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Food service and hospitality

Contract catering and food-service management

Many sites, many clients, per-head billing. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.

Close fit Planned NAICS 7223 (72231)

Status

Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.

How the industry works

Operating characteristics

  • many client sites
  • per-head or per-meal billing
  • staff canteens
  • healthcare and school dining
  • purchasing at scale
  • central kitchens

Typical roles

  • site manager
  • chef
  • kitchen porter
  • district manager
  • client liaison
  • buyer

Day-to-day flows

  • forecast covers
  • cook at a central kitchen
  • deliver to sites
  • serve and count meals
  • bill clients per cover or per cost-plus
  • reconcile site stock

Tenders and payments seen

  • client invoicing
  • employee payroll deduction
  • cash at some sites
  • cards

Inventory and assets

  • ingredients with recipes and yields
  • production batches
  • deliveries between kitchen and sites
  • waste

Reports they ask for

  • cost per cover
  • covers per site
  • waste
  • invoice to client
  • budget variance

Integrations they need

  • client HR (payroll deduction)
  • accountant
  • purchasing

A day in the life (illustrative scenario)

What the catalog covers

Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, TBL, MENU, KDS, BILL, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, RSV, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.

CapabilityStatusCatalog modules
Selling and checkoutC CataloguedSALE, TKT
Restaurant floor, menu, kitchen, billsC CataloguedTBL, MENU, KDS, BILL
Inventory, lots, purchasingC CataloguedINV
Pricing, discounts, tax rulesC CataloguedPRC, DISC
Returns, credit, special salesC CataloguedRET
Delivery, waybills, logisticsC CataloguedDLV, CONN, LOGI
Reservations and appointmentsP PartialRSV
Cash drawer, shifts, safeC CataloguedCASH
Tender types and paymentsC CataloguedPAY
Customers, loyalty, gift cardsC CataloguedCRM, LOYL, GIFT
Staff, time clock, payroll basicsC CataloguedEMP
Bookkeeping and ledgerC CataloguedBK, LITE
Reports and analyticsC CataloguedRPT, ANL
Multi-store, multi-register, syncC CataloguedMULTI
Security, audit, backup, failsafesC CataloguedSEC, DATA, FAIL
Hardware and peripheralsC CataloguedHW
Country fiscal packsC CataloguedPE, LATAM
Integrations, API, settingsP PartialECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR
Manufacturing planning (routings, work centres)P Partialno dedicated module
Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany)P Partialno dedicated module

Gaps

  • no per-cover contract-billing module
  • no menu-cycle nutrition analysis
  • no payroll-deduction integration

Closest catalog items

Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.

Sub-verticals

Regulation themes to verify

These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.

  • food-safety plans
  • allergen declarations
  • nutritional-standards rules for schools and hospitals (themes to verify)

Edge cases that break naive systems

  • client changes headcount on short notice
  • allergen incident
  • site closed for a holiday

Classification

NAICS
NAICS 7223 (72231) (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 72
Fortune 500 industry labels
Food Services
Fit
Close fit

Public references consulted

  • School nutrition POS (PaySchools, Gaia, Infinite Campus) (excerpt)

Questions

Is Simca ready for contract catering and food-service management today?
No. Simca is in the design stage and has no released app. The catalog lists planned items relevant to this industry; Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
What is missing for contract catering and food-service management?
no per-cover contract-billing module; no menu-cycle nutrition analysis; no payroll-deduction integration.
Does this page give tax or regulatory advice?
No. Regulation entries are themes to verify with local authorities and advisers.

Is your industry here?

Tell us what your business needs. We will say honestly whether the plan covers it.