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Caterers · Social media

Post the counter in full service, not another close-up of a plate.

Social media for a caterer is proof that you have fed a crowd the size of the one being planned. GullySales sets what gets shot at each function, plans the posting around the wedding season, and gets permission from the host before anything goes up.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What social media means

Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For caterers

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Families fear the queue, not the recipe”

    Show the counters running smoothly at the peak, because that is the worry nobody says out loud at a tasting.

  • “The host owns the photographs of their own function”

    A wedding is private, and posting the family without asking costs you the referral you were hoping for.

  • “WedMeGood and Instagram do different jobs”

    One is a shortlist a bride works through. The other is where a cousin sees your work and passes the number on.

What we do

What we deliver for caterers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. A shot list built around service, not styling

    The counters in full flow, the team plating, the crowd being fed and the dishes as served, decided before the function rather than remembered afterwards.

    Result: You come back with proof, not a food photoshoot.

  2. Permission taken from the host before the function

    Photography and posting agreed in the booking note, with what may be shown and what may not, so nothing goes up unexpectedly.

    Result: You can post the wedding without an awkward call.

  3. Posts that carry the guest count and the menu

    Each post naming how many were served, what the menu was and where, since that is the only information a family is actually looking for.

    Result: A family planning six hundred can see six hundred.

  4. The wedding platform profile kept current

    WedMeGood and the other listings updated with this season's photographs, your cuisines, capacity and reviews, checked against the enquiries they bring.

    Result: The free listing earns its place or gets dropped.

  5. A backlog banked before the season starts

    Posts prepared from last season's material before the muhurtham months begin, since nobody is editing reels during a wedding week.

    Result: The feed keeps running while the kitchen is flat out.

  6. Messages treated as enquiries and logged

    Instagram and Facebook messages checked twice a day by a named person and written into the same enquiry list as the phone.

    Result: A message at night reaches somebody by morning.

How the result is measured

  • Posts published
  • Engagement rate
  • Enquiries from social profiles

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Platform for this buyer

Where a family or a hall manager checks a caterer, and what to post in each place.

Instagram reels of the live counter and plating
Show the counters in service and the team plating at pace, with the guest count and the menu in the caption. The action is to message the date, venue and number of guests.
YouTube, for the traditional spread
Show a leaf meal served in the order a family expects, with the cook naming each item. Elders watch this before they agree to a tasting. The action is to book the tasting.
WhatsApp for past hosts and hall managers
Send the menu options for the coming muhurtham season to hosts and hall managers who asked for them. The action wanted is a reply with date and guest count so you can hold the kitchen.
Google Business Profile
Add kitchen photographs, your FSSAI licence number, the types of event you cater and the area you serve. A family searching for a caterer reads this. The action is to call to fix a tasting.
What not to post
A host's function without permission, a dish photograph from another caterer or stock, kitchen footage showing a hygiene lapse, or a per-plate price for a menu you cannot repeat at that rate.

Who it is for

This is written for these caterers.

  • Wedding and function caterers
  • Traditional vegetarian and Brahmin cooks for ceremonies
  • Non-vegetarian and biryani specialists
  • Corporate event and party caterers
  • Office cafeteria and daily meal providers
  • Industrial and factory canteen contractors
  • School and hostel meal providers
  • Live counter and snack specialists
  • Home-based caterers for small gatherings

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody on the team can photograph a function or a kitchen, so the page would show only dishes and no events.
  • You cannot reply to messages on the platform during the day, and an unanswered comment from a family is worse than none.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

Social media marketing for caterers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Review the posts that produced useful conversations, not only the ones with the most views. Gather buyer questions and decide which team member can contribute credible material.

Make the scope clear

Choose the audience and channel before setting a posting volume. Agree who supplies material, approves posts, and handles messages, including complaints or questions the agency cannot answer.

Check the work in use

Follow a post through to the profile, website, and response. A useful report explains the quality of conversations and enquiries, alongside reach and engagement.

Know when to change course

If publishing takes time away from unanswered buyer messages, fix the response routine first. Do not expand to another channel without a clear reason for being there.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the social media work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Platform and access agreement

    We confirm the audience and platforms covered, then check account ownership. You retain control of the pages and grant the access needed for the agreed work.

  2. 2

    Content input handover

    Your team supplies approved product information and usable images or footage. We review existing posts and agree who will answer factual questions during drafting.

  3. 3

    Calendar approval

    You review the proposed themes and response routes. Missing information is identified before posts enter production, rather than holding up a finished calendar.

  4. 4

    Draft approval and publication

    The named approver checks captions and creative files before scheduling. We also agree which replies can be sent directly and which need your team's decision.

  5. 5

    Sales handover and content decisions

    Buying questions go to the agreed sales contact with the conversation attached. Reported enquiries and sales feedback guide changes to the next calendar.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

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Can we post a client's wedding?
Only with their agreement, taken at booking rather than after the event. Corporate clients frequently say no, and a family may allow the food but not the guests.
Do reels bring enquiries?
Reels of a counter feeding a crowd do. A close-up of a plated dish collects views from other caterers and food pages, which is a different audience from a bride's mother.
Our staff post from functions on their own phones. Is that a problem?
It can be. A waiter's photograph may show a guest, a host's family or a hygiene lapse, and you will not see it before it goes up. Give staff one rule: nothing from a function goes online except through the owner, who checks it against the host's permission.
We cook veg and non-veg. Should they be separate accounts?
Some families care strongly about the kitchen, so keep the two kitchens separate in what you show and say. A separate account helps only if each has its own staff and its own buyers. Otherwise use clearly named highlights and say which kitchen made each dish.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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