GloriaFood is shutting down. Here's what to do about the catering side of your business.
Published August 2026 · 9 min read
Several industry sites are reporting that Oracle, which acquired GloriaFood in 2021, plans to retire the platform on April 30, 2027, and that no official data export or migration tool is being provided. CaterWay has not verified this directly with Oracle or GloriaFood, so we are reporting what independent sources say, not stating it as confirmed fact.
Sources checked 15 August 2026:
- OlaClick: "GloriaFood Shutting Down? Protect Your Restaurant Now" reports April 30, 2027 as the confirmed shutdown date and states GloriaFood is not providing an export or migration tool.
- Applova: "GloriaFood Is Shutting Down. Here's What Restaurants Need To Do Next" reports the same April 30, 2027 date and advises restaurants to export their own data now rather than wait for a tool.
Both are third-party sources, not Oracle or GloriaFood announcements. If you run GloriaFood, check the notice in your own dashboard for the date and options that apply to your account.
CaterWay is not a GloriaFood replacement for everyday delivery ordering
GloriaFood is restaurant online ordering software: a per-item menu, a checkout, delivery and pickup, orders that go straight to the kitchen. If that is your business, an ordering platform is still what you need, and this article won't pretend otherwise.
CaterWay solves a different problem: per-guest quoting for catering, events and group bookings. A caterer embeds a calculator on their own site, a customer picks a menu and enters a guest count, gets a price, and requests a quote. The caterer reviews it, sends it back, the customer accepts and e-signs, and it lands on a calendar with stock and a prep sheet behind it. If parties, corporate catering, buffets or private dining are part of what GloriaFood was covering for you, that side is what this guide is about.
What to do with the time you have left
1. Export your menus and customer data now
Do not wait for a migration tool to appear. Log into GloriaFood and check whatever export options it currently offers for your menu items, categories and customer list, and save copies yourself. The reports above describe no official export path being planned, so treat your own dashboard as the only chance you will get.
2. Rebuild your catering menu, faster than typing it in by hand
If your GloriaFood menu already exists as a document, photo or PDF, CaterWay's AI menu import can read it and propose categories, items and prices for you to review and adjust. It runs on every plan; on the free plan the extraction runs the same way and the number of items you can commit at once is capped, so you keep control without a blank editor.
3. Put a calculator on the site you already have
The calculator embeds on your existing website with a snippet, in your own branding, in one of 12 languages. Customers who ask about a party or a corporate lunch get a real per-guest price without an email back-and-forth first.
4. Keep the domain
Nothing about switching the quoting tool behind your site requires changing your domain or your ordering setup for daily delivery, if you keep that running elsewhere. The calculator is a widget you add, not a site migration.
What CaterWay actually does
No payments, invoicing, point of sale, staff scheduling, SMS or public API. This is what the product covers today:
- ✓Embeddable per-guest price calculator, in 12 languages, styled to match your site
- ✓Quote flow: customer requests, caterer responds, customer accepts and e-signs, a signed PDF is generated
- ✓Automatic follow-up, prep and thank-you emails around a booking
- ✓Calendar with an ICS feed, so bookings show up in your own calendar app
- ✓Warehouse and rentable items with stock tracking (Pro)
- ✓Venues with time slots, capacity limits and a room fee (Pro)
- ✓Delivery areas with per-area fees
- ✓Allergen sheet, generated as a PDF from your menu data
- ✓Adults/children pricing on the same booking
- ✓Prep sheet for the kitchen, built from accepted quotes
- ✓A customer list with GDPR-compliant removal
- ✓VAT applied per line
- ✓Price shown on the pricing page, no setup fee, a free plan with no card required
- ✓A live demo at caterway.io/demo and a free menu-to-quote tool at caterway.io/tools/menu-to-quote
- ✓Data hosted in the EU (Paris region); company based in Helsinki
Who this fits, and who it doesn't
A reasonable fit
- You quote for parties, weddings or private dining
- You cater corporate lunches, buffets or offices
- You need a per-guest price, not a per-item cart
- You want quotes tracked, signed and on a calendar
Not the right tool
- Everyday à la carte delivery and pickup ordering
- You need a POS or in-store checkout
- You need invoicing, payments or staff scheduling built in
- You need a public API to integrate with other systems
Plenty of businesses run both: a delivery ordering platform for daily orders, and a separate quoting tool for the catering and events side. That split is normal, and moving GloriaFood's catering enquiries to a dedicated tool while you find a delivery-ordering replacement elsewhere is a reasonable way to split the work.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is GloriaFood shutting down?
Multiple industry sources report April 30, 2027 as the date Oracle, which owns GloriaFood, will retire the platform. CaterWay has not been able to confirm this directly with Oracle or GloriaFood, so treat it as a reported date and check GloriaFood’s own account notices for your specific timeline.
Will GloriaFood help me export my data?
Reports describe no official migration tool from GloriaFood or Oracle. Check your own GloriaFood dashboard for whatever export options it currently offers, and do it well before any shutdown date rather than assuming one will appear later.
Is CaterWay a GloriaFood replacement for restaurant delivery orders?
No. GloriaFood is built for restaurant online ordering: a per-item menu, delivery and pickup, orders that fire straight to the kitchen. CaterWay is built for catering and events: a per-guest quote calculator, e-signed quotes, a calendar, warehouse and venue booking. If everyday delivery ordering is the whole business, CaterWay is not the tool.
What should I do if I run both restaurant delivery and catering?
Keep looking for a delivery-ordering replacement for the restaurant side. For the catering, events and group-booking side, a quote calculator built around guest count, menus and dates is a better fit than an ordering platform, and that is the part CaterWay covers.
How much does CaterWay cost?
CaterWay has a free plan with no setup fee. The Pro plan is €49/month billed monthly, or €39/month billed yearly (€468/year), with a 14-day trial.
Move the catering side before the deadline
Try the live demo, or run one of your own menus through the free menu-to-quote tool to see what an import would look like, no account needed.