We, at www.ordercorner.com, are always trying to save our clients money or work within their catering budgets. Here are some of the tips our catering experts use.
- Cold food will typically be less expensive than hot food. Boring you might say but not necessarily so. For example, how about a display of interesting wraps or interesting entrée salads served with hearty, wholesome bread rolls, or a taco bar.
- Know the portion sizes of your selected food caterer and the appetite of your audience. Often times, you can save by reducing the number of portions ordered of say a side salad. For example if you have 25 people attending an event, order a sandwich platter for 25 but only order 15 of an extra side salad.
- Keep a look out for all inclusive packages. These often represent outstanding values and will include all that you need.
- Trays are generally very economical. A tray that serves say 20-25 may in fact serve 30 people.
- Save money with drinks: order 2 liter bottles of soda or pitchers of water rather than individual cans/bottles.
- Avoid food catering services with percentage delivery fees if you party is large. If a delivery fee is necessary then look for a flat fee.
- Pick up or carry out can save delivery fees which often makes sense if your event is small or last minute.
- Use attractive disposables rather than china and glass as this will generally eliminate any set up fee.
- Place a small (aka lower cost) floral arrangement on a box, cover with the table cloth and it immediately stands out and makes a great impression.
- Invest in your own set of racks, water pans and sternos if you order hot food regularly. This will often pay for its self multiple times.
Want us to do it for you? Then just give us a call on 1 866 926 7637 or tell us what you want, and your budget, by completing our catering order form (log in or create an account first).
Happy budget ( but successful!) catering
Great Value Austin Food Delivery With A Twist!
April 21, 2009
The OrderCorner team is always looking out for great value, but even more so at times like this when budgets are being cut, and times are tough.
So here is a great value if you are looking for food delivery in Austin.
Berryhill Baja Grill, an Austin delivery restaurant has box lunches for only $7.99 and containing a complete lunch: a chicken, beef, or veggie Baja wrap (great tasting and a change from sandwiches), chips/salsa, cookie & drink.
Check out their lunch menu at www.ordercorner.com! You can place your order directly from the menu or if you want to do it by phone, just call us on 1 866 926 7637 and we will do it for you.
Our clients give nothing but rave reviews about this restaurant that delivers in Austin, so give it a try the next time you need a lunch delivery in Austin, Tx. They are far more than just your average Mexican food caterer.
Let us know what you think!
Catering Tips in a Recession
February 20, 2009
Our catering experts know how to stretch a budget. We do it day in and day out. As promised, here are some more of our money saving catering tips.
Money Saving Catering Tip No. 1
Trays are generally very economical. A tray that serves say 20-25 may in fact serve 30 people.
Money Saving Catering Tip No. 2
Save money with drinks. Order 2 liter bottles of soda or gallons of tea rather than individual cans/bottles.
If you are working to a tight budget and don’t know how you are going to provide food on that budget, then let us do it for you. Simply give us a call on 1 866 926 7637 and talk to one of our catering experts who will help you. Or complete our catering order form online at www.ordercorner.com. Also check out our blog entry on January 21st 2009 for another money saving catering tip, and stay tuned for more to come. If you have any money catering saving tips that have worked for you, why not share them with us and all our readers.
Your OrderCorner Team Helping You Stretch Your Budget
Helping You With Food Delivery During The Recession
January 21, 2009
Let OrderCorner Help You Manage Through The Recession
As we all know too well these are very difficult economic times. OrderCorner is committed to helping our clients manage their food needs and budgets. How are we doing this?
1. Together with our great restaurant partners we are developing lower priced menu items and packages that will help stretch your budget. Stay tuned for specific details. In the meantime don’t hesitate to share your recommendations.
2. We offer a free concierge service. So if you are shorthanded due to layoffs or illness or any other reason, just give us a call on 1 866 926 7637 or complete our catering order form online ( enter your zip code and press browse on www.ordercorner.com). Tell us your budget and any other preferences and our catering experts will get to work on your behalf! It’s that easy.
3. Our catering experts know how to stretch a budget and we are willing to share these tips with you. Look for future posts which will feature money saving tips. Just to wet your appetite here’s one:
Money Saving Catering Tip
Know the portion sizes of your selected caterer and the appetite of your audience. Often times, you can save by reducing the number of portions ordered of say a side salad. For example if you have 25 people attending an event, order a sandwich platter for 25 but only order 15 of a buffet style side salad.
So to check out money saving specials or to use our resources rather than yours, just go to www.ordercorner.com or call 1 866 926 7637.
Here’s to getting through these difficult times together!
The OrderCorner Team
Food Delivery: How to get the best bang for your buck!
August 26, 2008
In these days when food budgets are tight for many of our clients, we at OrderCorner ( www.ordercorner.com) work closely with many of our restaurant partners to insure that we can meet the budgetary needs of our clients, while still insuring that quality food gets delivered on time. Here are a couple of the items that help us help you, when working with a tight budget.
Tip No 1:
The relationships that we have with our restaurant partners and the feedback we gather from our clients have enabled us to often have a sense of the size of the portions. For example ordering a tray of pasta which states that it feeds 10-12 people, might in fact feed up to 15. This will lower the price per person if you are feeding 15 people
Tip No 2:
Look out for all inclusive packages. These are often great values and also very easy to order. We work closely with many of our restaurant partners and in some cases they will put together a package just for OrderCorner clients.
We have many other “tricks and tips” which we use every day in meeting our clients needs and we will continue to share these with you through this blog. If you have any that you would like to offer up, please add a comment to this post.
Finally just want to remind you that our order receipts all have an auto calculate feature on them so you can easily see how much you are spending a person!
