Case Study: The Boneyard Truck achieves streamlined event management and real-time food costing with Caterease

The Boneyard Truck - Customer Case Study

The Boneyard Truck, a San Francisco Bay Area barbecue food‑truck and catering company founded by Rich Mainzer, grew from a single renovated truck into two trucks and a catering commissary over seven years. As demand increased, the team struggled to organize events, staffing and food costs—once even missing a 75-person booking—and an initial software solution proved inadequate for their mobile, fast‑paced operation.

Switching to Caterease gave The Boneyard a single, easy‑to‑use system that integrates Nowsta staffing, Zuppler online ordering and a Contact Manager module, plus a custom Web Inquiry form that feeds leads directly into their workflow. The result: real‑time food costing and planning, reliable packing lists and scheduling, faster booking of new events and better service during large-scale jobs (they’ve served 750 people from one truck), enabling smoother operations and continued growth.

The Boneyard Truck

Rich Mainzer

Owner