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For caterers and drop-off catering

Get more catering bookings. Without buying leads.

We build your website, run your Google listing, get you found where planners are searching — and send a real answer with your packages in seconds. They email four caterers on a Tuesday night and hire the one who comes back first. Every inquiry is yours alone.

One extra $5,000 wedding covers a year of this. One flat monthly price, no contracts, and you own everything.

We'll build you a real page for your business in 24 hours, free. No call. No card.

New inquiries

11 THIS WEEK

  • Corporate lunch · 85 guests

    Fri 14 Nov · Riverside Offices

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Wedding · 120 guests

    Sat 7 Jun · Hill Country

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Office Friday lunches

    Weekly · downtown

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Birthday party · 40 guests

    Sun 23 Mar · private home

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Holiday party · 200 guests

    Fri 12 Dec · corporate

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Graduation · 60 guests

    Sat 30 May · backyard

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Corporate lunch · 85 guests

    Fri 14 Nov · Riverside Offices

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Wedding · 120 guests

    Sat 7 Jun · Hill Country

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Office Friday lunches

    Weekly · downtown

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Birthday party · 40 guests

    Sun 23 Mar · private home

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Holiday party · 200 guests

    Fri 12 Dec · corporate

    REPLIED · 3s
  • Graduation · 60 guests

    Sat 30 May · backyard

    REPLIED · 3s

Industry average: 42 hours

45%

of people now ask AI tools like ChatGPT for local recommendations — up from 6% a year ago

Cheers GEO Academy, 2026

83%

of food businesses don't show up in those AI answers at all

Local Falcon, 2026

78%

of customers book with the first business that replies to them

Pinch Hit Digital, 2026

We link our sources because most people in this business don't.

The Booking System

Four things have to happen before you get paid

So we built and run all four. Here's the whole thing in plain English.

  1. 01

    Found

    People can actually find you.

    A website built to take bookings, your Google profile kept current, pages that rank for what people search in your area, and listings on the sites planners already use.

    • Website + hosting, on your own domain
    • Google Business Profile, managed weekly
    • Local search pages for your city and cuisine
    • AI search visibility — ChatGPT, Google AI answers
    • Directory listings kept in sync
  2. 02

    Asked

    Nothing gets lost.

    Every way someone might reach out is captured — the form on your site, a phone call you couldn't pick up mid-service, a message from a directory.

    • Smart inquiry form: date, headcount, venue, budget
    • Missed calls texted back automatically
    • Every inquiry in one place, not five inboxes
  3. 03

    Booked

    They hear back before they move on.

    An answer goes out in seconds with your packages and pricing, then follows up if they go quiet. When they're ready, they get a quote and pay a deposit.

    • Instant reply with your packages and pricing guide
    • Three-touch follow-up on anyone who goes quiet
    • Quote and deposit links to lock the date
  4. 04

    Running

    It keeps working without you.

    Reviews get requested and answered, the venue paperwork gets handled, and once a month you get a plain-English report of what it all produced.

    • Review requests after every event, replies to every review
    • Vendor applications and certificates of insurance
    • Monthly report counted in bookings, not clicks
    • Past-client campaigns to get them booking again

Live in 7 days from the day you send us your menu, photos and domain — or your first month is free.

Who it's for

Food businesses that live on booked events

We work with

  • Food trucks and trailers
  • Caterers and drop-off catering
  • Mobile bars and coffee carts
  • Private chefs and personal chefs
  • Bakeries and dessert businesses doing events

It fits if

  • Corporate accounts and repeat clients are your best revenue
  • You quote by email, usually late at night
  • You've lost a job to a competitor who replied faster
  • Your current site doesn't ask for a date or a headcount

If you're a sit-down restaurant chasing dinner covers, we're not the right fit — this is built around booked events.

New this year

People are asking AI for recommendations. Most food businesses aren't in the answer.

When someone types “taco catering near me” into Google, an AI-written answer now sits above the results. When they ask ChatGPT to suggest a caterer, it names a handful of businesses. Being in those answers is a different job from ranking on Google, and almost nobody in this industry is doing it yet.

  • Plain-language pages that AI can quote

    Your packages, service area, pricing and answers written so an AI assistant can lift them straight into a recommendation.

  • The facts about you, consistent everywhere

    Same name, area, hours and services across your site, Google and every directory — that consistency is what these systems trust.

  • Structured data behind the scenes

    The machine-readable markup that tells search and AI engines exactly what you do and where you do it.

  • Checked every month

    We ask the same questions your customers would and report back where you show up — and where you don't yet.

Pricing

One price. Everything included.

No demo call to see it. No add-ons that creep. No cut of what you book, ever.

Booked

Solo trucks and one-person caterers

$199/mo

  • Website, hosting and unlimited small updates
  • Google Business Profile, managed
  • Smart inquiry form + instant auto-reply
  • Missed calls texted back
  • Review requests and replies
  • Directory listings kept in sync
  • Monthly report, counted in bookings
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Booked Pro

Established caterers and multi-truck operations

$399/mo

  • Everything in Booked
  • AI search visibility, checked monthly
  • 2 local search pages a month
  • Three-touch follow-up sequences
  • Quote and deposit flow
  • Vendor applications and COI handling
  • Past-client rebooking campaigns
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Booked Max

Multi-market and high-volume caterers

$699/mo

  • Everything in Booked Pro
  • 4 local search pages a month
  • A page per event type, tested against each other
  • Competitor tracking in your area
  • Quarterly review, by email — no meeting
  • 24-hour priority turnaround
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Slow from January to March? Pause to $49/mo.

