SMS for Catering Companies

You can streamline field and customer communications for your business with catering short message service (SMS) from Red Oxygen. We designed our powerful and scalable solutions to work where you work, so you generate the best outcomes for your business.

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Hi Stacey! Thank you for sharing your special day with our team! How would you rate your experience with us?

The service and food were excellent! 5 stars!

Advantages of Catering SMS Solutions

In the catering industry, timeliness and efficiency are critical in and out of the kitchen. You can elevate your catering operations by optimizing customer communications through SMS for catering. With our enterprise SMS software, you can ensure that your customers get the information they need when they need it with quick, convenient text messages.

Hi, Kara! We're excited to cater your event on September 17, 2022, at 3 p.m. Please text “CONFIRM" to verify your appointment or call (212)-010-1101 to make changes.

Confirm Event Dates

Money can easily slip through the cracks when miscommunications occur. Prevent these mishaps by asking customers to confirm their catering dates via text message. That way, they can easily change their catering appointments and make cancellations in advance to prevent no-shows and misunderstandings.

Hi, Julia. This is Tasty Treats Catering notifying you that our caterers are headed your way! Feel free to text us back if you have any questions.

Provide Updates

You can inform your customers about their orders and appointments by sending them updates through SMS. Whether you want to confirm that you received a customer's food order, notify individuals of order deliveries or give a heads-up that your caterers are on the way, SMS makes it easy.

Lewy's Annual Lake Lounge is in two weeks, I need 7 people for passed apps on Friday. Let me know if you're available so I can get you on the schedule. Lewy's a big tipper too!

Ensure All Hands On Deck

Keeping your staff informed of upcoming events, ensures you'll have enough staff for each event and gives them the opportunity to plan around the busy schedule. No more last-minute staffing surprises and employees can quickly communicate with you if something were to come up.

Red Oxygen Makes SMS for Catering Simple

Facilitate customer communications and improve your company’s business outcomes with Red Oxygen’s catering SMS solutions. We make sending SMS messages faster and easier than ever, enabling you to deliver personalized texts directly from your email account, send in bulk from a .csv spreadsheet saved from Google Sheets and Excel or the Red Oxygen Web SMS site for convenient business texting from anywhere.

Our flexible business SMS solutions are equipped with advanced capabilities that you can use to optimize your catering communications, such as call forwarding features, auto-replies and scheduled SMS. You can also use our SMS solutions with major platforms like Gmail, Outlook, Office 365 and other popular software, thanks to our robust application programming interface (API).

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Features

Explore dozens of features to personalize your business.

10DLC Registration Support

We register your account and guide you to stay compliant.

Flexible Plans

No-obligation monthly plans with free trials.

International Scale

We deliver SMS internationally to places other providers can't.

More Benefits of

Catering SMS Software

Investing in SMS for your catering business means experiencing many significant advantages. Some of the many perks of using SMS solutions from Red Oxygen include:

Improving communications: With SMS, you can contact customers more successfully and efficiently than ever—no more unanswered emails or missed calls. SMS texts boast 98% open rates, so you can expect your messages to reach recipients immediately with a greater chance of a response.
Increasing customer retention: Catering SMS software enables you to reach customers with personalized messages, cultivating more positive customer experiences. You can expect higher retention rates.
Extending customer reach: More than 5 billion people worldwide own a mobile device, making texts an inclusive communication method. You can send SMS texts to any cell phone, not just smartphones, maximizing your customer reach.

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Catering Event SMS

Have a big event coming up? [RESTAURANT NAME] offers catering and has rooms for private parties. We'd love to help make your next event a success. Call [EVENT MANAGER NAME], our event manager, at [PHONE NUMBER] to learn more about our catering menu and party rooms. Mention code “Party Time” for 10% off.

Catering Event Confirmation SMS

Hey [Name]! We're excited to cater your event on [Date] at [Time]. Please text “CONFIRM" to verify your appointment or call [Phone Number] to make changes.

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SMS Templates for Catering

Enhance engagement and save time by customizing messages for your customers with ready-to-use SMS templates for catering.

SMS Templates

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You can take advantage of SMS for catering and boost your business with solutions from Red Oxygen. We proudly offer simple, effective texting solutions while providing top-notch customer service. We’ve delivered over 400 million messages to over 300,000 customers in over 50 countries across the globe.

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Send SMS from Outlook

Works w/ Microsoft Outlook 2003-19 & the Microsoft 365 Outlook app

Office SMS

Send SMS Using Microsoft SMS

Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser

Office365 SMS

Send SMS From Gmail

Send SMS directly from your Gmail interface on a computer or Android phone

Gmail SMS

Send Bulk SMS

Personalize, create templates and send them all at once

Bulk SMS

Connect with our API to send SMS

Configure our API with your existing software or CRM

SMS Gateway API

Send SMS through a browser

Web SMS

Send SMS from Microsoft 365

Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser

OfficeSMS 365 (beta)

Send SMS from Gmail

Text directly from your Gmail interface

Gmail SMS

Send SMS Through Email. Easy Peasy.

Send SMS from Outlook

Works w/ Microsoft Outlook 2003-19 & the Microsoft 365 Outlook app
Office SMS

Send SMS Using Microsoft SMS

Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser
Office365 SMS

Send SMS From Gmail

Send SMS directly from your Gmail interface on a computer or Android phone
Gmail SMS
Sending Texts In Bulk?

Send Bulk SMS

Personalize, create templates and send them all at once
Bulk SMS

Connect with our API to send SMS

Configure our API with your existing software or CRM
SMS Gateway API
Never Want to Leave Your Browser?

Send SMS through a browser

Log in from any device through any browser. No installation required.
Web SMS

Send SMS from Microsoft 365

Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser
OfficeSMS 365 (beta)

Send SMS from Gmail

Text directly from your Gmail interface
Gmail SMS

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