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Clean Juice expands into catering using Chowly/ezCater services

December 11, 2019

Clean Juice, a USDA-certified organic juice bar franchise, will be offering catering at all its locations, thanks to a partnership between Chowly, a restaurant technology company that integrates third-party online orders with restaurants' point-of-sale systems, and ezCater, an online catering marketplace, according to a press release.

With Chowly's integration, restaurants on the ezCater platform can now efficiently manage catering orders by having them automatically sent to their POS system, eliminating manual order input, reducing errors and simplifying reporting. Additionally, existing Chowly clients can leverage the partnership to expand their off-premise offerings to include catering.

Clean Juice, which did not previously offer catering to its customers, was able to start integrating catering orders into its Toast POS system at all 80 of its locations to further grow its business through off-premise opportunities.

"Catering is different and this integration is different too," Justin McNally, Chowly co-founder and chief product officer said in the press release. "We worked with the awesome ezCater team to build something that solves catering order integration, allowing restaurants to adopt great catering tech with less overhead."

"Chowly's partnership with ezCater is a major asset to Clean Juice, as it allows us to quickly ramp up our catering strategy while keeping our franchise partners focused on delivering a memorable, efficient, and fast guest experience," said B. Quick Chadwick, vice president of marketing at Clean Juice. "This integration has been seamlessly executed and we're confident the partnership will pay dividends in terms of increased sales and operational efficiencies...both critical for our success."

"Catering is a huge growth opportunity for restaurants," said Don Bell, head of partner solutions at ezCater. "Integrating with Chowly connects us with 20 top POS systems, making it even easier for restaurants to grow and manage their catering business, no matter which technology they use."
Catering is growing 50 percent faster than the overall restaurant industry, according to ezCater's report published in May 2019.

Image courtesy of Chowly.