Prep Station

For drop-off caterers

Clients order the drop You own the morning

Branded online ordering, fees that stick, packing by stop, and Delivery Hub routes—so corporate lunch volume doesn’t live in your inbox.

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Need BEOs, on-site staff, and time clocks? Full-service caterers.

NC

Northside Catering

Your brand · Order by 2pm

Cart · 3
Delivery · 1200 Figueroa · Thu Breakfast + lunch · Fee $45 live

Boardroom lunch

Per guest · Min 15

$22.00 Add

Breakfast boxes

Per guest

$14.50 Add

Snack & fruit

Per guest

$9.00 Add

Beverage station

Per guest

$6.50 Add
Facsimile — clients build the drop on your brand while you prep the kitchen.

Why Prep Station for drop-off caterers

01

Inbox stops being the storefront

Corporate clients reorder themselves—menus, modifiers, and slots—so sales isn’t typing every lunch.

02

Fees and cutoffs you control

Zones, distance, minimums, free thresholds, lead times, and blackouts. No more fee debates at confirmation.

03

Trays match the route

Print packing labels from the sales order, pack by stop, then run the same stops in Delivery Hub—or hand one to DoorDash.

No credit card for the live demo

Your brand, not a marketplace

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Drop-off mornings don’t fail in the kitchen first. They fail in the inbox, the fee thread, and the wrong tray on the van.

Phone orders. “What’s the delivery fee again?” Breakfast and lunch for the same client typed twice. Packing from a spreadsheet while drivers work a different clipboard.

Drop-off reality

You don’t need banquet staffing software. You need clients to order cleanly, fees to calculate honestly, and every stop to leave labeled.

The drop-off morning, in four moves

No banquet timeline. No FOH BEO. Just order → fee → pack → route from one confirmed sales order.

  1. Step 1

    Client orders

    Branded storefront with modifiers, multi-slot delivery or pickup, pay or self-serve quote.

  2. Step 2

    Fee locks

    Live fee from flat, area, zone, or distance rules—plus cutoffs and blackouts you set.

  3. Step 3

    Pack by stop

    Production Hub rolls confirmed demand into prep sheets. Print tray labels from the same sales order—quantities match the stop.

  4. Step 4

    Dispatch

    Delivery Hub assigns drivers and routes—or DoorDash Drive when your fleet can’t cover a window.

Branded online ordering

Stop selling lunch over the phone

Drop-off volume wants self-serve. Your online storefront publishes the menus you already cost—clients add breakfast and lunch slots, upsells, and payment without waiting on a callback.

  • Your brand and domain—not a rented marketplace
  • Multi-slot carts (breakfast drop + lunch drop on one order)
  • Pay now or email themselves a quote that lands as a sales order

Cart · Northside HQ

One order · two drop windows

2 slots

Slot 1 · Breakfast

Thu 7:00 AM

Breakfast boxes × 24

1200 Figueroa · Floor 14 cart

Slot 2 · Lunch

Thu 12:15 PM

Boardroom lunch × 40

Same address · Security desk

Delivery fee $45.00
Facsimile — multi-slot corporate cart with live delivery fee.

Delivery fees

What the client sees at checkout

Live

  • Flat fee

    Default metro

    $35

  • By area

    ZIP 90015 · Downtown

    $45

  • Drawn zone

    Arts District polygon

    $55

  • By distance

    Per mile after 5 mi

    $2.50/mi
Min order $150 · Free delivery above $500 · Pickup = $0 fee
Facsimile — flat, area, zone, and distance fee methods from Delivery settings.

Fees, zones & cutoffs

Price the road before they hit pay

Full-service teams argue about headcount and service windows. Drop-off teams argue about delivery fees. Set the rules once—flat, area, drawn zones, or distance—and the storefront shows the estimate before checkout.

  • Separate pickup vs delivery schedules and lead times
  • Cutoffs, slot intervals, and blackout dates
  • Minimum order and free-delivery thresholds
Labeled catering trays staged for corporate drop-off delivery

Pack by stop

Prep quantities for the cart, not a banquet floor plan

Production Hub consolidates confirmed storefront orders into prep quantities and per-customer packing. Ready-by times feed the same stops drivers will run—then print the tray labels from that order.

