Last time I spoke about the perils of being a corporate caterer in December, and about how one month’s normal business was usually crammed into 21 or 22 days. As…

I overheard this story in a local coffee shop in Austin, Texas and wanted to share it with you. Needed Box Lunches A small law office holds a monthly staff…

For those of you who are just beginning their catering journey, or for those who have been delivering food for years, I wanted to share the story of a small…

My wife and I opened a glorified Chicago-style hot dog stand as our first restaurant. We occupied a 700 square foot hole in the wall, we were carryout-out only, and…

Too Rushed In my last post I told you about the time that I had to travel out of state to attend my son’s college graduation. Since I had never…

One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is, “Why am I not doing more business? My catering volume seems to be stuck at (for example) $400,000 and no matter…

I’m happy to report that we at The Corporate Caterer have received some great responses to my recent post about a very frustrating issue with party leftovers. Lisa Peters, Partner…

In our early catering days, we were lucky enough to land a 1000-person casual buffet dinner event for our municipality’s city council. At that time, we were catering out of…

Let’s face it. We as business owners are different, and for various reasons we decided to start our own companies: We worked for a similar business and thought we could…

As many of you have done, I started in the food business by opening a restaurant. Mine was a glorified Chicago-style hot dog stand named Wales on Wells located in…