Catering

Overview The Catering Module in Restaurant365 is a complete, integrated, catering solution for you and your organization.  Catering managers will be able to track events and their associated payments and tasks, catering representatives and their customer relationships, and manage and create catering menus and contracts with ease.  To activate the Catering Module, please contact your Sales Representative, or Restaurant365 support (support@restaurant365.net). To get started with catering, follow these setup steps: Request Access to the module by contacting R365 (Sales Rep or Support) Set User security access Catering Manager performs a one-time setup of Catering Settings Item Types – assign the … Continued

On the Catering Settings screen, Item Types, Commission Rates, Event Times, Event Types, Sources, and Catering Contracts can be managed.  Users with the Catering Manager role can access the Catering Settings screen from the Catering option in the top ribbon. Jump to Section: Item Types Assign Item Type Template to Location Commission Times Event Types Sources Contract Item Types On the Item Types tab we will create a template for the item types that will be used in our Catering Events.  In the below image we see the default view of a Item Types template that has yet to be completed.  When … Continued

Four new reports have been created for the Catering Module: Catering Commissions, Catering Event Profitability, Catering Menu, and Catering Receivables Aging. Each of these reports can be access via the My Reports page.  Ensure that users that need access to the Catering Reports have had their Report Favorites updated to include these new reports.  Click here for more information on updating / defining User Report Favorites   Catering Commissions This report can be ran over a date range.  Within the report, Catering Event Status can be selected (all Status types are selected by default).  The report will generate the Commissions … Continued

Catering Events are what drives all activity in the Catering Module.  Events are where your Catering Representatives will track catering opportunities from Prospect all the way to Complete.  Catering Events appear on the Catering Calendar and the Catering Event list view. Jump to Section: Create Catering Event Catering Event Record Status General Details Payments Tax and Charge Totals Follow Up Shifts Contract Action Create Catering Event A user can create a Catering event in one of two ways:  from the Catering options in the top ribbon, or by double clicking on a specific date in the Event Calendar.  Each option will open … Continued