Catering
Events, quotes and deliveries — built on the Restaurant core template and adapted to how your catering actually operates. Run your store with stock, sales and the team working from one workspace built for how restaurant operates.
Catering workspace preview
One workspace, your way
About Catering
A catering business sells execution at scale — the ability to deliver a flawless dining experience for 80 or 800 guests at a venue that may change every week. Every event is a fresh operational puzzle: menu confirmation, ingredient sourcing, kitchen production, equipment logistics, staff briefing and on-site service. The margin for error is zero, because the date cannot be rescheduled.
The operational reality
The catering manager is finalising the menu with the client, confirming headcount, ordering ingredients, briefing the team, arranging equipment hire and managing the day-of logistics — all for multiple events in the same week. Quotes are built in spreadsheets and emailed as PDFs. When the client changes the headcount three days out, the ingredient order has to be manually recalculated. Post-event, cost reconciliation against the quote takes time that's rarely available.
Where growth bottlenecks
- Quote-to-event workflow managed across spreadsheets and email, with no version-controlled record of client changes
- Headcount and menu changes close to the event date require manual recalculation of quantities and costs
- Staff assignment and briefing done verbally or by message, with no documented confirmation
- Post-event cost vs. quote reconciliation delayed — profitability analysis not available until days after the event
How ConfigBiz helps a catering
Starts from the Restaurant core — shared capabilities, terminology and workflows — then configures for catering: specific fields, approval steps and reports. You describe your actual operation and LearnBiz AI proposes the precise setup, so the system mirrors how you already work and grows as you evolve.
What catering needs to manage
These are the capabilities configured for this template. Start with them, then adjust to your process — nothing invented, only what a catering actually uses.
People
Keep the team organized and shifts covered.
Recruitment
Hire the people you need without losing track of candidates.
Contacts & CRM
Contacts & CRM keeps the operational detail in one place.
Products & Services
Products/Services keeps the operational detail in one place.
Sales
Keep orders and revenue moving through the business.
Operations
Run day-to-day work without things slipping.
How ConfigBiz fits catering
Start from the Restaurant core (shared capabilities, terminology, workflows) then configure for catering: fields, approvals and reports specific to your operation. ConfigBiz gives you full control to create the exact workflows and reports you need in your catering business and the way your team prefers since.