If you have read our post about How To Cater a Business Meeting, you can find out soon enough how involved a catering event can and will be for you.  As mentioned in the article, the location, time, number of guests, food items, drinks, and service are all extremely important  items that you need to have nailed down in advance to the meeting.

In the current economic situation, the budget that companies have available to spend on catering food to businesses, pharmaceutical reps, dealers, vendors and the link is certainly not invisible to budget cuts.  While this may appear for the sales rep as a nightmare, fear not, because Waiter on the Way can cater your meeting on a budget.

5 Steps to Cater on a Budget

1. Plan Ahead
2. Order in Bulk
3. Cut out on Expensive Desserts
4. Order Smaller Portions
5. Again, Plan Ahead!

Believe it or not, by simply planning your catering in advance can save you money and a headache.  By planning your catering you can find out what food options are available for the number of guests that you are feeding and how to stretch your dollar when your feeding them.  For an example, if a catering is brought to your attention at the last minute, and you call Waiter on the Way for the delivery, you may just order the tried and true items that you have delivered many times before and leave it at that for simplicity sake.  Now, had you planed in advance, you could call Waiter on the Way (260-442-FOOD), and speak to a customer service rep who can get the basic information from you about the number of guests and location, and recommend some budget friendly options for you.  Generally sandwich platters and Chinese food can go a long way.  The Mandarin restaurant on

Save money when catering your event by ordering in bulk.

Dupont Road offers a lunch special which includes a meal, crab rangoon, egg roll and cucumber salad for as low as $7.20.  Generally this amount of food is really too much for just one person, so when catering for a larger number of people, Waiter on the Way can have the meals put into bulk serving pans which allow 10 orders of food serve maybe 13 or more.  Generally Chinese food is very filling, and many options from beef, chicken, pork, seafood, and even vegetarian meals can be created to suite everyone in your audience.