Last time I spoke about the perils of being a corporate caterer in December, and about how one month’s normal business was usually crammed into 21 or 22 days. As…
I overheard this story in a local coffee shop in Austin, Texas and wanted to share it with you. Needed Box Lunches A small law office holds a monthly staff…
For those of you who are just beginning their catering journey, or for those who have been delivering food for years, I wanted to share the story of a small…
My wife and I opened a glorified Chicago-style hot dog stand as our first restaurant. We occupied a 700 square foot hole in the wall, we were carryout-out only, and…
One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is, “Why am I not doing more business? My catering volume seems to be stuck at (for example) $400,000 and no matter…
I’m happy to report that we at The Corporate Caterer have received some great responses to my recent post about a very frustrating issue with party leftovers. Lisa Peters, Partner…
In our early catering days, we were lucky enough to land a 1000-person casual buffet dinner event for our municipality’s city council. At that time, we were catering out of…
This hand-lettered sign was on the door of a local smoothie outlet: PLEASE BE ADVISED: YOU GET WHAT YOU ORDER HERE IF YOU ORDER A SMOOTHIE AND THERE IS SOME…
Let’s face it. We as business owners are different, and for various reasons we decided to start our own companies: We worked for a similar business and thought we could…