Catering ordering software
Catering ordering software, built for Irish caterers
Breakout gives caterers who feed offices, councils and public bodies their own online order page, with Purchase Orders and card payments built in. Prep lists, invoices, payment tracking and monthly reports are done for you. One flat monthly fee, no commission.
What it replaces
- Orders arriving by email, phone and text, and getting missed
- PO numbers buried in email threads
- Retyping orders into a spreadsheet or a diary
- Building invoices one at a time
- Chasing payments you can't see at a glance
- Days at month end tallying sales and VAT for the accountant
Caterers tell us they lose up to two days a month tallying orders, invoices and reports.
How online ordering works with Breakout
- 1
Your customer orders on your page
They pick the office, room, headcount, items, day and time on breakout.ie/your-name, with your logo, menu and prices.
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They pay by Purchase Order or card
PO customers enter their PO number and confirm their email with a code. Card payments go straight into your own SumUp or Square account.
- 3
You're told straight away
Each new order arrives by email, and by WhatsApp if you switch it on, and goes onto that day's prep list.
- 4
The admin does itself
Invoices in your name, paid, owed and overdue at a glance, and monthly reports ready for your accountant.
Everything a corporate caterer needs, nothing they don't
Your own order page
Your logo, menu, prices, VAT rates and delivery charges. Customers order from you, not from a marketplace.
Purchase Orders built in
A PO number on every PO order, an email check to stop fake orders, and flags for first-time customers.
Card payments, no middleman
Card payments go into your own SumUp or Square account. Breakout never touches the money.
Order alerts
An email for every new order, plus WhatsApp alerts you can switch on or off.
Daily prep list
Today's or tomorrow's orders in time order, with every item added up for the kitchen.
Invoices
An invoice PDF for any order, in your business name and VAT number, with the PO number on it.
PO tracking
See what's paid, owed and overdue. Mark POs paid or send a card payment link in one click.
Monthly reports
Sales, VAT, items sold and money owed by office, for any month or dates, as PDF or Excel.
Your brand, your customers, your money
Customers order from your own page, pay you directly and stay your customers. Breakout runs the system in the background for a flat monthly fee. How Breakout compares
Made for Purchase Orders
Councils, Local Enterprise Offices, universities and large companies usually pay by PO. Breakout tracks every one from order to payment. Purchase Order catering
Questions caterers ask
What is catering ordering software?
It's an online order page and back office for a catering business. Customers order and pay online instead of by email or phone, and the caterer gets every order in one place with prep lists, invoices, payment tracking and reports. Breakout is built for caterers whose customers are offices, councils and other public bodies.
Does Breakout take a commission on orders?
No. Breakout charges one flat monthly fee. Your customers pay you directly, by Purchase Order or by card into your own SumUp or Square account, and Breakout never handles the money.
Can my customers pay by Purchase Order?
Yes. Purchase Orders are built in. The customer enters their PO number when ordering and confirms their email address with a code, so you know the order is genuine. The PO number appears on the order, the invoice and your reports.
Do my customers need to create an account?
No. Customers order on your page without signing up. Purchase Order customers confirm their email address with a one-time code instead.
How long does it take to get set up?
About a day. Send us your menu, prices and logo, we build your order page in your name, and you share the link with your customers.
Is it a marketplace?
No. Customers order from your own page, in your name, and the customer relationship stays yours. Breakout doesn't list you alongside other caterers or send your customers elsewhere.
Does it work for Irish VAT?
Yes. Breakout was built in Ireland for Irish caterers. Prices are in euro, you set the VAT rate on each item, and reports total the VAT for your accountant.
Can I try it before committing?
Book a demo and we'll show you the dashboard and an order page set up with your own menu. There's no commitment.
See it working with your own menu
A short call, no commitment. Set up in about a day.