AI receptionist for caterers in Reading
A Reading catering company lets roughly 17 calls a week ring out. Callwise answers all of them on your existing 0118 number, books the work and sends you the transcript.
- Keeps your 0118 number
- Answers on the first ring
- No per minute fees
- Live in 24 hours
Ring +44 330 912 2553. It answers, and you can try to catch it out.
What the phone looks like for a Reading catering company
Reading and the wider Berkshire has a population of around 350,000, built on technology, professional services and some of the most expensive property outside London. That produces a lot of phone calls, and for a catering company working across Caversham, Earley and Tilehurst most of them arrive at the exact moment nobody can pick up.
Event catering is booked on availability and the first caterer who confirms the date usually wins it.
Callwise answers on your own 0118 number. Customers ring the number they already have, it is answered on the first ring by something that sounds like a person, and the job is booked into your diary before the caller has thought about trying anybody else.
When Reading calls go unanswered
- while running an event, which is most weekends
- evenings, when event planning happens
- the run up to Christmas
What Reading callers want
- catering for a wedding or a corporate event
- numbers, menus and dietary requirements
- availability on a specific date
What a Reading catering company loses to the phone
£43,700
a month, at one site
Around 17 missed calls a week, assuming only a third would ever have booked, at £1,800 a customer. Callwise costs £499 a month, whatever the volume.
What it does for Reading catering companies
Checks date availability against your diary
Takes numbers, venue and style of event
Explains your menus and price per head
Answers while you are running an event
Reading catering companies ask us
Do we keep our 0118 number?
Yes. Your existing 0118 number stays exactly as it is and keeps ringing your phones. Calls only reach the assistant when nobody picks up, or at the hours you choose, so nothing about how Reading customers reach you changes.
Do you work with catering companies outside Reading?
Yes. There is nothing local about how it works, so Reading and everywhere across Berkshire is covered the same way, along with the rest of the UK. The local part is your number and your customers, and both stay yours.
We are always at events. Who answers then?
Nobody, and Saturday is both your busiest event day and a common enquiry day. Those enquiries are worth thousands each.
Can it quote per head?
From your menus, yes, which is enough to qualify the enquiry before you spend time on a proposal.
Will it record dietary requirements?
Yes, and repeat them back, so they reach your kitchen accurately.
Hear it answer, then decide
Ring it and ask what a Reading customer would ask. It is the same assistant your callers would get, so if it does not convince you on the phone it will not convince them either.
Talk to our AI assistantNo form, no sales call. Thirty seconds on the phone with the thing itself.