Q&A
Business Insight
with Don Spence, All Star
Catering Company
Q. Why are you in business?
A. I am in business because I wanted to leave a legacy and to leave my
family with a great business to live off of for generations to come.
Q. Why are in this type of business?
A. I am in the catering business because I have a servants heart and I
feel the need to serve my fellow man.
Q. What is your background?
A. I am a 1980 graduate of Conroe High School and a 1984 graduate
of Sam Houston State University. I have a background in the food
business from my parents who built many of the Dairy Queens in the
area plus I worked at Luby's for a few years in the 80s.
Q. How long have you been in business?
A. 9 Years
Q. How did you get started in this business?
A. I sold another business and needed something to do and my
background is food so we opened a catering company.
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Q. How did you get the background and skills necessary to run this
type of business?
A. I have a Business degree from SHSU plus my parents owned and
ran their own business my entire life.
Q. How has technology, such as computers and the internet, impacted
on how you conduct business?
A. The internet has changed the way the world does business because
I can have a customer find me on the internet with a few clicks and I
can have pricing in front of them within minutes. It makes us easily
found by the target group we are marketing to with ease.
Q. How many employees do you have?
A. We have 16 full time employees and about 25 part timers.
Q. What is the need that your business exists to satisfy?
A. Hungry tummies!!!
Q. How does your company differentiate itself?
A. We differentiate ourselves by believing in what we do and believing
we are the best at what we do. We strive to provide great food at a
reasonable price with the best customer service in the business. We
take care of the details of the event so nothing is missed.
Q. Who are the key players in the business?
A. Don Spence, Coaina Spence, Cody Spence, Dawn Bello, Mario
Jaimes and Camio Ramirez.