Tray & packing labels

Print the sticker from the order

Handwritten markers and mismatched stickers are how the wrong tray hits the van. Design label templates once—item name, allergens, ingredients, price, QR—then print a sheet from the confirmed sales order so quantities match what you’re packing for that drop.

  • WYSIWYG templates with Avery and Dymo stock sizes
  • Bind allergens, ingredients, dietary tags, and SKU on the sticker
  • Print from a sales order—toggle lines and adjust qty before the sheet runs
  • Combo and boxed-lunch variants can print their own label colors

Print labels · SO-1184

Northside HQ · Breakfast + lunch · 64 labels

Avery 5160

Breakfast box

×24

Contains: Egg · Dairy

Floor 14 cart

Boardroom lunch

×40

Contains: Wheat · Soy

Security desk

Fruit & yogurt

×24

Contains: Milk

Floor 14 cart

Beverage station

×2

Contains: No major allergens

Security desk

Tray Label template · Letter sheet

Print sheet
Facsimile — sales-order label print with allergens and stop qty on each sticker.

Delivery Hub

Get the vans out. Cover the gaps.

Assign drivers, reorder routes, print manifests, mark delivered. When lunch windows stack up, dispatch DoorDash Drive on the stops your fleet can’t cover—clients still ordered on your brand.

Thursday drop day

8 stops · 2 multi-slot clients

Manifest

Jordan Lee

Fleet

Northside HQ · Breakfast

#1184 · 24 guests · Floor 14

7:00 AM

Leave on catering cart · Security desk

Northside HQ · Lunch

#1184 · 40 guests · same address

12:15 PM

Same client · second slot

Overflow stop

DoorDash

Harbor Law

#1179 · 18 guests

11:45 AM

Fleet full at lunch. Dispatch DoorDash Drive for this stop only. Client still ordered on your storefront.
Facsimile — multi-slot fleet stops plus DoorDash backup from Delivery Hub.

Walk a drop from online order to the last stop in the live demo.

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Wrong software for the wrong catering day

Pick the path that matches how you make money—not a generic “catering CRM.”

You care about this

Drop-off mornings

  • Branded online reorders
  • Delivery fees, zones, cutoffs
  • Tray labels printed from the sales order
  • Driver routes + DoorDash backup

You’re on the right page.

They care about that

Staffed event days

  • BEOs for kitchen and FOH
  • Run-of-show timelines
  • On-site staffing rosters
  • Time clocks and attendance

Go to full-service caterers →

Questions drop-off teams ask

How is drop-off catering different from full-service in Prep Station?

Drop-off teams care about clients ordering online, delivery fees and cutoffs, packing each stop correctly, and getting vans out on time. Full-service teams care about BEOs, run-of-show timelines, on-site staffing, and time clocks when people work the event.

Can corporate clients reorder without calling us?

Yes. Your branded storefront lets them browse menus, add breakfast and lunch slots, pay or email a quote, and reorder under your brand—not a marketplace.

Can we set delivery fees by zone or distance?

Yes. Flat fee, area (ZIP/city/county/state), drawn delivery zones, or driving distance—plus minimums and free-delivery thresholds. Pickup skips delivery fees.

What if our drivers can’t cover every lunch window?

From Delivery Hub you can dispatch DoorDash Drive on individual stops. Clients still checkout on your storefront; DoorDash is an ops backup, not a marketplace.

Do packing labels match what the driver delivers?

Yes. Design tray labels once with item name, allergens, ingredients, and more. Print a sheet from the confirmed sales order so quantities match what you pack, then the same order drives Delivery Hub routes, slips, and manifests.

Do I need a credit card for the live demo?

No. The live demo does not require a credit card. Explore the drop-off workflow and cancel anytime.

Prep Station

Own the drop-off morning

Spin up the demo and walk online order → fee → pack → Delivery Hub.

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No credit card required · Cancel anytime