Savory & Sweet Catering

What Savory & Sweet Catering does

Savory and Sweet is a privately held, fully licensed catering and cafe operator based at 201 S. Meridian in downtown Puyallup, Washington, founded in 1993 and operating as Savory and Sweet Inc. The company runs an integrated, single-kitchen business model that combines a walk-in cafe (Tuesday–Friday 11–3 and Saturday 9–3 for brunch) with off-premise catering for weddings, corporate events, private parties, and holiday gatherings, plus scheduled hands-on cooking classes held on site.

Its core offerings include full-service wedding and event catering with staffed buffets, professional licensed bartending, linen and glassware rentals, and drop-off service; a salads-and-sandwiches catering-only menu with tiered boxed-lunch SKUs; cafe retail including soups, salads, deli and specialty sandwiches, paninis, savory and sweet crepes, and weekend brunch; and recurring cooking classes such as pasta-making, ticketed through Eventbrite.

The business makes money almost entirely through one-time, per-event and per-unit pricing: per-person entrees ($10–$25), per-dozen appetizers, per-platter sandwiches, per-box lunches ($12.99–$15.99), and hourly bartending ($20/hour), plus cafe retail and Eventbrite class tickets. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: a Squarespace website, two dedicated phone lines (cafe and catering), an email inbox ([email protected]), and Eventbrite for classes, with no social media or paid advertising. The customer base is fragmented across individual cafe patrons, brides and grooms, local businesses, and private party hosts in the Puyallup area, with weddings identified as the primary use case. Founder/owner Karen Fisher is the principal point of contact and brand signatory, consistent with a small owner-operated operator.

Name

Savory & Sweet Catering

Legal name

Savory and Sweet Inc.

Website

https://savorynsweetcatering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Savory and Sweet Catering is a privately held, fully licensed catering and cafe operator in downtown Puyallup, Washington, serving weddings, corporate events, private parties, walk-in cafe customers, and hands-on cooking class attendees across the local Puget Sound market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Caterers (72232), Food Service Contractors (72231)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHAKAE

Wedding & Social Event Catering

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Catering & Banqueting Services for Events

SECONDARYTHAFAIAB

Event Catering (Weddings, Social, Private Parties)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Catering & Banquet Foodservice

SECONDARYTHAFAIAA

Corporate & Office Catering

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Catering & Banquet Foodservice

SECONDARYHSACAGAA

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise)

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Catering Coordination & Food Service (Non-restaurant)

Keywords

• Event catering services
• Wedding catering
• Corporate catering
• Cafe dining
• Cooking classes

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunnyvale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Catering Services: Full-service catering for events including weddings, corporate events, private parties, and holiday gatherings. Offers staffed buffet service, professional bartending, linen/glassware rentals, and drop-off service in disposable containers. Menu includes appetizers, entrees, sides, breakfast, and desserts. Minimum 4 dozen for appetizers, 25% deposit required to book events.
2. Cafe Retail: Walk-in cafe serving soups, salads, sandwiches, paninis, crepes (savory and sweet), and beverages including lattes, mochas, and coffee. Open Tuesday-Friday 11-3 and Saturday 9-3 for brunch. Prices range from $4.50 cups of soup to $16.00 specialty items.
3. Cooking Classes: Hands-on culinary classes including pasta-making instruction. Classes offered on specific dates with limited spaces, booked through Eventbrite. Located at 201 S. Meridian Puyallup, WA.
4. Catering Menu Items: Pre-priced catering menu items including salads ($21.99-$49.99), sandwich platters ($3.50-$12.50), boxed lunches ($12.99-$15.99), and full entrees ranging from $10-$25 per person. These items are sold as standalone catering components for events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Savory and Sweet Catering is a fully licensed catering company and cafe in Puyallup, Washington that provides full-service catering for weddings, corporate events, private parties, and holiday parties. The company operates a walk-in cafe serving soups, salads, sandwiches, paninis, crepes, and weekend brunch, and additionally offers hands-on pasta-making cooking classes. Catering services span drop-off in disposable containers, staffed buffet service with professional bartenders, and rentals of linen, glassware, utensils, and china, all produced from a shared commercial kitchen.

Product overview

Savory and Sweet is a fully licensed catering company operating as a cafe and catering business in Puyallup, Washington. The company offers a single integrated service model consisting of four interconnected offerings: a cafe (open Tuesday-Saturday) serving breakfast, lunch, and brunch items; full-service catering for weddings, corporate events, private parties, and holidays; a salads and sandwiches catering menu (catering-only); and cooking classes. The cafe and catering operations share the same kitchen and location, allowing seamless menu consistency between retail and event services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Savory and Sweet Cafe

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• First Watch: First Watch is a daytime cafe chain focused on breakfast, brunch, lunch, and seasonal menus with catering services for corporate and private events. Comparable to Savory & Sweet's cafe model (especially Saturday brunch) and catering offerings.
• Corner Bakery Cafe: Corner Bakery Cafe is a national cafe chain offering soups, salads, sandwiches, paninis, and breakfast items, with catering services for corporate meetings and events. Directly mirrors Savory & Sweet's cafe menu (crepes, paninis, soups, sandwiches) and corporate catering service.
• Tasty Catering: Tasty Catering is a Chicago-area corporate and event caterer offering drop-off, full-service, and staffing for corporate events, weddings, and private parties - directly comparable to Savory & Sweet's full-service catering + drop-off hybrid model. Both serve SMB and enterprise clients with bundled food and staffing offerings.
• Eat'n Park: Eat'n Park is a regional restaurant chain in the Midwest with family-style dining, breakfast/brunch service, and event catering for corporate and private functions. Comparable cafe + catering hybrid with comparable menu breadth and price points.
• HoneyBaked Ham: HoneyBaked Ham operates retail cafe storefronts selling prepared foods alongside robust catering for corporate events and holidays. Same cafe-plus-catering hybrid model as Savory & Sweet, with similar menu breadth around sandwiches, salads, and holiday meal packages.
• Bruegger's Bagels: Bruegger's Bagels operates retail cafes selling bagels, breakfast, and lunch items with corporate catering services for meetings and events. Comparable small-format cafe with catering hybrid model.
• Jason's Deli: Jason's Deli is known for its strong catering program built around sandwich platters, boxed lunches, salads, and party trays sold alongside its in-store cafe operations. Highly comparable to Savory & Sweet's salads/sandwiches catering menu and corporate boxed-lunch tiers.

Broad incumbents

• Panera Bread: Panera Bread is a national cafe chain offering soups, salads, sandwiches, and baked goods with a substantial catering program for corporate meetings. While serving similar menu categories, Panera operates at vastly greater scale and is not a wedding caterer; relevant as a broad incumbent in cafe+catering.
• Boston Market: Boston Market offers heat-and-serve family meals, holiday catering packages, and party trays from its retail locations. Comparable in the holiday buffet and family-style catering categories at larger scale.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill: Chipotle offers large-scale corporate catering (boxes, buffets, build-your-own bars) for business meetings and events. Comparable in the corporate catering box-lunch and buffet categories, though at vastly larger scale and without wedding services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thesavoryandsweet

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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