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  "title": "Catering Service Automation: Quotes, Scheduling | Hebora",
  "meta_description": "Catering service automation: bespoke quote, event management, logistics follow-up, retention for households and businesses. Without diluting the bespoke craft.",
  "h1": "Catering service automation: quotes, scheduling, retention",
  "lead_paragraph": "Catering: standardise the quote without killing the bespoke dimension.",
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "The real problem in a catering service"
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      "text": "What can be automated for a caterer"
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      "text": "Step-by-step method to automate a catering service"
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      "text": "The five automations that pay off the most"
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      "text": "How do you standardise the client brief?"
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      "text": "GDPR for events and guests?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "What's the budget for a solo caterer?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "How do you integrate to professional software (TraiteurPro, EventGo)?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "How do you handle guest dietary constraints (allergies, halal, veg)?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "How do you handle last-minute adjustments (guest count change)?"
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      "text": "Want to automate your business?"
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      "text": "Restaurant automation"
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      "text": "Butcher shop automation"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Florist shop automation"
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      "heading": "The real problem in a catering service",
      "intro": "A caterer does half their commercial work in the quote. 30-60 minute brief on phone or video (date, place, number of guests, type of event, dietary constraints, budget, service level), manual pricing by the chef or salesperson (1-2 hours of calculation), quote sending (15 minutes). If the client doesn't sign, that time is lost — i.e., 4-6 hours of commercial work for a non-converting request."
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      "heading": "What can be automated for a caterer",
      "intro": "Structured brief intake: smart form with 10-15 questions (date, place with access, number of guests, event type, detailed dietary constraints, budget envelope, service level desired). Conditional form adapts questions based on event type (wedding vs seminar vs anniversary)."
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    {
      "heading": "Step-by-step method to automate a catering service",
      "intro": "<strong>Step 1.</strong> Build the smart form (Typeform, Tally, or CRM-bundled). Conditional based on event type. Test on 10 requests before locking."
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      "heading": "The five automations that pay off the most",
      "intro": "<strong>1. Smart brief form.</strong> Cost: 30-80 €/month (Typeform, Tally + integrations). Gain: 80-90% of leads go through the form instead of the phone, freeing 6-10h/week of info-taking for the salesperson or chef."
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    {
      "heading": "What to avoid in a catering service",
      "intro": "No 100% automated quote. The catering quote is a scoping exercise that requires the chef's expertise (product seasonality, logistical constraints, menu feasibility). AI can pre-fill, the chef validates. A quote sent without human validation = commercial and quality risk."
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    {
      "heading": "Realistic costs and ROI for a catering service",
      "intro": "For a 1-5 person caterer, expect 100-300 €/month combined tools (form + quote generator + CRM + nudge). Hebora scoping fee between 1 800 and 4 500 € depending on scope."
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    {
      "heading": "FAQ",
      "intro": "Smart form with 10-15 conditional questions (questions adapt based on event type). Covers date, place with access, number of guests, type, detailed dietary constraints, budget envelope, service level. Lets you produce a coherent pre-quote in 10-15 minutes instead of 1-2 hours."
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    {
      "heading": "Want to automate your business?",
      "intro": "Hebora helps small and medium businesses in Brussels scope their automations before touching any tool. 30 free minutes to figure out what's actually worth automating in your context."
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    {
      "heading": "Related pages",
      "intro": "Orders, reservations, no-shows. QR codes and SMS reminders."
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      "label": "Quotes abandoned mid-flow without a quick follow-up.",
      "value": "~30%"
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    {
      "label": "Automations that change profitability.",
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