It seems that I'm always looking for a great provider or tradesman [or woman] to do something. A handyman, an ISP, a copy writer, web designer, courier service, removals van or caterer ... to name a few. It's great when friends and associates can recommend someone ... but sometimes you're on your own and you just have to trust a total stranger.

I also find that often the BIG GUYS are quite arrogant and don't quite offer the service you'd expect. Like a while ago [pre Bread and Butter] ... my son cracked the sand-blasted glass door in the bathroom. I looked in the Yellow Pages for a glass provider and picked out two. One with a big expensive ad [thinking they must have been in business a while to afford such a big ad] and one small business - Landsdowne Glass in Claremont - did the most amazing job. Got a quote on the phone in minutes - R650 - and the glass was replaced in 24 hours [would have been sooner if it wasn't sand-blasted]. The other BIG-company-with-the-full-page-ad phoned me with the quote four days later! And the quote was for R1750. Go figure?!

So - in essence - that's what Bread and Butter is all about. Giving small businesses ... who don't have large budgets a chance to get more business very cost effectively. And giving them the opportunity to be rated by their clients so that the next client will trust their work.

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