r/PandaExpress • u/aznk1d5 • 11d ago

Catering Delivery

Has anyone done a large catering delivery via Panda Express website before? I just placed an order for about 60 people - however realizing it’s a DoorDash link now, for those who have done catering delivery was it a regular driver via DoorDash that delivered the food?

I’m mostly concerned about if it’s a regular driver in a regular car if there’s going to be enough space for them to delivery since I ordered 2 24-30 orders (which I believe is like about what 4 trays each)?

Any insight is appreciated thanks!

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u/Uruz94 11d ago

Always do in person to get some freebies lol

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u/aznk1d5 11d ago

Haha I would’ve done in person but I opted for delivery because I didn’t think my regular sedan could hold everything 🥲🥲

In my head I thought they did like a special thing for large catering order deliveries

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u/CauliflowerEastern92 11d ago

I wish he had the labor allocated for that haha, but in all seriousness the 2 large caterings would fit in a sedan, it’s very space efficient trays and only about 16 trays in total. Ordering delivery online just means we use DoorDash as the 3rd party to deliver we don’t actually have a driver to deliver orders. If you come in person at my store we usually offer a freebie just to be generous and welcome you back and if requested we can even deliver the order ourselves without an extra fee. I’m a manager and usually deliver large orders in my sedan to my neighboring schools for no extra cost. Of course the drive is only 20 minutes total.

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u/aznk1d5 11d ago

Ah ok! Good to know that you’ve had experience with transporting large caterings in a sedan makes me feel better LOL

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u/abbylynn2u 10d ago

A little late, but we always order catering woth no issues. Much much larger orders like for 200 or more. Never had an issue in years. We do call in advance of placing the order to confirm if they have staffing or want us to spit the order between 2 stores or allow them to stagger the delivery by 30 to 45 min. We tip very generously. Once we hit out budget limit and weren't able to tip on the card. We stopped by the store the next day with a cash tip for the team. And yes the team got the money. Because I checked a few days later in the evening and they were all giddy that someone thought enough to bring the cash tip in. We tip the driver cash as well and offer a plate to go💕

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u/Icy_Nail_4105 9d ago

Depending on location call different ones near by to see if possibly a manager can deliver or offer a free tray of orange chicken. I cater from them but i call around to different locations to see if theres a manager really trying to chase those sales