Order food and groceries to the office with Bolt Business

May 17, 2024

Give your team a convenient way to order food and groceries to the workplace with delivery from Bolt Food for Business.

You control and track spending from your Company Dashboard, while your employees can use a company payment method to place orders with Bolt Food, either in the app or online. 

Managing food orders with Bolt Business allows you to:

  • Keep orders within budget.
  • Remove the need for paper receipts.
  • Save your employees from manually submitting expense reports.

Food delivery catered to your business.

What is office food delivery?

Office food delivery allows employees or management to order meals to the workplace. You can order from a local restaurant or takeaway using an online service, such as Bolt Food, and a courier will deliver the order to your work address. 

It’s a convenient way to cater for team events, work parties, and client meetings while finding something for all dietary requirements.

The best places to order food for office meals offer the most popular options, including pizza, burritos, and poke bowls.

💡 Bolt Food makes office food delivery even more convenient by allowing employees to schedule orders up to 48 hours in advance.

An employee making an order for office food delivery in the Bolt Food app.

How Bolt Food for Business works

Bolt Business makes it easy for employees to order food straight to their desks using a company payment method — removing the need for paper receipts and manual expense reports.

Bolt Food offers delivery from the best local restaurants and takeaways — perfect for team lunches or when you’re hosting a client. 

When restocking the office kitchen, turn to Bolt Market for convenient grocery delivery within 30 minutes.

💡 Your employees don’t need to download the Bolt Food app to order meals and groceries — they can also log into their Bolt Food account online and order from a browser.

What is Bolt Food?

Bolt Food is a food delivery service that makes it convenient to order meals from the best local restaurants and takeaways. 

You can search for the type of food you’d like to order, browse menus, and place your order from the Bolt Food app or online. 

Then, a Bolt Food courier partner will collect the meal from the restaurant and deliver it to your chosen address. Or you can choose to pick up the order from the restaurant yourself.

Employees eating pizza in the office.

What is Bolt Market?

Bolt Market is a convenient way to order groceries in the Bolt Food app or online via a web browser. 

You can choose from up to 3,500+ products, including kitchen essentials, cleaning supplies, and vegan products. After placing your order, a courier will deliver it to your chosen address in as little as 30 minutes (depending on your location). 

You can check if Bolt Market is available in your area by downloading the Bolt Food app and entering your location. If Bolt Market is available, you’ll be able to see a list of grocery stores that offer grocery delivery in your area.

A courier delivering a meal to an employee on a business trip.

Fuel your team with Bolt Food for Business

Giving your employees a convenient way to arrange office food delivery allows them to cater for any work occasions, such as:

  • Meals for team and client lunches.
  • Work parties.
  • Fuel during overtime and night shifts. 
  • Rewarding employees for hitting targets.
  • Keeping your office kitchen stocked.

If you have remote workers in your company, then allowing them to order food on behalf of the company will help to keep the engaged.

Read on to find out when to use Bolt Food for Business.

Cater for team lunches

Catering for office lunches can strengthen the social ties between your employees. Giving your team an easy way to order a lunch delivery or providing a well-stocked kitchen will keep them fuelled throughout the working day. 

Plus, having a lunchtime break makes 90% of employees feel refreshed and more productive for the rest of the day. 

💡 You only need to add one employee to your Bolt Business account, and they can make a team lunch group order from everyone.

Employees eating pizza from Bolt Food

Keep plates full at workplace parties

Make your next work party memorable with meals and snacks from the best local restaurants.

With Bolt Food for Business, certain employees can order a range of dishes and use a company payment method. They don’t need to use their own money or manually submit expense reports.

With Bolt Food, you can order larger dishes, such as pizza, tacos, and curries. Then, use Bolt Market to top up the buffet with drinks, salad, and sweet treats.

Office food delivery for workplace parties with Bolt Food.

Give your employees a bonus

Rewarding your employees by offering to fund a meal with Bolt Food acts as a great incentive. And there are times when that added motivation will help:

  • Keep your remote workers engaged.
  • Boost productivity ahead of a tight deadline.
  • Increase morale during overtime or late shifts.

Following a period of good work, you can give certain employees a small spending limit to order a meal with Bolt Food courtesy of the company.

A remote worker using Bolt Food.

Keep your office kitchen stocked

You can also use the Bolt Food app to order groceries from Bolt Market — an online grocery store with 3,500+ products

You’ll find everything a workplace needs, including:

  • Coffee.
  • Tea bags.
  • Milk (including plant-based alternatives).
  • Fruit.
  • Cereals.
  • Soft drinks.

Making it easy for your team to follow a healthy diet at work can boost productivity by 25%. In addition to fresh fruit, you can use Bolt Market to stock up on other healthy options, such as: 

  • Nuts (be careful of allergies).
  • Yogurt.
  • Vegetables.
  • Hummus.

It’s not all about the food, though. Your workplace will also need: 

  • Stationery.
  • Paper towels.
  • Hand soap.
  • Washing up sponges.

And when there’s a special occasion, you can arrange a delivery of flowers, baked goods, or a bottle of wine (depending on the stores available in your location).

Employees eating and drinking in the office thanks to office food delivery from Bolt Food for Business.

How to manage office food delivery with Bolt Business

First, you need a Bolt Business account — you can sign up online in minutes.

Once you’ve created your account, you can log into a Company Dashboard. Your dashboard is where you can control, manage, and track company-wide food deliveries

From your dashboard, you need to add your employees. By adding these people to your account, you’re allowing them to order food with a company payment method from their personal Bolt Food accounts.

You take full control of orders by setting:

  • How much each person or team can spend.
  • The days and times they can place orders.
  • Expense tracking so that employees need to provide an expense note (or code) for each order.

You can view every order in your dashboard, where reports are available to download, too. 

💡 If you add an employee who doesn’t have a Bolt Food account, we’ll prompt them to download the Bolt Food app.

How your employees place orders with Bolt Food

The individuals you add to your Bolt Business account will see your company as a payment method in their Bolt Food account.

They can log into their Bolt Food account online or through the Bolt Food app, browse the menus of the best local restaurants and takeaways, and choose the dishes they wish to order. 

Once they’ve added dishes to their basket, they can proceed to payment. At this point, they need to switch to the company payment method (it will be visible to them under your company’s name). They’ll get an estimated delivery time and can track the courier, too.

As the administrator for your company’s Bolt Business account, you’ll see all the order details, including who made the order and how much they spent, in your Company Dashboard. 

💡You can add a spending limit to keep all food and grocery orders within your budget.

A Bolt Food courier partner making an office food delivery

Bolt Food for Business FAQs

Get answers to the most frequently asked questions about office food delivery.

How can I order lunch for the office?

You can arrange office food delivery with Bolt Food for Business. Your employees can place orders using a company payment method, saving them from manually submitting expense reports.

Where can I order lunch for office meals?

The Bolt Food app allows you to order from the best restaurants and takeaways in your area. You can order up to 48 hours in advance, making it much easier to plan work lunches. 

How can I set up Bolt Food for Business?

Your company needs to sign up for a Bolt Business account. You’ll then be able to log into a dashboard to add employees, set food delivery spending limits, and view details of every order. 

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