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What is it about ZeroCater that provides better services than competing caterers in the area?



If you’re using a lot of restaurants, it’s a chore to coordinate them. If you’re just using one caterer, it gets boring pretty fast. We let people get the best of both worlds: lots of variety, but simple to use.


Nice, can't wait to start using you when we get into the area!


a) it's easy as hell

b) the food is great

c) it's super flexible - if you don't like something, just tell them

d) the variety

e) you don't have to decide what you want (some people would say this is the best reason)

f) it's easy as hell


We were using a different catering company before moving to ZeroCater (don't remember who off the top of my head). ZeroCater has better food and more variety than that catering company did. I'm not sure if that's indicative of catering companies, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

That said, ZeroCater still has its own problems. The biggest one we've had is ZeroCater simply not listening to our requests. It took us a while to get a gluten-free option, for instance, and even longer to get it removed when we no longer needed it. We've also requested no fish several times, and yet we still end up getting fish on occasion.

Overall, though, I'd recommend ZeroCater if you're planning regular team lunches in a city where they offer it and you don't want to deal with the minutiae of it.


Overall ZeroCater is pretty good. Although I do think they can step up their customer service.




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