Catering Power High-Volume Catering with Confidence

Discover how over 300 leading brands drive new revenue with a trusted and industry-proven platform for catering. Whether it's your first or millionth catering order, Olo helps restaurants keep catering accurate and efficient at scale.

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Why Restaurants Are Leaning Into Catering

$ 350
Average catering order size (10x the average individual order)
+$ 60 B
Expected growth of catering sector by 2034
30 %
Increase in average order value when brands use Olo's Catering+

Olo connects with the POS you already use.

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Why brands choose Olo for catering

Built for reliability
Stress-free high-volume catering with enterprise-grade technology you can count on.
Connected for scale

Integrate seamlessly with partners and catering-specialized providers for delivery, POS, and loyalty for a frictionless experience.

Strengthened by first-party guest data
Own your catering relationships—building loyalty, personalizing the experience, and avoiding costly third-party marketplaces that take your guests and data away.
Designed for a VIP guest experience
Flexible, customizable options to make catering orders a breeze for guests.
Trusted by leading restaurant brands
Olo serves 91 of the top 150 largest fast casual brands, nearly 60% of the Top 500.
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Boost franchisee satisfaction with first-party catering

Looking to operationalize from a scattershot approach, Freddy's chose Catering+ because it integrated with current systems, simplified operations, accommodated a custom front-end, and took only weeks to implement.

13 x
Higher average order value for catering vs. mealtime orders
37 %
Compound monthly growth rate in first-party catering
4
Weeks to launch first-party catering at 500+ stores
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Effortless high-value order management

Manage all orders—catering, direct, call-in, and marketplace—in one dashboard with tools like production sheets and calendar view to simplify fulfillment.

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Automation for accuracy & efficiency

Automate communications, production workflows, invoicing, and reporting. Reduce manual entry and errors at scale, ensuring superior guest satisfaction from prep to delivery.

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Win more, larger, repeat catering orders

Tap into first-party guest data, flexible payment options, tax-exempt and house accounts to drive higher average order values, boost repeat business, and personalize outreach.

See how Olo customers are changing their business with Catering+

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Our operators are already so busy [...] But after doing just one catering order, they see it isn’t hard or scary. And the sales from that one order are a major boost to revenue. All of our operators wanted to be a part of this, which was so gratifying.

Joanna Dean, VP of I.T. & Culinary Services
Black Bear Diner
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Olo has helped us grow catering by consolidating orders. With Olo, we can meet our catering guests where they are, be the most convenient ordering option, and own the guest relationship.

Diana Lawson, IT Product Owner Online Ordering Systems
Cracker Barrel

We were fortunate to have Olo continue to develop and grow its catering product [...] Catering+ has made us more efficient, more accountable, and better at tracking orders from the moment they’re placed to the moment they’re delivered.

Laurens Pitts, VP of Technology
Salsarita's
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Olo has done an incredible job of exposing webhooks and API so that we are no longer burdened by waiting on partners to build toolsets and can accelerate wherever we feel will bring the most value.

Brian Pearson, CTO
Mendocino Farms

Additional features

  • Direct catering (intuitive ordering interface)
  • Indirect catering (third-party integration)
  • Catering-specialized delivery service providers
  • Digital phone orders
  • Account management
  • House accounts & tax exemptions (drive up to +125% AOV)
  • Robust POS integrations
  • Restaurant-specific payment platform with fraud prevention
  • Catering-specific make times
  • Guest-facing quotes
  • Printable pack slips for FOH prep
  • Customizable production sheets for BOH prep
  • Calendar view
  • Order & catering management (bypass lead times, subtotal discounts)
  • Customizable delivery fee tiers
  • Add-on guest marketing

Get started with catering

Discover how to assess potential ROI, which elements you’ll need to succeed, and how to hit the ground running with catering.