ESTIMATES, INVOICES & PAYMENTS
Catering
Catering
Catering
Software designed for your business.
Dinners to weddings and everything in between.
Thryv modernizes your business chopping down your time spent outside the kitchen,
leaving you more time for slicing and dicing.
Estimates, Invoices
& Payments
Get paid fast and on time with professional online estimates and invoices.
Documents
Share and save important documents for easy follow up.
Communication
Keep your customers updated and assured with reminders and communications.
Get paid fast and on time with professional online estimates and invoices.
Close more deals thanks to fast, professional estimates. Send electronic estimates and invoices for easy tracking and follow-up and utilize text and email reminders to minimize missed and late payments. Accept lump sum payments and payment installments online or process them on the spot via a mobile device.
Highlighted Feature: ThryvPay
Allow scheduled payment installments and minimize those late or missed payments. Offer your customers flexibility, allowing them to pay deposits online and automatic recurring payments for their remaining balance.
Pro Tip:
Send an estimate for the total amount and allow for partial payments on the invoice to take a partial payment (deposit) and then save customer payment information and schedule the remaining balance to be automatically paid overtime.
DOCUMENTS
Share and save important documents for easy follow up.
Upload contracts, menus, and images directly to a client card to easily locate and reference when needed. Access your up-to date files and save time searching through file drawers and stacks of paper.
Highlighted Feature: Upload Documents
Provide an easy and convenient way for your customers to submit signed contracts, images, menus, and other references to you online. Eliminate delays and get started right away with submitted contracts that are immediately attached to the client card.
Pro Tips:
- Send customers a direct link via email or text to be able to upload their signed contract directly to you and have it instantly attached to their client card.
- Send links for customers to download private images of events you’ve catered in the past.
COMMUNICATION
Keep your customers updated and assured with reminders and communications.
Deliver fast updates and reminders to your customers about their events via text and email. Get a text-enabled business number so they can easily respond and interact with your business. Never forget to follow up again, with automated communications months in the future.
Highlighted Feature: Inbox
Communicate with your customers and view and manage all customer interaction in one place. Use your Thryv Inbox to track previous conversations and quickly follow-up.
Pro Tips:
- Send quick messages to customers to confirm food allergies or dislikes and easily refer to them when cooking.
- Mark messages for follow-up to be reminded of task that may need to be completed from the message.
Thryv integrates with Quickbooks, Shopify and more, so you keep everything in sync.
Integrations available with
Thryv App Market and Zapier
EASY TO CONNECT WITH CLIENTS
“Those little things you don't think about as a business owner automatically happens with Thryv. It makes it easy to connect with our clients, set appointments, direct them to the Client Portal where we can track all of conversations. Client Portal lets us share menus with our clients...when they ask for it in a timely fashion helps us gain their business“
TERRI, EAT IT UP CATERING
Online Searches for Catering Services.
WHO IS PURCHASING
40% women
60% men
48y average age
$70k average income
48y average age
$70k average income
TOP SOURCES
73%
search engine
72%
company website
45%
friend or family
40%
ratings/review pages
23% print yellow pages
HOW ACCESSING
69%
laptop pc
42%
smartphone
63%
desktop pc
51%
tablet
1%
other
PURCHASE DETAILS
54% were new customers
87%
did NOT have one company in mind when they started searching
Consumer Stats:
Consumers (B2C - social catering) make up 63% of the total catering market. 1
36%
Female
39%
Male
Industry includes: This industry includes single-location, independent or family-operated restaurants that provide food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e. waiter and waitress service), and pay after eating. These establishments may sell alcohol and other beverages, in addition to providing food services to guests.
Did you know customers?
Are making more money
Positive economic growth and an increase in per capita income increases the need for restaurant services.
Eat healthier these days
Consumers are more aware of health issues associated with fatty foods and are increasingly avoiding them.
Expect your restaurant to be tech-savvy
Restaurants will more frequently engage with customers using websites and social media.
Trust online reviews when dining out
Around 20 percent of consumers use technology like online reviews to choose where they want to eat, and 67 percent use smartphones to look up restaurant directions.