Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / The Secret Sauce to Successful Events
Written By: Ben Sick These days, I’m often asked what will make up a successful post-pandemic event. My answer may surprise you: it’s all in the training. When planning a reopening of your event operations, you will undoubtedly have a laundry list of items that you need to consider. While training may not be first […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / Death. Taxes. Catering.
How to Be a Leader in the Post-Pandemic Event Space Written By: Mike Healey Inevitability Death. Taxes. Catering. While life’s list of unavoidable activities might be comforting over the long haul, the above certainty will offer little comfort to any caterer caught during the first weeks and months of a seismic market interruption. Catering […]
Home / Blog / Culture / 1,000 Meals Delivered: CaterTrax Thanks Essential Workers, Supports Local Restaurants
With strong ties to the foodservice industry on a national and local level, CaterTrax has seen firsthand the challenges that restaurants have encountered as a result of the pandemic. In early 2021, our team developed a meal delivery program that aimed to accomplish two main goals: Show our gratitude to local first responders and frontline […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / Tips for Managing a Successful Take Home Meal Program in Non-Commercial Foodservice
Non-commercial foodservice operators got creative in 2020, finding new ways to safely serve customers while fighting the spread of COVID-19. Given the nature of the service model, take home meals quickly became a key menu offering for multiple reasons. Take home meals: Provide customers an opportunity to skip the grocery store, helping to limit interaction […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / 11 Best Practices to Promote Your Take-Out Services Using Social Media
How Non-Commercial Foodservice Operators Can Use Social Media to Stay Connected with Customers and Drive Take-Out Sales as Pandemic Uncertainties Remain The non-commercial foodservice industry quickly recognized the importance of offering take-out services during the coronavirus pandemic. As the industry transitioned to serve customers in new ways, take-out has provided operators a safe way to […]
Home / Blog / Platform Updates / Customer Satisfaction Is the Heart of Your Online Catering Business
Customer satisfaction is the heart of your hospitality business, in person and online. Ensuring a good customer experience online is important for your brand and return business. Recent studies show 76% of people are likely to dine at a restaurant if they previously enjoyed an online delivery from there. To put it simply, your business […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / 2020 Senior Dining Trends
What Must Senior Dining Operators Do to Stay Competitive and Elevate the Senior Dining Experience Accounting for generational differences of the aging population is no small feat for senior dining professionals. Rewind to 20 years ago. Many senior living facilities had only one main sit-down dining room which served breakfast at 8 AM, lunch at […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / Lower Credit Card Processing Fees
Offering online ordering with payment processing is not only convenient but it also significantly increases your bottom line. It’s a must-have to compete in today’s foodservice landscape. So how can you reap the benefits without getting crushed by credit card processing fees? This article explains how to reduce transactional fees to help you optimize the […]
Home / Blog / Platform Updates / Meet the New Master Invoice
Multiple Orders, One Payment We’re excited to announce the enhanced Master Invoice. CaterTrax administrators will be able to group an individual customer’s orders into a single invoice with a unique ID and apply one payment. Each unique order’s production details are kept intact. With this enhancement, CaterTrax administrators can: Associate individual orders into a single, […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / Surprise-Induced Stress: An Unfortunate Symptom of Event Catering
What do Catering Managers and their customers have in common? They DO NOT like surprises. Your customers, like Conference Managers and Event Coordinators, have a lot riding on planning the perfect event and they need your help to pull it off. Understanding your customer’s biggest frustrations ahead of time reduces any surprise-induced stress for them […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / What Students Want from College and University Foodservice Operations
How to Keep Hungry Students on Campus Keeping students well-nourished and healthy is the overarching mission of college and university foodservice operations. But, keeping hungry students on campus is a key challenge which operators face. A recent Technomic study found that “69% of students eat off-campus at least once a week” and only “33% of […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / 5 Ways to Promote Sustainability in Healthcare Foodservice
How to Reduce Waste for Sustainability in Healthcare Foodservice Operations Did you know that when food ends up in a landfill it releases harmful methane gas which heats the atmosphere and contributes to climate change? Food is one of the 3 largest sources of waste received by landfills, challenging healthcare foodservice operators to implement programs […]
Home / Blog / Platform Updates / Coming Soon! A New Online Ordering Experience
TRAX Platform Catering Software Enhancements Online ordering platforms are always evolving as industry trends, technology advances, and consumer needs continuously change across the non-commercial foodservice industry. Ordering technology must be responsive, user-friendly, and provide a positive customer experience while only requiring a minimal number of clicks for customers to place orders. Businesses must also maintain […]
Home / Blog / Culture / Employees Recognized for Dedication to Core Values at CaterTrax
TRAX Star Winners, Q4 2018 Employee recognition has always been a strong part of CaterTrax’s company culture. The TRAX Star Program allows employees to nominate peers for a TRAX Star to show appreciation when individuals go above and beyond what is typically expected of them. By showing appreciation for one another, we continue to spread […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / Non-Commercial Foodservice Operators Fuel Urgency to Buy with Limited-Time Offers (LTOs)
LTO Menu Planning Best Practices Strategically offering limited-time offers (LTOs) serves as a low-cost, high-profit avenue to drive customer excitement and increase sales. Products available only for a limited-time fuel consumers’ urgency to buy and with 50% of millennials and gen X-ers aiming to be the first among their peers to try an establishment’s new […]
Home / Blog / Culture / CaterTrax Core Values in Action Throughout Q2 2018
Star Employees Recognized for Going Above and Beyond As part of the interview process here, we ensure every potential hire will be a good fit for our team and company culture. CaterTrax core values are taken very seriously throughout the entire organization so when we grow our staff, it’s important that each new hire is […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / How to Improve Foodservice Employee Retention Rates
Maintaining a team of talented individuals in the foodservice industry is not a simple task. In 2016, the turnover rate in the hospitality sector topped 70%, causing foodservice operators to wonder “What can I do to motivate employees to stick around long-term?” When operators take time to research and implement better ways to manage their […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / The Power of Plug-Ins
We understand that as a foodservice operator, you are doing a lot every day, from managing catering orders, fulfilling take-out orders, balancing deliveries, and even managing floor stock and replenishment for your organization. Many of our current administrators came to us eager to get the chaos of their catering businesses under control – a transition […]
Home / Blog / Food Feed / 2018 Spring Menu Trends
Non-Commercial Foodservice Spring Menu Trends Spring is officially here! It’s time for flowers to start blooming, your favorite produce to be back in season, and menus to get a much-needed seasonal refresh. Spring offers a great opportunity for non-commercial foodservice operators to revamp their menus with limited time menu offers and seasonal flavors to drive […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / What Do Residents Expect from Senior Living Foodservice Operators?
Cater to Seniors with Snacks, Meals at Their Convenience The idea of needing instant gratification is typically associated with the younger generations of today, but senior living foodservice operators are seeing this expectation more and more among the newest wave of residents entering their facilities. Senior living diners no longer want to rely on eating […]
