Features / Catering
Advance-order windows. Lead-time rules. Group order links for office floors. Corporate net-30 invoicing. Commission-free, flat monthly fee. A branded catering page that ranks for office catering and event-planner searches in your city.
Capabilities
Advance order windows
Set lead times by menu category. Whole pans need 24 hours. Sandwich platters need 4. Hot trays need 90 minutes. The customer sees the right cutoff at the right item.
Minimum order rules
Per-zone minimums, per-occasion minimums, and per-item minimums. A boardroom lunch in The Domain has a different floor than a hospital break room order.
Group ordering
Shareable group order link that opens to a single party. Each diner picks their own meal. The link locks at the cutoff time. The kitchen sees one consolidated ticket.
Corporate net-30 invoicing
Approved corporate accounts can order on net-30 terms with PO upload. Apple, Indeed, and hospital catering buyers expect a real invoice, not a credit-card receipt.
Branded catering page
Your own catering menu, your own pricing, your own delivery and pickup zones. Ranks in Google for office catering and event-planner searches in your city.
Same-day Stripe payouts
Catering tickets clear on the standard same-day Stripe schedule. No 14-day marketplace hold on a $1,200 boardroom lunch.
Use cases
Tech offices
Tuesday to Thursday catering
Apple, Tesla, Indeed, Oracle, Dell, IBM cluster lunch ordering Tuesday through Thursday. Direct catering booking pages with corporate net-30 invoicing convert 3 to 5x marketplace catering channels because corporate buyers do not want a service fee added to their reimbursement.
Hospital and clinic
Recurring shift catering
Nurses' station orders, conference room lunches, and grand rounds breakfasts. Recurring weekly catering subscriptions are a real B2B channel for restaurants near major hospitals.
Event and wedding
Off-premise catering
Spa retreats, wedding rehearsals, school events, sports team banquets. Catering orders in the $400 to $2,500 range are some of the highest-margin tickets a restaurant runs all year.
Game-day and tailgate
Pre-scheduled event catering
Phillies spring training, Permian football, Magic Mountain corporate events. Restaurants near venues see catering surges on event dates. Pre-scheduled orders smooth the kitchen rush.
FAQ
Catering orders typically require advance scheduling (24 to 48 hours for whole pans, 4 hours for platters), per-item minimums, and a separate catering menu with serving sizes calibrated for groups. The customer experience is different: corporate buyers and event planners want to plan ahead, request quotes, and pay with a PO or net-30 invoice rather than a credit card at checkout.
Yes. A group order link opens a single shared cart. Each person on the office floor picks their own meal from your menu. The link closes at a cutoff time. The kitchen receives one consolidated ticket with each person's order labeled by name. No bilingual coordination required, no spreadsheet roundup.
Yes. Your branded catering page is indexed separately from your main ordering page. It targets office catering and event catering search terms with structured data, AI-extractable menu schema, and llms.txt by default. Office managers and event planners searching for catering find your branded page rather than a marketplace listing.
Approved corporate accounts can order on net-30 terms. The buyer uploads a PO at checkout. Your team reviews and approves new accounts. Invoices are issued through DirectOrders with your branding and remitted to your bank on the customer's payment cycle.
Yes. The DirectOrders flat $249 per month covers all order channels including catering. No per-order commission, no marketplace markup, no service fee passed to the customer.
Ready to launch
Branded ordering, advance scheduling, group order links, and net-30 invoicing. Same flat fee. Same same-day Stripe payouts. Live in 2 hours or we white-glove you for free.