Use cases
For every kind of catering
A wedding, a corporate event and a festival have nothing in common except one thing: in all three the margin leaks somewhere different. Here's how SKANDA changes depending on what you serve.
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01 — By type of event
Three ways to lose margin, three ways to protect it.
01 · Weddings and social events
Wedding catering
When every detail matters, and so does the margin
Weddings are the most demanding events and, paradoxically, the riskiest for your margin. The menus are complex, the guests are exacting and surprises are frequent. Without rigorous control, a wedding can look highly profitable and turn out to be anything but.
+34%
Average improvement in quoting accuracy after the first month
Where it leaks
- Bespoke menus with dozens of variations
- Allergens that complicate production
- Last-minute extra staff that's very hard to budget for
- Wedding planner and agency commissions
- Venue fees that change with the season
What SKANDA does
- Build a bespoke menu for each wedding with its own costings
- Record the intermediary (wedding planner) and calculate the commission automatically
- Add the venue fee straight onto the event
- Compare budgeted cost against actual when the event closes
- See the real margin per guest and per event in real time
02 · Corporate events
Corporate catering
Volume, repetition and consistent margin
Corporate catering has its own challenges: annual contracts with fixed prices, a high frequency of events and a pressing need for operational efficiency. A business running three or four corporate events a week needs a system that works fast and without friction.
8h/week
Average time saved on admin and data entry
Where it leaks
- Many similar events with small variations
- Contract prices that have to be honoured
- Real-time cost control to stay within budget
- Managing multiple spaces and venues
- Reporting to justify margins to clients or investors
What SKANDA does
- Duplicate events quickly for recurring bookings
- Save each corporate client's menus and settings
- Record costs in real time from your phone during the event
- Generate profitability reports by client and by period
- Analyse which event formats are the most profitable
03 · Festival catering
Festival and large-scale event catering
High volume, tight margins, millimetre control
Catering at festivals, fairs or mass events is a game of scale. Margins tend to be tighter, ingredient volumes are far larger and any error in the costing multiplies across thousands of covers.
12%
Average reduction in ingredient waste
Where it leaks
- Huge purchase volumes at negotiated prices
- Yield loss and waste that hit the margin directly
- Managing stock during the event (running out vs. over-ordering)
- Casual staff that's very hard to keep track of
- Multiple stands or outlets with different menus
What SKANDA does
- Track ingredient stock and get restocking alerts
- Record real yield loss to sharpen future costings
- Manage several stores and locations from one dashboard
- Work out the real cost per portion with every factor included
- Close the event with a full profitability report in minutes
02 — By type of business
Which one are you?
SKANDA was built for event catering companies. Everything else grew from there: neighbouring businesses that suffer the same margin problem by different routes.
Event catering companies
A different menu every week, headcounts that shift three days before the event, casual staff and suppliers who raise prices without warning. Multi-service with its own guest count, auto-filled BEO and real margin before and after every event.
See everything SKANDA does →Every event is different
Coffee break, drinks and dinner on the same day, each with its own headcount and price.
Headcount changes at the last minute
Recalculate menu, purchasing and staff without rebuilding the quote.
Margin defended
You know whether to take the event before you sign it, not two months later.
And also for
Whatever your model, the margin is measured the same way.
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