Product · Web app
CateringReturn: no more vanishing china. Count every plate.
A web app for tracking equipment handed out to clients. The crew logs returns right on the spot, from a phone, and the system shows shortages and calculates the deposit due at the very same moment.
Settlement happens where the pick-up happens. Shortages and the deposit amount are calculated live, before the van even leaves the client's venue, in black and white, with no disputes after the fact.
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Problem
A problem you know all too well
You deliver 30 plates, 30 knives and 30 forks to an event. The crew picks up whatever is stacked in one place, in a hurry, without counting. Nobody ever admits a plate got broken. Logging returns later, at a computer in the office, is unrealistic, especially when you collect three caterings in one day and everything gets mixed up in the van.
The result? You keep buying china and cutlery over and over. On paper the catering makes money, but in practice the profit is eaten by losses nobody counts. With one plate costing 30 PLN and a fork 10 PLN, that is real money leaking out of the company every month.
Solution
Equipment settlement moved from the office to the pick-up site
CateringReturn moves equipment settlement from the office straight to the pick-up site. The crew opens the job on a phone, sees every item with a photo and the quantity that went out, and enters how much actually came back. The system immediately shows shortages and the deposit amount, before the van leaves the client's venue.
The conversation with the client then sounds like: "Two knives are missing, please check whether they were left in the hall. If not, we charge the deposit." Everything in black and white, on the spot, with no disputes after the fact.
What you get
Everything you need to settle on the spot
- Pick-up from a phone, at the client'sThe crew logs returns on site, no paper, no counting at the office, no retyping.
- Photos of every itemThe crew and the client instantly know which piece of equipment is meant, no more "shallow or deep plate" mix-ups.
- Shortages counted live"2 pcs missing → 60 PLN" appears immediately, and the total deposit sums up at the bottom of the screen.
- Two prices in one systemThe deposit charged to the client and the real replacement cost tracked separately, you charge the way you want.
- Every job separateThree caterings in one day? Each has its own pick-up screen, no more mixing equipment between clients.
- Reports that show the leaksWhat goes missing most often, which clients generate the most shortages, how much deposit is left to settle.
- Zero installationRuns in the browser on any phone and computer. The crew installs nothing and creates no accounts with app stores.
- Your brandYour company's logo and colours, so the app looks like yours, not someone else's tool.
How it works
In three steps
The office prepares the job
Picks the client and equipment from the catalogue, enters quantities.
The crew collects at the client's
Item by item, with a photo, they log returns straight from a phone.
The system settles
It automatically counts shortages and the deposit, and the office gets a ready summary to close the case.
Who it is for
Wherever equipment goes out to a client and must come back complete
Catering companies, event and gastronomy equipment rentals, businesses running events and receptions: anywhere equipment travels to a client and is supposed to come back complete.
Why it pays off
A leak that pays for itself in the first month
A plate costs 30 PLN, a fork 10 PLN, plus glassware, chafing dishes, thermoses. With a few events a week, uncounted losses easily run into thousands of złoty a month. CateringReturn seals that leak. In most companies it pays for itself within the first month of use.
Security and hosting
Your data stays yours
- Hosted on a server in Poland.
- Encrypted connection (HTTPS).
- Automatic backups.
- Equipment, job and settlement data belongs only to you.
Results
What you gain
Stop re-buying china. Start counting returns.
Book a free demo and I will walk you through the system on your own example and prepare a quote matched to the size of your company.