Planning Guides and Answers
Everything we have written down, in one place. Most of it exists because somebody asked the question on the phone and the answer took ten minutes.
Start here
- Catering, the three ways service can run and what each one needs.
- What food truck catering costs, and the charges that tend to arrive late on other people’s quotes.
- How many guests we can serve, and how long a given number actually takes.
- Questions to ask a caterer, with our own answers underneath each one.
Weddings
- Wedding catering, the whole subject.
- Catering a venue with no kitchen, the situation at most barns and farms around here.
- Where dinner sits in a wedding day timeline, hour by hour.
- Food truck or buffet caterer, what actually differs between them.
Work events and gatherings
- Corporate catering, for companies and offices.
- Company picnics, where guests arrive across a whole afternoon.
- Graduation parties, and a headcount that is genuinely a guess.
- Family reunions, feeding four generations off one line.
- Birthday parties, including whether a smaller one works.
Fairs, festivals and selling to a crowd
These two are a different arrangement from catering: we set up and sell to the people who are there, and it costs the organizer nothing in food.
- Booking us for a fair or festival, including the five things we will ask you.
- Food truck vending at events, from shift breaks to tournaments.
The food
- What a loaded potato bar is, and why it suits an event with a mixed crowd.
- The menu, with prices.
Short answers
- Questions about the truck: stops, ordering, the food, vegetarian options.
- Catering questions: guests, setup, booking, weather, insurance.
If your question is not answered anywhere here, call 931-271-7455 or email nicholas@itsloaded.com. It usually means we should write it down.