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Food & catering

Catering Solutions

From a handwritten order book to an intelligent ordering, invoicing and forecasting engine.

The problem

A busy, overstretched catering company wrote every order into a book, delivered the food, and only then wrote out invoices by hand — so payment arrived late and admin never ended. Supplier orders were estimates, and they were often wrong.

What we built

  1. 1

    An online store where customers browse, order and choose collection or delivery.

  2. 2

    A full communication module that keeps customers informed when their order is confirmed, prepared and out for delivery.

  3. 3

    An integrated payment gateway API for online payments.

  4. 4

    An admin dashboard that receives orders from every source — website, email and WhatsApp — in one place.

  5. 5

    Integrated Claude API to analyse orders and generate customer quotes.

  6. 6

    Reporting that measures exactly what weight of each item was ordered, so the kitchen makes precisely the right quantities.

  7. 7

    Integrated Resend API for specials, mailers and client communication.

Inside the system

The online store: customers browse, order and choose collection or delivery, with the weekly cut-off in plain sight.
The full menu by category and portion size — every item priced, and into the basket in one tap.
Functions and events: an enquiry becomes a priced quote without anyone opening a spreadsheet.
Orders arrive from the website, email and WhatsApp into one inbox — the assistant matches each message to the product list and drafts the order for approval.
The private dashboard: orders, revenue, average order value and what sold, this week against last.
Preparation and supplier sheets: every ordered item totalled by category, in units and kilograms, exported at the click of a button.

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