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Catering and events

6 articles from the Katalyst team.

How to price catering orders and contracts — a pricing worksheet totalling food, labor, packaging and delivery costs, then adding margin to reach a selling price
Catering and eventsJuly 5, 2026

How to price catering orders — and write contracts that protect you

The real cost stack behind a per-person price, why catering food cost runs lower, and the contract clauses that decide whether a booking is profitable.

Lucas Hartwell
Catering — the $1M revenue channel most restaurants leave on the table — visual breakdown of catering economics, order sizes, margins, and scaling stages
Catering and eventsJune 6, 2026

Catering: the $1M revenue channel most restaurants leave on the table

Catering economics for restaurants: average order sizes, margins, lead-time logic, deposit math, and how operators get from $0 to $200K and then to $1M without hiring a full second team.

Lucas Hartwell
Catering tray of prepared food being staged for delivery to a corporate event
Catering and eventsFebruary 26, 2026

Why catering is the high-revenue channel you’re likely under-managing

Stop managing catering on sticky notes. Scale your most profitable channel with Katalyst. Book a demo!

Jamie Aliperti
Catering platter and corporate lunch boxes prepared for an event
Catering and eventsNovember 17, 2025

9 game-changing strategies to market your restaurant’s catering

Unlock serious catering revenue with these nine catering strategies.

Dan Roland
Catering invoice and order summary inside Katalyst POS
Catering and eventsSeptember 4, 2025

Revolutionizing restaurant catering with Katalyst POS

Catering is one of the most profitable channels in a restaurant — and one of the most operationally painful. Here’s how Katalyst’s POS-native catering turns it into a 24/7 revenue engine.

Jamie Aliperti
Catering order workflow shown across a Katalyst POS dashboard
Catering and eventsAugust 22, 2025

How Katalyst empowers restaurants to scale catering services effortlessly

From order intake and instant payments to capacity-aware fulfillment, Katalyst’s catering management lives inside the POS — turning catering into a streamlined, revenue-driving channel.

Jamie Aliperti