For corporate drop-off catering
Office lunches that quote themselves
Drop-off is a volume game: small margins, tight turnarounds, the same order five times a week. Win it on speed and consistency — cost each order per person, price it once, and send it before the office manager emails the next caterer.
Free is 2 new events a month — no card, no countdown.
One order, priced once
Enter your sandwiches, salads, and hot trays once with pack sizes and costs, and every headcount prices itself per person. A 20-person lunch and an 80-person all-hands come from the same menu — no re-quoting from scratch.
Quote before they move on
Corporate buyers compare three caterers and book the first professional reply. Give them a booking page instead of an inbox: the office manager picks the sandwiches and trays off your published menu, sets a headcount, and sees a live estimate — so the request that lands at 9am is already shaped like a quote. It comes to you as a draft; your itemized, branded version goes back by 9:20 with a deposit line and an accept button.
The standing account
The real money in drop-off is the repeat order. Rebooking reminders resurface past clients who have gone quiet — roughly a year after the job, skipping anyone who has ordered in the last month — and one tap starts the repeat order as a draft, seeded with their name and last year’s lunch. Nothing is sent for you; a one-off Tuesday order just stops being a name you forgot to follow up.
What it goes for
A 50-person office lunch, dropped off, per person
$23.50 – $39.00
Total
$1,175.00 – $1,950.00
2026 market range: delivered drop-off service, standard protein, three sides, national cost average. Your number comes from your own ingredients.
Adjust this estimate for your guest count and region — free, no signup.
A starter office lunch drop-off menu
The recurring weekday order, ready to cost: mains, sides, and the things clients forget to ask for.
Mains
- Assorted sandwich & wrap platter
- Hot entrée tray (chicken, pasta, or grain bowl)
- Vegetarian / vegan main
Sides & salads
- Garden salad with dressings
- Pasta or grain salad
- Kettle chips
- Fresh fruit tray
Finish & setup
- Cookie & brownie tray
- Bottled water & canned drinks
- Serviceware, napkins & labeled allergen cards
Build this into CaterKit once as recipes — cost each item from your own ingredients, and every office-lunch quote starts half-written.
Price it right
Three things worth doing next
The deal, plainly
- No setup fees.
- Your clients pay you, into your own account.
- No per-quote quotas.
- Flat, published pricing — no surprises.
- Export everything, free, on every tier, forever.
Free is real — no card, no countdown. See pricing for the exact table.