Friday we did receive an email - but it was so disappointing. He sent us a small list of a few things without any pricing and it was clear that he had not remembered anything we talked about at the meeting. It was almost as if he hadn't met with us! We called him and left a voice mail that we were confused by his email and that we thought it would be easier to create a list of what we wanted and have him provide pricing for it. We never received a reply to our email or our voice mail. We had shared our budget limitations with him at the meeting and I wondered if between the meeting and when he sent his email if he had decided that we weren't 'worth it'. Overall I was very disappointed with our experience and surprised because I had heard good things about them.

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[They know who i am]

I hired Yes We Cater for my wedding. I was referred by a friend & a third friend also used them. Aside from billing issues from the 3 of us (married at separate times) the food & service was good. Funny enough, they were voted #1 caterer on the knot, but i can't find them anywhere. Oh yeah, and...I designed a lolli cake that they took credit for in whirl, went behind my back for pictures from my photographer & are using a picture of my husband and I in their ads. Did i give permission....no. They are scumbags who are only out to make a buck for themselves. (and an extra few when they can get away with it. Last thing to share is that their famous vegetable lasagna is from Sams club. That's the box that they put your leftovers in.

[ed.: yes we cater sent the following email on november 27, 2009:
"Hello!......Hope your Morning is well......
We recently were told by an associate that there were negative remarks about our company posted on your site.....(when a past customer / acquintance was looking up info on the internet)....
we are formally requesting that your company / website retract the following statement.
[this comment inserted]
(as there are untrue / "slanderish" statements defamating our company's good name.......)
we are a fair and upright company........this statement does not reflect the overwhelming majority of our clients
opinions of our products & services........(most of this statement is indeed - untrue)
God Bless you in your endevours....and thank you for your attention to this!
Best Regards!
John A. Vallese
President
Marketing & Development
Yes We Cater Inc.
www.yeswecater.net
[phone numbers removed for privacy]"
my response:
"John,
Thanks for your note. I allow people to post their own opinions on the blog, always attributed to themselves. I'm also happy to post your response, if you'd like to write one, on the blog, as counter information. If there is anything slanderous or defamatory, you'd need to take that up with the author of the post, as I'm not in a position to arbitrate facts (that is, to prove defamation or slander, you'd need to prove that the statements made are not true, and I'm not in a position to determine their factuality).
If you'd like to submit a post, I'd be happy to post it and attribute it to you, so that readers of the blog can make their own judgments. In the meantime, I will post a note that the vendor has contested the truthfulness of the statements in the post, so that readers can be aware of your concerns.
Thanks again,
Lisa"

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