Catering news and trends

DeliverThat CEO: On-Demand Economy Prompts Same-Day Catering Services
Delivery // April 18, 2023

With diners increasingly accustomed to getting individual meals on demand, catering is adapting as well. In an interview with PYMNTS, Darien Terrell, president and CEO of third-party catering delivery service DeliverThat, which works with a range of popular restaurant brands and ordering platforms, including Chick-fil-A,...

Decline in WFH Poses Opportunity for Corporate Catering
ResTech // April 05, 2023

With remote work declining, food businesses are seizing the chance to reclaim offices’ meal spending. By the Numbers While most digital activities are becoming more popular, work from home (WFH) is the rare exception. Research from the latest edition of PYMNTS’ ConnectedEconomy™ series, “ConnectedEconomy™ Monthly...

Online Ordering Platforms Look to Revive Catering for Digital Era
ResTech // April 04, 2023

With catering irreversibly changed, digital platforms want to be part of the new normal. Restaurant technology platform Olo announced a partnership Tuesday (April 4) with catering delivery firm DeliverThat to enable its customers to offer catering options. A news release noted that the delivery firm...

Catering Set to Take a Bite Out of Restaurant and Grocery
Consumer Insights // November 21, 2022

It’s taken nearly three years, but the bruised and battered catering industry is finally eclipsing its pre-COVID revenue figures with a larger portion of total food sales than ever. This, as Compass Group, the world’s largest catering company, announced Monday (Nov. 21) that its revenue...

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Instacart’s Catering Feature Helps Grocers Challenge Restaurants for Big Orders

August 04, 2022
As food prices skyrocket, consumers are shifting their meal spending from restaurants to grocery stores, and Instacart is doing everything in its power to accelerate that shift. Instacart announced Thursday (Aug. 4) that it is integrating catering software subsidiary FoodStorm’s technology into its app to power catering orders and delivery for grocers both through the […]

ezCater Raises $150M To Scale Its Business Catering Platform

April 02, 2019
Food brings people together — every grandmother worth the title reveres that wisdom. That’s only part of the story, though. A meal that’s handled badly, or doesn’t get off to...