White Paper

The State of Catering 2026: What the Data Is Really Telling Us

June 18, 2026

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For years, catering was treated as an operational afterthought, a nice-to-have channel that ran alongside the "real" business. That era is over. The data is unambiguous: catering is growing faster than any other dining segment, and the brands that recognized this early are sitting on meaningful competitive advantages right now.

The State of Catering 2026 is a market report built on real transactional data from 100+ restaurant brands across the MONKEY network, 8,000+ locations, $1B+ in annual catering volume, and 2M+ annual orders. Not a survey. Not a projection. Actual program data from operators who've committed to catering as a business.

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