Career Opportunities in Catering

2 Min Read By MRM Staff

While business catering is not an entirely new concept, the opportunities it presents for all restaurant types can’t be ignored. Technological advancements have created a buffet of options for businesses and savvy operators need to be ready to deliver the goods.

According to Technomic, the $20-billion business catering market can provide sales growth, and for chains, a way to build same-store sales. Chains that have invested dedicated resources toward catering report that it represents more than 20 percent of their sales, they estimate.

“Business catering is growing like crazy,” Victoria Brady, ezCater’s Director of Caterer Care and Partnerships, told MRM magazine. “Employers are now looking to catering for the social aspects food provides.”

The Boston-based ezCater bills itself as the only online nationwide marketplace for business catering providing the gamut of workplace culinary needs such as sales meetings, training and events. The company, which features a network of…