Grow catering sales for your restaurant.See how:
FlashCater is an outsourced catering growth team for restaurants that want more direct catering orders. Our restaurant catering growth services cover local outreach, restaurant catering marketing, corporate catering lead generation, reorder campaigns, and direct ordering so you can increase catering sales without marketplace commissions.
Catering audit preview
What your free report shows
Readiness score
25 out of 100
$97k/yr
catering revenue at risk
~3,450
local prospects
Where the revenue is going
Recommended 30-day plan
- 1Start weekly office outreach
- 2Add table tents and to-go flyers
- 3Turn on reorder reminders
$25M+
restaurant orders powered by our previous systems
100-150
businesses we can contact each week per market
We handle restaurant catering marketing for you.There are no commissions.YOU own the customer, not us.
Seth Kramer
Co-Founder
Leads outreach, design, and in-store marketing. Co-founded Elevate Meal Plan, where he built cold outreach systems that drove millions in food orders across 5 cities.
Josh Cohen
Co-Founder
Leads analytics, engineering, and the ordering platform. Built the ordering platform behind Elevate Meal Plan, processing millions of orders across hundreds of restaurants.
Get more catering orders through marketing techniques the national chains use
Outreach pipeline
Sample local account activity
More local catering jobs
Outreach to 100-150 businesses near you every week
We contact offices, corporate parks, medical buildings, and law firms in your area - 100-150 businesses a week, about three times each. Every inquiry gets an immediate response so you never lose a lead.
More repeat catering orders
Every past customer gets follow-up to reorder
Every past catering customer gets personalized follow-up to drive reorders. The goal: turn one-time orders into recurring accounts.
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Did you know?
We cater!
Office lunches, team events & client meetings - same food you love, for groups of 10-500.
Scan to order catering
yourrestaurant.com/catering
Table tents, counter cards & menus - designed and printed for you
More exposure to current customers
Table tents, counter cards, and flyers so dine-in customers know you cater
We design and provide table tents, counter cards, and flyers with QR codes - so your dine-in customers know you cater.
More direct orders with no commission
Build direct demand without a marketplace commission
Reach nearby offices and follow up with customers who have agreed to hear from you. Direct orders avoid marketplace commission; processing, fulfillment and the cost of winning the customer still apply.
See the fee breakdown and calculate your costsVia ezCater
Before operating costs
Direct order
No marketplace commission
Illustrative $500 pickup order, excluding tax and tips. Uses 15% marketplace commission and assumes the same 2.99% processing on both orders to isolate the $75 commission difference. Your direct processing rate may differ. Food, labor, software and customer acquisition costs are excluded; these amounts are not profit.
We plug into your system. Or you can plug into ours.
Already have a POS or ordering system? We work with it, and nothing has to change. If you want one, we can add a branded ordering page, order management dashboard, and delivery logistics at no extra cost.
What changes when catering growth is handled for you.
Your first 30 days
Here's exactly what happens after you sign up.
Market mapping & setup
We identify thousands of target businesses near your restaurant, build your lead list, and create all outreach materials - email templates, call scripts, and printed menus.
Campaigns go live
Everything fires at once - outreach to local businesses begins (100-150 businesses a week) and in-store collateral (table tents, counter cards) ships to your restaurant.
First orders & pipeline building
We keep building your pipeline of corporate accounts and tracking early opportunities - the goal is recurring weekly and monthly orders, not one-offs. You get a full report on activity, leads, and results.
Get a free catering audit for your restaurant.
Not a generic PDF. Enter your restaurant name and we'll generate a custom report on your catering presence, local competition, and the specific growth opportunities we'd go after for you.
Step 1
Find your restaurant
Choose the right Google Places result so the audit knows the exact location.
Step 2
Scan your market
AI reviews your real catering presence, your actual competitors, search visibility, and local demand signals.
Step 3
Get a custom report
You get a report built specifically for your restaurant - the highest-leverage fixes to win more direct catering orders.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost?
Discuss service pricing on a call. No commissions, no setup fees, month-to-month, and cancel anytime. Multi-location pricing available on a call.
What kind of restaurants is this for?
Restaurants that already do some catering (or want to start) but don't have the bandwidth to actively grow it. Fast-casual, BBQ, Mediterranean, delis, sandwich shops, and Mexican restaurants are strong fits because they cater well to offices.
Why don't you charge commission instead of a flat fee?
Because commission would turn us into a marketplace, and that changes the whole relationship. To take a cut of every order, we would have to force you onto our platform and own the customer ourselves. A flat fee keeps us aligned: we plug into your existing system, you keep the customer, and when your catering grows, 100% of the upside is yours.
What if we're already on ezCater or other marketplaces?
Great. We work alongside those channels while building your direct ordering pipeline. Over time, we help shift marketplace orders to your own platform so you keep more of every dollar and own your customer relationships.
How do restaurants get more catering orders?
Restaurants get more catering orders by making the offer easy to buy, showing up for local catering searches, reaching nearby business buyers, promoting catering to existing guests, and following up with past customers. We build that system for you so catering growth does not depend on one lucky channel.
Do we need to already have a catering menu?
No. We'll help you build one. Send us your regular menu and we'll design catering packages, set per-person pricing, and create a professional ordering page.
We already have a POS / ordering system. How does this work?
We can plug into your existing setup, including Toast, Square, your own website, or whatever you are using. Or you can use our built-in ordering platform. Either way, orders flow into your kitchen the way you are used to.
We have multiple locations. Can you handle that?
Yes. We build a separate outreach strategy for each location based on its local market. Multi-location pricing is available, and we can put together a plan that covers all your restaurants.
How quickly will we see results?
Most restaurants see their first new catering orders within 2-4 weeks. Building a consistent pipeline of corporate accounts typically takes 2-3 months.
Is there a long-term contract?
No. Month-to-month. We earn your business every month, not lock you in.
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