Prompts for Food trucks and catering

Every prompt in this set, as a list

All 100 titles for Food trucks and catering, with the job each one is for. The card for each is on this page; the filters above narrow the grid, not this list.

• Reply to a private event enquiryA catering or function enquiry arrives and you need the details that actually change the price.
• A catering quote a customer can readThe details are settled and the number needs to make sense line by line.
• A prep timeline for an event dayA 60-guest event is on Saturday and nobody has written the order of work.
• Telling customers what access is actually likeSomeone asks whether they can get in, park, hear, sit or bring an assistance dog.
• A maintenance schedule for the equipment that actually mattersA machine, printer, van or booking system fails at the worst possible time.
• A weekly vehicle, kit or case-file check that gets doneThe van, tool kit, laptop bag or case file is shared and nobody owns the checks.
• A route or diary plan that leaves room for the day going wrongSix appointments, jobs or meetings are booked across town and the travel time is a guess.
• Explaining a travel, callout or minimum fee without apologizingA customer questions the charge before they have even booked.
• A discount rule the team can apply without asking youEveryone is discounting differently and the margin is disappearing.
• Explaining a minimum fee or callout rule plainlyA customer wants a small job and the rule makes it uneconomic.
• The first reply to a new catering enquiryA new catering enquiry arrives and you need the details that actually change the price or the plan.
• A catering booking quote a customer can read line by lineThe details are settled and the number needs to make sense without a phone call.
• Following up a catering booking quote without chasingA quote has been out for a week and the customer has gone quiet.
• The deposit and terms, explained before the date is heldA customer is ready to book and you need the commitment in writing.
• A booking confirmation that removes the follow-up questionsThe date is agreed and you want the customer to arrive prepared.
• Moving a catering booking without losing the customerA date has to move and the customer has already arranged their week around it.
• Running late, said before they have to askYou are stuck on the previous appointment or job and the next customer is waiting.
• A reply to a complaint that names the actual problemA customer says the catering booking went wrong and you need to respond before it escalates.
• A public reply to a catering booking reviewA one- or two-star review is visible to everyone who searches for you.
• Answering a refund request when the policy is not obviousA customer wants their money back and the catering booking is somewhere between done and disputed.
• A callback after the work did not settle itThe customer reports the same problem again and you need to go back.
• Telling regular customers about a price changeCosts have risen, you have absorbed it for a year, and the old price is no longer viable.
• When the other quote is cheaperA customer waves a lower price at you and expects you to match it.
• Extra work, priced before it startsThe customer adds something after the quote and expects it to be included.
• Holding a boundary with a customer who keeps pushingThe request has moved outside the agreed scope and the goodwill is running out.
• The conversation with a cook you have been putting offA performance or conduct issue is affecting the work and hints are not landing.
• A job ad for a cook who will actually stayYou need someone who can do the work, not someone who survives the interview.
• A first week that does not leave the new cook guessingSomeone starts on Monday and the induction is still a folder nobody reads.
• A schedule that shows where the gaps areLeave, skills and opening hours do not fit and everyone is swapping shifts.
• A handover that does not leave the next person guessingSomeone else is taking over a customer, a job or a recurring task.
• A supplier email that asks for the thing you needAn order is wrong, late or short and the next delivery depends on the answer.
• Replying to a supplier price increaseThe latest invoice is higher and nobody explained why.
• A supplies order list built from what you actually usedThe order is due and you are replenishing from memory again.
• What the waste or write-off log is telling youThe bin or write-off list is growing and the margin is thin, but nobody has looked at the pattern.
• A weekly summary that tells you something (catering)You have a week of numbers and no clear picture of what happened.
• A monthly review with the decisions at the topThe month is over and you need to know what to change, not just what happened.
• A payment reminder that does not damage the relationshipAn invoice is late and the work was delivered properly.
• A payment plan that is not a write-offThe customer cannot pay in full but can pay something, and you need it in writing.
• A monthly bookkeeping checklist you will keepReceipts live in three places and the accountant asks the same question every year.
• Asking a customer for the records you are missingThe catering booking cannot start or finish because the paperwork is incomplete.
• An incident report written while the facts are freshSomething went wrong on a catering booking and you need a record before memories blur.
• A five-minute safety briefing before the work startsThe team is about to do a task where the obvious risk has become invisible.
• Our obligations, in language the team can useA rule keeps being missed because nobody can explain it in plain words.
• How we handle customer information, explained simplyA customer asks what you do with their details, or a staff member needs the short version.
• The agreement in one page, before work startsThe customer has signed something long and nobody has explained what it means.
• The ten questions you answer every week, answered onceYou have typed the same reply forty times this month.
• A service page that says what is and is not includedThe website describes the service in adjectives and customers still ask what they get.
• A Google profile that sounds like the business, not a brochureThe listing is the first thing a customer sees and it still says "quality service".
• A post about the work, without giving the customer awayYou have a good photo of a finished catering booking and no idea what to write.
