How to grow your payments app with hog roast caterers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Hog roast and spit roast caterers cook whole roasts on site for weddings, birthdays, work events, fairs and festivals, often with sides, rolls and serving staff. Private events are usually booked with a deposit to hold the date, with the balance due before the day because the caterer buys the meat in advance. At fairs and festivals they also sell rolls to the public, one quick payment at a time. A payments app that handles deposits, balances and busy event-day sales can win hog roast caterers, and every client and customer who pays them sees your app.
Talk to hog roast caterers
Ask local hog roast and spit roast caterers:
- How do clients pay the deposit to book a date?
- How and when do you collect the balance before an event?
- How do people pay for rolls at fairs and festivals?
- How often do you chase late payments after an event?
Take deposits and balances by link
A deposit link secures the date, and a balance link sent a week or two before the event means the caterer is paid before buying the meat.
Sell fast at fairs and festivals
A QR code on the counter lets customers pay for a roll in seconds, so the queue keeps moving and the caterer carries less cash.
Grow through events and food businesses
Hog roast caterers work alongside other caterers, food trucks and mobile bars at the same weddings and festivals. When those businesses take payments through your app, each caterer can bring more of them onto it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about other caterers?
The caterers guide covers caterers who take deposits for events, buy food up front and chase final payments.
Caterers →What about food trucks?
The food trucks guide covers trucks serving lunch crowds, markets, festivals and private events, with many quick payments and deposits for bookings.
Food trucks →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.