Event catering: a real supplier shortlist, unedited
77 suppliers from one published campaign, "Catering partner for a 400 guest product launch in Chicago, full service", searched the United States. A city level search that came back with the actual Chicago catering scene rather than a national directory filtered by a word.
Excel workbook
What is inside
- 0177 suppliers the engine kept, sorted by match score
- 0250 of them arrived with a contact address, and the file says which
- 03Name, country, city, website, score, specialization and certificates, the columns the product exports
- 04All of them in United States
- 05Nothing edited out: where the engine scored a supplier low, the score is in the file
Buyers evaluating whether an automated search returns anything they could act on, and anyone who would rather read one real file than five case studies.
12 of the 77 rows, before you download anything
Catering partner for a 400 guest product launch in Chicago, full service
Searched United States · campaign 8f604e75 · 77 suppliers returned
| Company | Country | City | Website | Score | Specialization | Certificates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16" on Center | United States | Chicago | 16oncenterchicago.com | 95 | Event venues with in-house catering services | |
| Atzimba Catering and Events | United States | Chicago | choosechicago.com | 95 | Mexican pre-Hispanic authentic cuisine catering | |
| Boka Catering | United States | Chicago | bokacatering.com | 95 | Event catering services for corporate, in-home, non-profit, and weddings. | |
| Boka Catering Group | United States | Chicago | bokagroupevents.com | 95 | Full-service event catering and custom menu design. | |
| Brix Catering & Events | United States | Chicago | brixcatering.com | 95 | Full-service catering and event coordination | |
| Butter & Vine | United States | Chicago | butterandvine.com | 95 | Full-service event catering and private dining in Chicago. | |
| Catered by Design | United States | Morton Grove | cateredbydesign.com | 95 | Full-service event and corporate catering in Chicago. | |
| Catering by Michael's | United States | Chicago | informaconnect.com | 95 | Full service event catering and event management. | Green Restaurant Certified (3 stars), Green Seal Certified |
| Colletti’s Catering | United States | Chicago | collettis.com | 95 | Authentic Italian-American event catering in Chicago. | |
| D'Absolute | United States | Chicago | dabsolute.com | 95 | Full-service event catering venue | |
| De La Flora Bakery | United States | Chicago | deflouredbakery.com | 95 | Event catering services and bakery products | |
| Entertaining Company | United States | Chicago | entertainingcompany.com | 95 | Full-service event catering in Chicago, specializing in diverse cuisines for various events. |
The 12 highest scoring of 77, sorted by match score. The other 65 rows are in the workbook, in these same columns, with the contact addresses the campaign found.
Score is the engine’s own, out of 100. Specialization is its one line reading of the company’s own pages, so it describes how a company presents itself rather than what anybody confirmed on site. Certificates are printed as each company publishes them and are not verified with the issuing body. Contact addresses are in the workbook only: several are patterns rather than discoveries, and a guessed address printed publicly is a wrong fact about a real company.
Written from runs, not from a keyword list
One campaign we published in full, brief “Metformin API, EU-compliant producers, GMP”. Every page the tool opened was judged, and the rejections are still on the record.
ONE REAL CAMPAIGN, “METFORMIN API”. NOT AN AVERAGE.
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