PrepStation

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.

No credit card · Publish menus you already run · Cancel anytime

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

NC

Northside Catering

Downtown kitchen · Order by 2pm

Cart · 3
Delivery 1200 Figueroa Thu 7:00 AM +1 more · 12:15 PM 64 guests Change order details
Staff favorite
Boardroom lunch

Boardroom lunch

$22.00

A complete individually packed lunch.

Serves 10–12 Min 15 Gluten-free Dairy-free Featured Customizable
Breakfast boxes

Breakfast boxes

$14.50

Breakfast sandwich, fruit, and pastry.

Per guest
Snack & fruit

Snack & fruit

$9.00

Fresh fruit with packaged snacks.

Per guest
Beverage station

Beverage station

$6.50

Coffee, tea, water, cups, and condiments.

Per guest
Clients browse real menu cards and build each delivery slot on your brand.

Why PrepStation 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

Every drop priced to protect margin

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

Cancel anytime

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.

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 on your own 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

Pricing for orders fulfilled out of Downtown Kitchen

Automatic

Calculation method

Flat

$35

Area

3 areas

Zone

4 zones

Matched by address

Distance

$2.25/mi

Zone pricing

Downtown
$25.00
Midtown
$45.00
Outer zone
$75.00

Shared options

Minimum order
$250.00
Free delivery
$2,500.00
Delivery settings use a saved calculation method plus shared order thresholds.

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
  • Give each menu item its own label color theme so boxed-lunch variants are easy to tell apart

Print labels · SO202607-1184

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.

Delivery Hub

Thursday, July 18 · Downtown Kitchen

3 stops 1 delivered

Maya Chen

1/2 delivered

1

Northside HQ

SO202607-1184 · 1 item

7:00 AM

1200 Figueroa St · Floor 14

Ready 6:20 AM

Maya Chen Delivered
2

Riverside Holdings

SO202607-0042 · 1 item

12:30 PM

480 S Spring St · Loading dock

Ready 11:40 AM

Maya Chen Ready

DoorDash Drive

0/1 delivered

3

Harbor Law

SO202607-1179 · 1 item

1:00 PM

700 Harbor Ave · Reception

Ready 12:10 PM

DoorDash Drive Assigned
Delivery Hub day workspace with driver lanes, ordered stops, order references, and delivery state.

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

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 →

Roux for drop-off caterers

Quote it, route it, in a sentence each.

Roux quotes boxed lunches and trays from the client's message, prices delivery to their address from your delivery pricing, and repeats a regular's order onto a new date. He assigns tomorrow's stops to your drivers and turns an office order into a group order.

Try asking Roux

  • “Quote 120 boxed lunches for Thursday”
  • “What's delivery to 1450 Harbor Blvd?”
  • “Repeat Harbor Tech's order for next Thursday”
  • “Give Marco the three Westside stops”

Roux proposes, you approve. Nothing saves until you do, and he only works in the apps you have turned on.

Meet Roux, the AI sous chef

Roux New quote
Quote 120 boxed lunches for Harbor Tech next Thursday, 20 vegetarian, cookies and drinks, delivered by 11:30.

AI Tool

Using Sales Quote (drafting)

  • Read your menu and prices
  • Split 100 regular, 20 vegetarian
  • Delivery set for 11:30

Roux

Done. 120 boxed lunches for Harbor Tech, with cookies and drinks, delivered Thursday at 11:30.

Quote · Harbor Tech Draft

Thu, Nov 12 · Delivery by 11:30 AM · 120 guests

ItemQtyPriceTotal
Chicken Tikka Box Boxed lunch 100 × $14.50 $1,450.00
Vegan Buddha Bowl Box Vegetarian 20 × $15.00 $300.00
Cookie Tray Serves 24 5 × $36.00 $180.00
Bottled Water and Sodas 120 × $1.75 $210.00
Delivery and setup 1 × $45.00 $45.00
Subtotal $2,185.00

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Questions drop-off teams ask

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

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.

PrepStation

Own the drop-off morning

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

No credit card required · Cancel anytime