Catering

Catering Events have Catering Segments to separate multiple meals / segments throughout the event.  These are customizable fields that the user can create as needed.  Segments appear on the Details tab of the Catering Event record.  Catering Menus and Catering Items are added to Segments via the Add from Menu, Select Item, and Create Custom Item buttons/selectors.  Click here for more information on Catering Menus, and here for more information on Catering Items   New Event Default Segment By default Segment 1 is generated when a new Catering Event is created as shown below:   Edit a Segment To edit the … Continued

Catering Categories allow users to group different Catering Items on their Catering Contracts via the Catering Settings.  Catering Categories are created from within the Catering Item record. Enable Subtotal by Catering Category To subtotal by Catering Categories, you must select ‘Catering Category’ in the Contract Subtotal By field on the Contract tab of Catering Settings as shown below:   Create Catering Categories To create a Catering Category, type the name of the Category in this field and if the Category is new (meaning it has not previously been created), the system will prompt you to create a new Category   Contract … Continued

Catering Items exist in the Catering Module and are the items that will make up the contents of the Catering Menus, and Catering Contracts.  Catering Items can be created three different ways: from an existing Purchased Item / Recipe, from the New Item option in Catering options, and on-the-fly while working on a Catering Event.  We will demonstrate the three methods of Catering Item creation, and detail the Catering Item record. Create a Catering Item The saving of Catering Items is the same no matter how the creation of the Catering Item is initiated, so below we will detail the three methods to create … Continued