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Steve DeAngelo (President, DeAngelo's Catering & Events)
Mark Lopez (CFO - Chef/Farmer/Owner, Crave Catering)
Location: Ignite Stage 1
Date: Wednesday, February 26
Time: 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Pass Type: All Access, CS Conference Pass, CS Premium Pass, Combined CS/TSE Conference Pass, Exhibit Hall Only
Track: CS-Business, Financials & Operations, CS-Off-Premise Catering
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All
It's one of the most important aspects of your catering business, beyond providing great food and excellent service: how to price your services properly. Whether it's out of scope work, delivery and transport fees, service charges, gratuities, holiday up charging, food costing, etc.—we all need to refresh and reboot our financials for 2025.
Back by popular demand, this fast-paced session will overview new ideas and pricing alternatives for on- and off-premise caterers. Focus is on being compensated correctly for the goods and services we as an industry provide to our clients, as well as identifying your target market. Bring your questions, seasoned caterers Steve and Mark will have your answers!