How to Price a Catering Menu for Profit

Catering pricing has to account for more than the grocery receipt. A quote can look profitable at first and still leave very little after labor, packaging, delivery, rentals, event-specific costs and overhead are considered.

Price the whole job

A useful pricing process starts by identifying the costs connected to the event and deciding what the business needs the job to produce. Copying another caterer's price does not tell you whether that number works for your own costs.

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