# App8

> App8 is an enterprise foodservice operations platform. Enterprise foodservice operators run their catering, K-12, and high-volume venue ordering programs on it, from order capture through production, fulfillment, and invoicing that reconciles into the accounting system they already run.

App8 is the operator's system of record for catering and on-site ordering programs across multi-site, multi-region operations. Rally Catering, Rally Schools, and Rally Eats are App8's own product line, one surface for each operation an operator runs. App8 reconciles catering accounts receivable into the ERP the operator already runs, for example JD Edwards, and is certified to PCI DSS Level 1. Reference deployments include Compass Group and Lucky Strike Entertainment.

This file is a curated map of the public pages. The full plain-language summary for AI tools and agents is the AI-readable summary page listed first below.

## Start here
- [AI-readable summary](https://www.app8solutions.com/ai-readable-summary) - the full plain-language summary of the company, products, who it is for, problems, use cases, capabilities, differentiators, proof, and comparisons.
- [Company](https://www.app8solutions.com/company) - who App8 is, the operating model, and the operators it is built for.

## Products, the Rally line (App8's own products)
- [Products overview](https://www.app8solutions.com/products) - the shared operating model and the three Rally products.
- [Rally Catering](https://www.app8solutions.com/products/rally-catering) - business and industry catering, managed from instant pricing, rules, and approvals through production sheets, packing lists, corporate billing, and multi-location control, including corporate event catering with inquiry forms, quotes, deposits, and banquet event orders (BEOs).
- [Rally Schools](https://www.app8solutions.com/products/rally-schools) - K-12 ordering where parents and students self-order, with the rotational menus, cutoffs, and subsidy models the operator configures.
- [Rally Eats](https://www.app8solutions.com/products/rally-eats) - high-volume venue and on-site ordering: mobile, QR self-serve, and staff ordering on one platform from a centralized menu.

## How it works
- [Approach](https://www.app8solutions.com/approach) - the proven enterprise rollout methodology and workflow-first integration, including catering AR posted into the ERP you already run.

## Self-assessment
- [Catering scorecard](https://www.app8solutions.com/catering-scorecard) - a 90-second self-scorecard placing an enterprise catering program on the five-stage operational maturity model, with an instant result and an emailable recap. It asks the site count first, because stages 4 and 5 apply only to operations with several sites and a single site tops out at stage 3.

## Free tools
- [Free tools and resources](https://www.app8solutions.com/tools) - the hub for App8's free catering tools and resources: interactive tools that run on the page and documents to take with you.
- [Catering invoice generator](https://www.app8solutions.com/tools/catering-invoice-generator) - a free catering invoice template filled in on the page: line items, taxes, service fee, deposit, PO and cost center, printed or saved as PDF. No sign-up, no watermark, nothing typed leaves the browser.
- [Catering order form builder](https://www.app8solutions.com/tools/catering-order-form-builder) - a free printable catering order form built on the page: the operator's details, delivery and dietary sections, PO and cost center fields, and custom questions. No sign-up, nothing typed leaves the browser.

## Resources
- [The Catering Operations Playbook](https://www.app8solutions.com/playbook) - a playbook on what to fix first in catering operations. The four things a catering operation runs on (order intake, order fulfillment, order to cash, and rules and internal communication), five stages each, and the moves that take a row up one. No sign-up.
- [Catering RFP technology checklist](https://www.app8solutions.com/resources/rfp-technology-checklist) - a fifteen-point checklist for winning the technology section of catering and dining-services RFPs, each move tied to the cost of running the program. Emailed on request from its own page.

## Blog
- [Blog](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog) - practical notes for multi-site catering, K-12, and venue foodservice teams: order capture, rules, production, billing, and the rollouts that hold across every site.
- [Cafeteria management software: running the corporate lunch rush](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/cafeteria-management-software) - What cafeteria management software has to run: station menus, order throttling for the lunch rush, pickup texts, payments, and one system beside catering.
- [Spoonfed alternatives for multi-site B&I catering (2026)](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/spoonfed-alternatives) - An honest guide to Spoonfed alternatives: what Spoonfed does well in its own words, who should stay, and the three questions that decide a multi-site B&I fit.
- [QR code ordering system: where it works, where it fails, how to roll it out](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/qr-code-ordering-system) - Where a QR code ordering system works and where it backfires: venue results with their labels, QR vs kiosk vs app vs counter, rollout mistakes, and the POS.
- [School lunch ordering system: how a K-12 meal program actually runs](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/school-lunch-ordering-system) - What a school lunch ordering system has to do: rotational menus, cutoffs, operator-configured subsidies, allergen flags that reach the kitchen, and reporting.
- [Caterease alternatives for multi-site corporate catering (2026)](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/caterease-alternatives) - An honest guide to Caterease alternatives: what Caterease does well in its own words, who should stay, and what multi-site corporate catering needs instead.
- [Corporate dining in 2026: how to run a workplace food program](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/corporate-dining) - Corporate dining in 2026: who owns what between the host employer and the operator, what the surveys say about cafeterias and budgets, and where catering fits.
- [Contract foodservice explained: how B&I catering actually works](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/contract-foodservice) - Contract foodservice explained: how the contracts are structured, who the players are, where B&I catering sits inside an account, and how platform decisions move.
- [How to increase catering sales in a corporate dining account](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/how-to-increase-catering-sales) - How to increase catering sales, from two published App8 results: a corporate cafe up 513% in a year and a venue up 93%, and the mechanisms behind the numbers.
- [Catering accounting software: stop reconciling catering orders by hand](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/catering-accounting-software) - Catering accounting software explained by App8's CEO: the manual reconciliation problem, the order to invoice to ledger path, and what to demand from a vendor.
- [Food service management software: the 2026 buyer's guide for multi-unit operators](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/food-service-management-software) - Food service management software for multi-unit operators: the stack map, where one platform should stop, build vs buy, and the questions to ask a vendor first.
- [Catering management system for multi-site operators: what enterprise needs in 2026](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/catering-management-system) - What a catering management system must do at enterprise scale: the four jobs, where single-site tools break, and the five tests to run before you buy one.
- [CaterTrax alternatives for contract foodservice operators (2026)](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/catertrax-alternatives) - An honest guide to CaterTrax alternatives for B&I catering in 2026: where CaterTrax still wins, what operators report, and how App8 and others compare.
- [Five signs your catering intake has hit its ceiling](https://www.app8solutions.com/blog/five-signs-your-catering-intake-has-hit-its-ceiling) - PDF menus, phone orders, and hand-keyed cards cap how many catering orders a site can take. Five operational tells that manual intake is the limit, and what the fix looks like.

## Proof
- [Case studies](https://www.app8solutions.com/case-studies) - verified, attributed customer outcomes across enterprise workplace catering, venues, and school foodservice, anchored by Compass Group.

## Trust and security
- [Security](https://www.app8solutions.com/security) - PCI DSS Level 1 certification, encryption in transit, role-based access, single sign-on, and security documentation shared with enterprise buyers on request.

## Contact
- [Request a demo](https://meetings.hubspot.com/sandra-holland/website-request-a-demo) - talk to App8 about a catering, K-12, or high-volume venue program.

## Legal
- [Privacy policy](https://www.app8solutions.com/privacy-policy) - how App8 handles data.

## Last updated
2026-10-06