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Meals Management

Organize event meals: meal periods, menu items, cost tracking, caterer export, and crowd meter links.

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Setting Up Meals

  1. Event Dashboard → Logistics
  2. Enable Meals under Enable Services
  3. Open the Meals sub-section

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Meal Periods

Click Add Meal Period and configure:
  • Name, Date, Start Time, End Time
  • Location (optional)
  • Capacity (optional)
Edit or delete via controls on each period card.
There is no manual Record Attendance / Mark Attendance UI in the meals dashboard. Use Crowd Meter for live line counting at meal service.
Each meal period has a Menu section:
  1. Expand the period
  2. Click + Add Item
  3. Set item name, description, and dietary tags

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Crowd Meter

Each meal period includes a Crowd Meter section with links to:
Use Open Crowd Meter (top of Meals section) or per-period links to count people in meal lines. See Crowd Meter.

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Export for Caterer

  1. Go to Logistics → Meals
  2. Click Export for Caterer
  3. Choose CSV or JSON in the confirm dialog
Includes meal periods, menu, and registrant dietary data for kitchen planning.

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Best Practices

  1. Create all meal periods before the event
  2. Add menu items with dietary tags
  3. Share Crowd Meter links with line volunteers
  4. Export for caterer before large meal services

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Troubleshooting

Crowd Meter not loading: Verify org and event IDs in the URL. Export empty: Ensure meal periods exist and registrants answered dietary questions on the registration form.