Your catering glow-up awaits: 10 takeaways planned for the Restaurant Catering Workshop

Tired of catering being a chaotic, complicated mess? Get ready to turn your off-premise business from a hassle into a hero at the Restaurant Catering Workshop…

Catering's new era: Meet the Top 30 Innovators of 2025

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

In its second year, the 2025 "Top 30 Movers & Shakers: Catering" celebrates the individuals steering the transformation — those scaling programs, partnering…

Top 30 Movers & Shakers in Catering 2025

The Top 30 Movers & Shakers in Catering 2025 recognizes the leaders redefining how restaurants win off-premise. These are the operators, technologists, and…

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Chipotle launches 'Build-Your-Own' meal kit

August 25, 2025

Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching a "Build-Your-Own Chipotle" meal kit, a digital-exclusive offering designed to feed four to six people. The customizable…

Vicious Biscuit's app sweetens catering, loyalty programs

August 12, 2025

Vicious Biscuit rolled out Vicious Biscuit Rewards, a mobile app designed to boost guest interactions and streamline operations, with a particular focus on…

ezCater enhances employee meal program with self-serve features

July 30, 2025

ezCater, a food tech platform for workplaces, has launched self-serve features for its employee meal program, Relish by ezCater. The updates aim to provide…

Nominations open for Top 30 Movers & Shakers: Catering

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

July 28, 2025

Nominations close on Aug. 17

Nick the Greek, Pei Wei, Hawaiian Bros tap Lunchbox for faster growth

July 17, 2025

Restaurants are prioritizing swift digital launches, with brands like Nick the Greek, Hawaiian Bros and Pei Wei adopting solutions from Lunchbox, a multi-unit…

Why community matters in catering

by Terry Matthews — Managing Partner, Off Premises Growth Academy

Community is crucial for meaningful progress, especially in the catering industry where challenges are unique and a universal playbook is absent. CaterLinked…

From Naya's simplicity to Hook & Reel's scaled hospitality: Unpacking catering success at leadership summit

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

The free summit features industry experts, including Alexis Ortiz, senior catering manager at Naya, and Margaret Monahan, of Vertex Hospitality Group, offering…

Lunchbox hosting 1-day catering summit in NYC

May 23, 2025

Restaurants hoping to grow their catering revenue and optimize off-premises operations may attend The Catering Leadership Summit, June 25, at Emmy Squared…

Flexing your catering muscles

by Terry Matthews — Managing Partner, Off Premises Growth Academy

Great catering programs aren't built on talent alone. They're built on systems, clarity, shared knowledge, and consistent coaching. That's training. That's…

Workplace orders driving restaurants' incremental revenue

May 5, 2025

The market for workplace food is expanding as businesses order restaurant food and introduce employee meal programs, sometimes as a cafeteria replacement…

Valsoft acquires MonkeyMedia

May 5, 2025

Valsoft Corp. Inc., a Canadian company specializing in acquiring and developing vertical market software businesses, has acquired MonkeySoft Solutions from…

Cartwheel, MonkeyMedia integrating to deliver automated catering operations

May 2, 2025

Restaurants may now streamline and automate their catering delivery operations, thanks to a partnership with delivery management platform Cartwheel and…

Newk's Frank Paci discusses adding digital ordering solutions, revamping catering

Newk's Eatery CEO Frank Paci joins Fast Casual Nation to discuss how the 98-location chain is adapting to major industry shifts.

Hawaiian Bros taps Lunchbox to grow direct digital catering

April 24, 2025

Hawaiian Bros Island Grill has selected Lunchbox to help it grow its direct digital catering. Launching Lunchbox Catering, Order Aggregation and Delivery…

How culture can make or break your catering operations

by Terry Matthews — Managing Partner, Off Premises Growth Academy

The culture of your catering business is always reflected in the experience of your customers

Grogan, Dardick keynoting Restaurant Catering Workshop

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

FastCasual is bringing you even more catering tips and tricks when we meet in Austin after the Fast Casual Executive Summit.

9 catering trends revealed

by Terry Matthews — Managing Partner, Off Premises Growth Academy

Sometimes, when I'm walking my dog, working out, or even dreaming, I start thinking about catering. I think about catering a lot. Like Sisyphus pushing that…