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Your catering website and customers belong to you!
You work hard for your customers’ loyalty and business. That is the bottom line. I was recently looking at the websites of many QSR and restaurant concepts that might be interested in Spoonfed and noticed how they have given valuable “real estate” to software companies or marketplaces…
Keeping a calm kitchen through the political storm
The UK is split almost down the middle right now when it comes to Brexit. About half of us are watching in stunned silence as the mess continues to spread, while the other half are fed up with the whole thing…
Confidence in Catering - Promoting your business online
With customers increasingly looking online to decide who to buy catering from, creating a reliable looking brand is more important than ever. But what’s the best way to build up a strong web presence…
How caterers avoid waste by giving customers what they want
Food waste statistics never fail to amaze. Around one in every six meals ordered away from home is thrown away in the UK. The average person in the US generates about four pounds of waste every day.…
How innovative caterers thrive in tough conditions
We have often written in this blog about the benefits of finding additional revenue streams through corporate catering, particularly in these tough times for the industry. Delivering to offices can be a great way to reach new customers…
The Caterer’s Christmas Wish List
Last year, Spoonfed’s Vice President of North American operations, Michael Mayer, wrote a caterer’s holiday wish list asking Santa for things that would make life easier for caterers. We’re happy to say that Spoonfed gave them all their gifts and more…
Spoonfed users growing by 20% per annum
In the first half of 2018 average hospitality revenues for Spoonfed customers were 20% higher than in same period of 2017. Yet more evidence of the powerful impact that Spoonfed’s catering management system can have on corporate catering sales…
Improving Catering - How we can change the industry’s macho working environment
The hospitality industry has always been known as a high-pressure environment, with short tempers and harsh words thrown about liberally. But could the staff and skills shortage in the industry be avoided by turning this around…
APIs - Catering systems that are connected
We live in a connected world. Running a catering business can require the use of dozens of separate systems, all run by different companies. It’s only through APIs that these different systems can speak to each other…
Like and Share - How social media can boost catering sales
Are you using Facebook and Twitter to promote your catering? Or could social media actually be holding you back? Most people realise that getting social media right can provide a significant boost to restaurant sales…