If you’re ordering lunch or catering delivery for work, having a reliable partner makes all the difference between delighting and disappointing your employees and guests.
Whether it’s for an important event or for a regular workday, you want your food to check off a few boxes. First, it has to be good. Second, it has to reach the office on time, so guests don’t go hungry and meetings or events don’t get delayed.
But quality and timeliness are just two of the non-negotiables.
With a catering delivery service provider like Fooda, you get a lot more than good food that arrives on time. Online ordering tools make planning effortless, while flexible models let you scale on the daily, all while helping support local businesses and the people behind them in your community.
Let’s dive deeper into the top reasons why Fooda is the best catering delivery service for businesses.
Fooda has a network of over 4,500 restaurant partners serving a vast range of cuisines and offering various styles of catering solutions. Whether you want traditional drop catering for a special event or individual boxed lunch catering for an important client meeting, there's something for every occasion.
But what makes that network special is who's in it. Over 70% of Fooda's restaurant partners are independent local businesses. So every order you place directly pours revenue into your community and contributes to the local economy.
We love to show off our restaurant partners and the Fooda impact is real. When Blue Moon Barbeque in Lebanon, Tennessee was gearing up for an expansion, they needed a way to grow without the added expenses for leases, overhead, supplies, and staffing. Partnering with Fooda's catering delivery service gave them a low-risk, low-investment solution. They were able to get their restaurant in front of thousands of new customers in Nashville and increase business by 33%.
And more restaurants to choose from means you get a virtually endless selection of menus. With a library of cuisines at your disposal, you can always select the perfect authentic food for the occasion.
Plus, when you have options, it's easier to accommodate different dietary needs and preferences. You can effortlessly plan catered meals that are inclusive without being restrictive, all while helping your community thrive.
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The challenge with ordering catering delivery for work is determining the right quantity. Order too much, and you end up with food waste. Too little, and you have employees who are hungry and dissatisfied.
Many catering services make it even more challenging with minimum guest thresholds that are only viable when you’re ordering for a large group.
Fooda’s model is flexible and scalable, so you can order lunch delivery for just a handful of people or for hundreds of guests. It lets you scale quickly based on daily demand, which means you get exactly what each employee wants each day.
And when you adjust your daily lunch delivery based on consumption, it’s easier to manage your spending. No more paying for food that your employees didn’t even eat.
This flexibility makes Fooda the best catering delivery service for businesses with hybrid teams. Instead of using guesswork to order lunch based on anticipated attendance, you can plan your food deliveries around actual employee demand…even if it changes daily.
Companies like ActiveCampaign were spending $12 per employee per day with their previous food service provider. The program didn’t let them scale on a day-to-day basis, which meant food was brought in for every single employee in the office, including employees who didn’t want to eat.
This created tons of food waste, and the costs quickly added up as the company kept paying for meals their employees didn’t eat.
After switching to Fooda’s Office Delivery program, they were now spending $10.94 per person on average while budgeting for $12. And the consumption model meant they weren’t paying for employees who didn’t want to eat. The result?
ActiveCampaign saw impressive cost savings amounting to $100k per year.
Want to save on daily employee meals as well? Get in touch with Fooda to learn more.
Ever had to push back a meeting because lunch arrived late? Or perhaps you had guests fidgeting during a meeting as you all waited for food to get there. By the time it finally arrived, the food had gone cold (or lukewarm, at best). And you could feel the mood turning sour as everyone ate their meals in silence.
Delays in catering delivery are disruptive and inconvenient. They mess with your whole schedule, often forcing you to figure out a last-minute plan that still leaves everyone frustrated. It could even be the reason your deal falls through because your clients were too distracted by hunger to focus on your pitch.
Employees and high-ticket clients alike need to eat on time.
That’s why it’s so important to partner with a reliable food catering delivery service that will get your food delivered fresh and on time. And Fooda does just that, confirming that your restaurant partners arrive ahead of the desired time so there’s leeway to set up and sort out last-minute glitches.
So when you choose Fooda for your corporate food delivery partner, you can make sure your event goes off without a hitch.
With a 99% on-time track record, there’s a reason our clients let us run their workplace food programs.
The thing about ordering lunch for large groups is that there’s so much coordination and planning involved. Choosing a restaurant and cuisine is the least of your worries. You also have to think about:
Fooda streamlines the process with technology and the Fooda App to view menus and place your orders without having to worry about any other logistics.
The catering website lets you browse menus and filter by cuisine, dietary restrictions, budget, food tags, and many more. So you don’t have to go back and forth with various restaurants to plan catered meals that meet your unique specifications. But even when you order from the website, you still have a dedicated account manager making sure that the food gets delivered smoothly.
Meanwhile, the Office Lunch Delivery service lets employees place their individual orders without a food program manager having to deal with logistics. They can browse a virtual food hall using the app and choose what meals to have from a rotating lineup of restaurants.
Everyone gets to mix and match items from different featured restaurants that rotate daily, building custom orders exactly according to their preferences. So someone could get authentic tacos from a popular Mexican joint and combine it with pho from a local Vietnamese place. But someone else might combine burritos with Vietnamese iced coffee instead.
There’s a lot of admin work involved in planning food for an event. From getting accurate head counts and coordinating with vendors, the work may seem “invisible,” but it’s far from insignificant. In fact, these tiny details contribute to a successful event and usually take a significant amount of planning.
After all, deliveries that run late and missing items from your order could easily ruin your event.
Fooda sets you up with an account manager to help you with these admin tasks and make sure everything goes smoothly. They review your order, help with scheduling, keep track of deliveries, and stay on top of payments. So you can focus on enjoying the event while ensuring you get the right orders at the right time.
Fooda helps you customize a food program that meets your needs and provides catering delivery solutions that work for your business.
Fooda’s Corporate Event Catering service lets you order catering delivery from a vast network of unique restaurants in your community. You get to choose from an expansive selection of menus across different cuisines to serve fresh and exciting meals to your guests at prices that fit your budget.
Whether you need traditional drop catering for a special event or boxed lunch catering for an important meeting, Fooda gives you options that meet your exact needs.
For companies that need to feed employees regularly, the Office Lunch Delivery service lets you build a flexible consumption-based food program.
Employees get to choose their own meals from a rotating lineup of restaurants. They can mix and match items from different restaurants and build unique individual orders without having to coordinate with a food account manager.
A dedicated driver brings the boxed lunches to your office at the same time, allowing employees to eat together. Meanwhile, employees save time because they don’t have to manage the logistics of getting lunch from outside.
Ready to take catered office lunches to the next level? Get in touch with Fooda today.
How far in advance do I need to place a catering order?
Lead times depend on the size and type of your order. For Corporate Event Catering, we recommend placing your order at least 24 - 48 hours in advance to give your restaurant partner enough time to prepare. Your dedicated account manager can help you plan around tighter timelines when needed.
How do employee meal subsidies work with Fooda?
If your company subsidizes employee meals, Fooda makes it simple. Subsidies are automatically applied at checkout when employees order through the Fooda app, so there's no manual tracking or reimbursement process for your team to manage.
