Setting up Catering

1. Build your Catering menu
Start by building a dedicated Catering menu. This is separate from your regular menu.

• If you’re a standalone venue, build your menu directly in Bopple.
• If you’re integrated with POS, create your menu there and import it to Bopple.

See menu setup guides:

• Standalone
  
• Lightspeed
• Square

2. Assign categories to Catering order types
Once your menu exists in Bopple, choose which categories are available for Catering Pick-up and/or Catering Delivery.

• Bopple Back Office → Menu → Availability → Categories
• Select Edit next to the category 
• Choose Restricted order types only
• Tick the orders types you want the category enabled for

3. Contact Bopple for access
Bopple needs to enable Catering order types for your store.

Let us know if you’re offering Catering Pickup, Catering Delivery, or both, and we’ll switch them on.

Start a 💬 live chat below or 📧 email us at help@bopple.com and our team will enable the new feature for you.

4. Configure your Catering fulfilment settings
Once Catering is enabled, set up your fulfilment rules in the Back Office.

• Bopple Back Office → Store settings → Fulfilment
• Select Configure next to Catering Pick-up (or Catering Delivery)
• Update the settings to match your workflows
  • Minimum order amount — the minimum spend required for Catering orders
  • How far in advance can customers schedule orders? — how far ahead customers can schedule orders
  • How much lead time do you require for orders? — how much notice you need to prepare an order (i.e. 2 days notice)
  • Do you have a daily cut-off time for orders? — set a cut off time (i.e. order by 2pm for next day)
  • Scheduling interval — time interval by which customers can schedule orders for (i.e. 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, etc)
  • Email notifications — set an email to receive Catering order alerts
  • Order confirmation notice — text that will be shown after checkout, and included on receipts

5. Place a test order and go live
Place a test order to check the customer experience.

Once you’re happy with the setup, your Catering menus are ready to accept real orders.