Seth Kramer, Co-Founder of FlashCater

I co-founded FlashCater with Josh Cohen after we spent years building and running Elevate Meal Plan, a food ordering platform that processed millions of orders across hundreds of restaurants in five cities. My side of that business was demand: the cold outreach to offices, the in-store materials, the follow-up that turned a first order into a standing account.

FlashCater does that work for independent restaurants. We build the list of businesses near you, run the outreach, and follow up until the office reorders, for a flat $400 a month with no commission. The articles here are the same playbook, written down.

Most of what I write is about the money side of restaurant catering: what marketplaces like ezCater actually charge, when paying commission makes sense, and how to win office accounts directly. Every rate is checked against the provider's own documentation and dated, because restaurants make real decisions on these numbers.

If you spot an error or have a payout statement that doesn't match what I've written, email me at seth@getflashcater.com. I'd rather fix it than be wrong in public.

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ezCater Fees for Restaurants: What You Actually Pay

ezCater charges restaurants 15% commission on marketplace orders, 7% on Online Ordering, plus 2.99% processing. See what a $500 order costs and run your own numbers.

How to Grow a Catering Business Inside Your Restaurant

A week-by-week plan to grow restaurant catering sales: packages offices actually buy, a 100-business prospect worksheet, outreach emails and call scripts, and a follow-up system that turns first orders into accounts.

ezCater for Restaurants: How It Works, From Signup to Payout

What ezCater requires to list your restaurant, how orders arrive and how fast you must accept them, what delivery and fees cost, when you get paid, and what you can and can't see about the customer.

ezCater vs DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats for Restaurant Catering

What each marketplace charges restaurants for catering orders, how their catering programs actually work, and which one fits your kitchen. Published rates for ezCater, DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Fooda and Sharebite.

Commission-Free Catering Ordering: What It Really Costs a Restaurant

How to take catering orders without marketplace commission, what the commission-free tools actually charge, the math on a $500 order, and the part nobody mentions: where the orders come from.

ezCater Competitors: Which Ones Fit Your Restaurant?

Compare ezCater competitors by the orders they bring, fees, delivery requirements and customer access. Find the right fit for your restaurant.

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