For labs and departments

Catering paid by invoice or PO.

Lunch for a lab meeting, a seminar or a department event from Hyde Park and Chicago restaurants. Nothing is charged at checkout. The invoice has your PO number on it, tax exempt if you are.

Day
Ready for pickup at

Paperwork, handled

Every order has an itemized receipt. Invoice orders get an invoice with the PO number on it.

Card
Held when you order and charged 24 hours before your event. An order placed less than 24 hours ahead is charged when the restaurant confirms.
Cancelling
Cancel for free until 24 hours before your event. Nothing is charged until then. Inside 24 hours the restaurant keeps 25% of the food plus its tax, and you pay the card fee on that amount only. The rest comes back to you.
Invoice or PO
Nothing is charged at checkout. The invoice comes once the restaurant confirms, with your PO number on it.
Someone else pays
Send your treasurer or admin a pay link. They see the order and pay it.
Tax exempt
Paying with University funds? Turn on University tax-exempt at checkout and confirm the statement. The receipt shows it.

Every week, without starting over

  1. 1

    Order once.

    Headcount, day and building. Pick an option and pay by invoice, PO or card.

  2. 2

    Pool remembers the details.

    Your building, room and payer are kept for next time, and you can edit or delete them.

  3. 3

    Order again next week.

    Open last week's order and tap Order again. Change the headcount and send it.

What a lab lunch costs

Sample options priced by Pool for Thursday, December 3 at noon
PeopleOptionA personTotal
12peopleSubway 53rd Street

10 × Sandwich Lunch Box, 6-inch sub, 2 × Salad Lunch Box, 1 box

$10.03 a person · $120.41 total$120.41
20peopleCedars

1 × Chicken Shawarma, half tray, 1 × Crispy Falafel, half tray

$8.87 a person · $177.38 total$177.38
35peopleRajun Cajun

1 × Chicken Curry Tray, full pan (feeds about 40), 4 × Vegetarian Meal Combo, 1 meal

$7.66 a person · $268.14 total$268.14

Priced just now by Pool for Thursday, December 3 at noon, picked up. Totals include tax, no tip.

Restaurants for a working lunch

Questions

Can we pay with a purchase order?

Yes. Pick invoice or PO at checkout and add the PO number. Nothing is charged at checkout, and the invoice comes once the restaurant confirms.

Does the receipt show our tax exemption?

Yes. Turn on University tax-exempt at checkout and confirm the statement. The receipt and the invoice show the exemption.

Can someone else in the department pay?

Yes. Pick someone else pays and send the pay link to your admin or business office.

We have vegetarian and gluten-free people. Can the order cover them?

Yes. Tell us how many of each when you price the lunch, and every option shows which diets its main dishes cover.

Lunch on Thursday?

Headcount, day and building. You see options and prices in seconds.

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