The freeflow is the first part of lunch. If it starts stressful, the food won't save it.
In catering, many things can be changed easily — food offer, staff, presentation, quality. Flow is not one of them.
Queues kill the experience
When diners wait 12+ minutes just to collect food, satisfaction drops — regardless of food quality.
Cross-traffic creates chaos
Poor counter placement forces people to criss-cross the space, slowing everyone down and creating stress.
Freeflow mistakes are expensive to fix
Unlike menus or staffing, a badly designed layout requires construction to change. Get it right from the start.
Most freeflows are designed without data
Architects draw beautiful spaces. But without flow analysis, the result often underperforms on throughput and experience.
From Floor Plan to Optimized Layout
We digitize your floor plan
Send us your company restaurant blueprint. We build a precise digital twin with every counter, station, and walkway mapped.
We simulate real demand
We model your actual peak volumes, group sizes, offer mix, and diner behavior to run realistic flow simulations.
You get actionable results
Boardroom-grade reports with A+ to F grades, animated walkthroughs, and concrete recommendations ranked by impact.
See It in Action
A digital twin of your company restaurant — from floor plan to simulation results.
Digital Twin Builder
Every counter, zone, and access point mapped on your actual floor plan.
Flow Simulation
Watch virtual diners move through your space — identify bottlenecks in real time.
Density Heatmap
See exactly where congestion builds up and why.
Seat Occupancy Model
Know if you have enough seats — before opening day.
What You Can Measure and Improve
Every simulation delivers concrete metrics — not opinions.
Queue time
Identify and eliminate the bottlenecks that cause the longest waits.
Throughput
Know exactly how many diners your layout can serve per minute.
Seat utilization
Match dining capacity to demand — avoid both overcrowding and wasted space.
Scenario comparison
Test layout changes digitally before spending on physical construction.
Built for the People Who Own the Problem
Facility Managers & Workplace Experience
Justify layout investments with data. Reduce complaints. Present boardroom-ready evidence that your company restaurant upgrade will deliver.
Architects & Designers
Validate your company restaurant design before construction. Ensure the layout handles target capacity without bottlenecks.
Catering Operators
Win tenders with simulation-backed proposals. Optimize station placement and staffing to serve more diners faster.
Catering Expertise Meets Simulation Technology
Our Methodology
- Digital twin of your floor plan — every counter, walkway, and queue zone mapped
- Discrete-event simulation engine calibrated to real company restaurant behavior
- Station speed model based on service mode, staff count, complexity, and manipulations
- 16 station types modeled: from sandwich à la minute to self-scan checkout
- Demand modeling: arrival curves, offer mix, group sizes, grab-and-go rates
- Results graded A+ to F with color-coded bottleneck ranking
“Most company restaurants are designed around what looks good on a floor plan. CaterFlow shows what actually works when 800 people need lunch in 45 minutes.”
ALOHA Consultancy
15 years in workplace catering strategy
Proven with
Corporate campuses
500–2,000 pax
Contract caterers
Tender support
New-build projects
Pre-construction validation
Renovation planning
Before/after simulation
Transparent Pricing, Clear Deliverables
Choose the package that fits your project scope. Every engagement delivers boardroom-ready results.
CaterFlow Essential
Fast, boardroom-ready bottleneck diagnosis.
- 1 restaurant / 1 digitalized plan (PDF)
- Baseline simulation + up to 5 scenarios
- Station speed model (served vs self-serve, staff count, buffered vs à la minute, manipulations)
- Bottleneck ranking + congestion heatmaps
- Boardroom PDF report with A+ to F- grade
- 12 months private client portal access
- 1 review round (async feedback)
CaterFlow Professional
Scenario testing + animation to align stakeholders.
- Everything in Essential
- 2 digitalized plans
- Baseline + up to 10 scenarios
- Clients can toggle assumptions and swap counters in their portal
- Comparison dashboard (baseline vs scenarios)
- MP4 animation for baseline + best scenario
- Recommendations ranked by impact vs effort
- 2 review sessions (kickoff + results)
CaterFlow Enterprise
For complex sites and high peak volumes.
- Everything in Professional
- 3 digitalized plans
- Baseline + up to 15 scenarios
- High-peak configuration (up to 2,000 passages / 90 minutes)
- Advanced constraints (queue zones, spillover tracking)
- Stakeholder workshop (remote)
- Mid-year refresh run (updated demand assumptions)
- Priority turnaround
Prices shown are for one restaurant project and include 12 months client portal access. Final scope confirmed during onboarding.