Caterers & contract catering
One contract, one menu, one cost — controlled
Large caterers and contract-catering companies manage dozens — sometimes hundreds — of sites across several countries, with different contracts, diets, budgets and HACCP requirements for every client. CalcMenu centralises recipes, calculates costs per contract, plans production and ensures allergen and HACCP compliance for every site.
A solution built for your sector
CalcMenu scales to your operation, from a few dozen to several thousand covers. The goal stays the same: one source of truth for recipes, allergens, and costs.
Custom menus per client, with different allergen and cost requirements for every contract.
Institutional catering
School canteens, workplace restaurants, universities and contract caterers serve thousands of meals a day to people who didn't choose their menu and can't be asked about an allergy at the counter. CalcMenu plans and costs those menus centrally, tracks every allergen and nutritional value per recipe, and gives kitchen teams a consistent, compliant standard across every site — from a single school to a nationwide contract.
What your teams deal with every day
Every client has its own rules
One client bans certain ingredients, another imposes a cost per meal, a third requires a specific label format. The multiplication of sheets becomes unmanageable.
Costs per contract are hard to track
The same dish is sold at different prices across contracts. Without a tool it is impossible to know if every contract is profitable.
Client audits demand proof
Every client may ask for ingredient traceability, nutrition values or allergen declarations. Gathering documents takes hours.
Sites don't cook the same way
With 90 sites in Switzerland or 60 in Poland, every kitchen has its own suppliers, staff and equipment. Standardising recipes without stifling local adaptation is a constant challenge.
A European group's US division inherits the HQ relationship, not local compliance
The European HQ vetted the partner, but the US division discovers New York's and California's allergen-labelling laws at its own sites, with no fitting tool. The recipe and allergen data already exists in CalcMenu — only the US-specific label format is still in development, targeting Q3 2026.
One contract, multiple sites, consistent quality.
Recipes, costs and labels controlled across every client. You deliver on your commitments without drift.
Key features for this sector
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Diets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
Allergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Label Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Orders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Multi-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
We manage a network of several dozen sites across Europe. CalcMenu finally gives us a per-contract, per-site and per-production view: costs, allergens, margins and compliance in one tool.
Operations director · Contract catering · Geneva
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