Catering and hospitality hire is a business of tight deadlines and fragile stock. Ovens, fridges, crockery, and glassware go out for weddings, events, and venue overflow, often in large mixed orders that must arrive complete and spotless. Breakages, short-counts, and late returns are routine, and a missing item can derail a client's event. Renttix keeps counted inventory, delivery schedules, and breakage charges in one system, so orders leave complete, come back reconciled, and staff spend less time chasing plates and glasses.
Common challenges in catering hire
Counting high-volume consumable stock
Crockery and glassware go out in hundreds per order, and counting them accurately at dispatch and return is slow, error-prone, and hard to reconcile.
Breakages and missing items
Glasses smash and cutlery disappears, so almost every order returns short, and quantifying what to charge back to the client is time-consuming.
Event-critical delivery timing
Equipment must arrive before a fixed event start and be collected afterwards, leaving no room for a late van, a wrong item, or a short order.
How Renttix helps
Quantity-based stock control
Track consumable items by quantity, record counts at dispatch and return against each order, and see instantly whether stock came back complete.
Automated shortfall charges
When items return short, Renttix flags the difference against the order so you can apply breakage or loss charges quickly, backed by the counts.
Delivery and collection scheduling
Plan deliveries and collections around each event's start and end times, assign vehicles and routes, and give drivers a clear order manifest to check against.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Renttix tracks consumable items by quantity, so you can record how many plates, glasses, or pieces of cutlery leave on each order and count them back in on return. The system reconciles the numbers automatically, showing exactly what came back short so you can charge for breakages and losses accurately.
It does. You can plan deliveries to arrive before an event starts and collections for afterwards, assign each job to a vehicle and route, and provide drivers with an order manifest. This helps you hit fixed event times, avoid clashes during busy weekends, and confirm that every item was delivered and returned.
Yes. A single Renttix order can combine large assets like ovens and fridges, tracked as individual units, with consumables like crockery and glassware tracked by quantity. Availability, pricing, and returns are handled correctly for each type, so mixed catering orders are quoted, dispatched, and reconciled from one place.
When an order returns short, Renttix compares the counted return against what went out and flags the difference. You can apply per-item breakage or loss charges against the customer's deposit or invoice, with the shortfall documented on the order. This keeps charges consistent and gives clients a clear, evidenced breakdown.
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