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Fast-food chains push into catering, squeezing indie event business

Original headline: “Church's Texas Chicken jumps into catering”

Why this matters

Church's Texas Chicken is the latest chain to add catering as a revenue channel, joining a wave of QSR and fast-casual brands that have moved aggressively into group and event orders over the past two years. Chains bring price leverage, brand recognition, and logistics infrastructure that most indie operators cannot match on volume alone. For an independent restaurant, catering has been one of the cleaner margin opportunities outside of covers, and that channel is now getting more competitive at every price point.

What to do

Audit your catering pricing and turnaround process this week, then contact your top five repeat event clients before they start getting chain outreach.

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Published Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:08:10 GMT