Your site stays live, your Google profile stays managed, and inquiries still get captured and answered — we just stop the active marketing until you're back. We'd rather hold your spot than lose you every winter.

Our only fine print, in bold: new accounts start with a 3-month starter period, billed monthly — that's how long it takes for rankings and reviews to build up, and it covers your free custom build. Want pure month-to-month from day one? That's fine — there's a one-time setup fee instead ($499 on Booked, $899 on Booked Pro, $1,499 on Booked Max). After three months every plan is month-to-month forever. Cancel in one click and keep your domain, your site, your photos and your customer list. No annual contracts, ever.

Compared with

What you're probably paying for now

How this compares with wedding directories, pay-per-lead sites, and building it yourself
UsWedding directoriesPay-per-lead sitesDIY site
Typical cost$199–699/mo, published$125–150/mo entry, $1,000+ in competitive markets$8–150 per lead$20–50/mo
Are the leads yours alone?Yes — they come to your own siteNo — shared with competing vendorsNo — sold to several prosYes
Pay even if you don't win?NeverYes, it's a listing feeYes — charged when they contact you
Published pricing?YesNo — quote onlyVaries weeklyYes
Annual contract?Never12 months, with renewal creepNoNo
Found in AI search?Yes — we work on it monthlyNoNoNo
Who answers the inquiry?We do, in secondsYou doYou doYou do
Who does the work?We do — all of itNobodyNobodyYou, on your day off

Directory and lead pricing from published 2026 vendor guides and reported rates; neither The Knot nor WeddingWire publishes a rate card. We'll happily update anything that changes.

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Who's behind this

Built by someone who's been on the line

“I run a boba truck franchise. I know what it's like to see an inquiry come in at 7pm on a Friday while you've got a line twenty deep — and to find it again on Sunday when they've already booked someone else. I also know the paperwork: the vendor applications, the certificates of insurance, the forms every venue wants filled out differently. I built this because nobody was solving the part that actually costs you money.”

— Sam, founder & food truck franchise owner

FAQ

The questions everybody asks

What exactly do I get?

A website on your own domain, your Google profile managed, pages that rank locally, work on getting you into AI search answers, an inquiry form that asks the right questions, missed calls texted back, instant replies and follow-ups, quote and deposit links, review requests and replies, venue paperwork handled on Pro and up, and a monthly report. One price, nothing charged per booking.

Is the mockup really free?

Really free, and no card. We build a real booking page for your actual business and send a short video walking through it. Don't love it? Keep the ideas, no hard feelings.

Do I really own everything?

Yes — domain, site, photos, and your customer list. We register your domain in your name from day one, so there's nothing to buy back. Free export if you ever leave.

What's this AI search thing?

When people search now, Google often writes an answer above the results, and plenty of people ask ChatGPT directly for recommendations. Getting named in those answers takes different work from normal Google ranking — clear pages, consistent facts about you everywhere, and structured data. We do that work and check every month whether it's landing.

Do you guarantee I'll rank #1?

No, and I'd be careful with anyone who does. The trick is almost always the keyword: they'll guarantee you #1 for something like "affordable food truck catering in [your suburb] for parties" — specific enough that nearly anyone can win it, and that nobody actually types. Ask which exact phrase, then ask how many people search it a month. What we do instead: before you pay us anything, we show you the whole first page for the searches people really make in your city, with the monthly numbers beside each one. Then you get that same page every month, so you can see what moved and what didn't. I can't promise you a position. I can promise you'll never have to take my word for where you are.

How long before it actually brings in bookings?

Two different clocks. Your site is live in seven days and starts capturing and answering inquiries immediately — that part is instant, and it's usually where the first bookings come from. Ranking is slower: expect movement around 60 to 90 days and the bigger lift in months four to six. That's how search works for everyone, and it's why the starter period is three months rather than one. You'll get a report every month either way, including the early ones where the honest answer is "not much yet."

How fast do inquiries get answered?

Seconds. An inquiry at 2am gets a reply at 2am with your packages and pricing attached, and a follow-up if they go quiet.

What if I'm slow in winter?

Pause to $49/mo. Your site stays live, your Google profile stays managed, and inquiries still get captured and answered — we just stop the active marketing. Un-pause when you're busy again.

Do you take a cut of my bookings?

No. No commissions, no per-order fees, no per-lead charges. Flat monthly price, that's the whole thing.

Who actually does the work?

Our production system does the heavy lifting, and I personally review everything that ships. One point of contact — me — and it doesn't change.

How long until I'm live?

Seven days from the moment you send us your menu, photos and domain access — or your first month is free. We scope it that way on purpose: transferring a domain and getting Google Business Profile access are the two things that can stall a launch, and neither is in our hands.

Free mockup

See it before you spend a dollar

Takes about a minute to ask. We build a real page for your business and send it within 24 hours with a short video walking through it. No call, no card, no pressure.

This is a monthly service that runs your bookings — not a one-time website build.

We'll email your mockup within 24 hours. No spam, no sales calls — ever.