• Five captions from one ideaOne thing happened this week and the feed still looks empty.
• A short newsletter for people who already bought from youYou have a list of past customers and nothing useful to send them.
• A seasonal reminder that earns the bookingThe annual service, clean, check or preparation is due and customers forget until it is urgent.
• Filling a quiet festival season without discounting everythingThe diary has gaps and the instinct is to cut the price.
• Asking a happy customer for a referralThe catering booking went well and their neighbor has the same problem.
• Asking for a review while the work is still freshThe catering booking is finished and the customer is happy, but nobody has asked.
• Turning a kind message into a testimonial you can useA customer sends a lovely paragraph and it dies in your inbox.
• A case study that only claims what happened (catering)A good project could win similar work, but the details are scattered.
• A before-and-after post without the hypeThe transformation is visible and the caption is still "Another happy customer".
• A role brief for the cook you are about to hireThe job ad is written but nobody has agreed what the person actually owns.
• Interview questions that test the actual workYou need a cook and every candidate sounds good in the same way.
• A reference check that asks the useful questionThe candidate is strong on paper and you need to know how they behave on a bad day.
• A paid trial shift that tells you somethingThe interview went well and you still cannot picture them on the floor.
• A performance conversation with a paper trailThe same issue has been raised twice and the informal approach is not working.
• Recognising good work without inventing a bonusSomeone fixed the thing nobody else noticed and you want it to happen again.
• A twenty-minute team meeting that ends with decisionsThe weekly meeting has become a status update nobody needs.
• The five-line brief before the day startsThe team is about to scatter and the two things that matter are still in your head.
• Next week, planned around what can actually slipThe week is full of commitments and no one has decided what comes first.
• A discovery visit or call checklist that catches the expensive surprisesYou are pricing a catering booking from a description and the details will decide the margin.
• Turning discovery notes into a report a customer can followThe visit or call is done and the findings are still in a notebook.
• A progress update that stops the check-in callsA catering booking runs for more than a week and the customer has started asking for news.
• Telling a customer the date has movedA delivery, part or approval is late and the original date is no longer real.
• The completion note that closes the loopThe catering booking is done and the customer needs to know what happens now.
• Aftercare or next-step instructions people will actually keepThe work is finished and the first week decides whether it lasts.
• A maintenance or retainer plan that is easy to say yes toThe customer would benefit from regular contact but has never been offered it.
• The annual review or service reminder that gets a bookingThe service or review is due again and the customer has forgotten the last visit.
• A quote for a repeat customer who has changed the briefThey are back for the same kind of catering booking, but something is different this time.
• Offering the add-on without the pressureThere is a genuinely useful extra and the customer would not know to ask.
• Three packages whose names mean somethingThe price list has grown and customers cannot tell the options apart.
• A price list grouped by what the customer needsThe price list is a list of tasks and customers still ask "how much for mine?"
• A deposit refund decision you can explainA catering booking is canceled and the customer wants the deposit back.
• A cancellation policy written for humansThe terms exist but nobody can find them when a customer cancels.
• A brief a freelancer or subcontractor cannot misreadSomeone else is doing part of the catering booking and the standard has to be explicit.
• A materials or resource list that survives the first dayThe scope is agreed and someone still has to work out what to order.
• A firmer reminder for an invoice nobody has paidThe polite reminder worked on nobody and the cash is needed.
• The final payment notice, with the consequence statedThe account is seriously overdue and the relationship is already strained.
• The terms in one page, without changing the meaningA customer needs to understand the contract before they sign it.
• Explaining a clause the customer has already questionedThey have read one sentence three times and still do not know what it means.
• A privacy summary a customer can actually readThe policy is legally complete and practically unreadable.
• A complaint logged so it can be fixedThe same complaint keeps arriving and nobody can see the pattern.
• A near miss is cheaper to learn from than an accidentSomething almost went wrong and everyone moved on because it did not.
• Answering a damage claim before it hardensA customer says the catering booking damaged something and the insurer will want the facts.
• A safety or suitability question answered without guessingA customer asks whether something is safe and the answer depends on a procedure, not a description.
• A weather plan decided before the dayThe forecast threatens a catering booking and the customer is waiting for a decision.
• An emergency closure notice that answers the obvious questionsThe premises cannot open today and customers are already on their way.
• Holiday hours, including the awkward gapsThe schedule changes over a holiday and the website still shows normal hours.
• Launching a new service without overselling itYou have added something customers keep asking for and need to explain it.
• A five-question survey people will finishYou need to know what customers actually thought, not just what they said at the door.
• The year in review, with the numbers that matterThe year is ending and you need to decide what to repeat and what to stop.
• Next year on one page, with quarterly milestonesThe goals exist as a feeling and the calendar is already filling up.
• The question you answer every day, written down properlyA new staff member has asked the same thing three times this week.

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