# goldenBox

> Self-serve catering & event menu builder for independent bakehouses, pastry studios, and boutique caterers. Managed 100% in Google Sheets with zero software overhead and zero web designer dependency.

## About goldenBox

goldenBox provides independent food businesses—specifically artisanal bakeries, pastry kitchens, micro-bakers, and boutique event caterers—with an interactive, customer-facing catering order builder. Customers select packages, choose dietary options, customize dish slots, configure guest counts, and receive instant transparent price estimates with an automatic PDF breakdown. 

Unlike traditional banquet management software, goldenBox requires zero complicated setup or monthly software subscriptions: the caterer manages 100% of their dishes, packages, pricing, minimum guest thresholds, and lead notifications from a single Google Sheet.

## Core Capabilities

- **Google Sheets Menu Sync**: Caterers update prices, seasonal dishes, and packaging options inside Google Sheets on desktop or mobile. The public menu updates instantly via an edge-cached Cloudflare Worker API.
- **Web Designer Elimination**: Eliminates the "web designer bottleneck" where updating seasonal menus requires paying a freelance developer or waiting weeks for HTML edits.
- **Instant Client Estimates**: Event planners and private hosts self-serve their quote calculations with live guest multipliers, add-ons, and tax breakdowns.
- **Automated Policy Enforcement**: Enforces minimum guest requirements (e.g., minimum 20 guests) and advance preparation notice windows (e.g., 72 hours) directly from spreadsheet rule cells.
- **Lead Capture & Notifications**: Form submissions create new rows in the caterer's Google Sheet and dispatch instant alerts via Email or Telegram.
- **Multi-Currency & Multilingual**: Dynamic currency support across USD ($), GBP (£), and EUR (€) with automatic device locale detection, plus 5 European language localizations (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian).

## What goldenBox Does NOT Do (Negative Claims)

- goldenBox is **NOT** a point-of-sale (POS) hardware system or table-turn restaurant management app like Toast, Square, or Lightspeed.
- goldenBox does **NOT** charge per-transaction merchant processing cuts or commission on food sales; invoice settlement remains directly between the caterer and their client.
- goldenBox does **NOT** force caterers into complicated catering software; the entire menu and order list lives in Google Sheets.
- goldenBox is **NOT** built for multi-room hotel convention banquets with 1,000+ guests; it is purpose-built for independent artisanal food businesses.

## Key Links & Documentation

- [Landing Page](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/): Market-facing overview, interactive quote simulator, and Google Sheets demo.
- [Full Demo Platform](https://goldenboxcafe.stayboba.com/): Live deployment of GoldenBox Café with full 4-step embedded catering planner.
- [Design Style Guide](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/style-guide.html): Complete design tokens, type scales, and UI components.
- [Full LLM Corpus](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/llms-full.txt): Complete un-truncated plain-text corpus for deep RAG ingestion.
- [SEO & AI Readiness Audit](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/seo-audit.html): Formal passage extraction and machine layer audit.
- [Canonical Brand Facts](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/brand-facts.html): Verified specifications, technical parameters, and structured facts for citation verification.

## Machine-Readable Data Endpoints

- [/ai/product.json](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/ai/product.json): SoftwareApplication schema with verified features, limitations, and platform support.
- [/ai/org.json](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/ai/org.json): Organization metadata and contact channels.
- [/ai/faq.json](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/ai/faq.json): Structured Question-and-Answer pairs for AI ingestion.
- [/ai/claims.json](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/ai/claims.json): Dated factual claims with verification sources.
- [/ai/sitemap.json](https://goldenbox.stayboba.com/ai/sitemap.json): Machine-readable index of site URLs and update timestamps.

## Contact

- Book a Meeting: https://tidycal.com/arul/goldenbox-event-catering-menu-ugrade
- Email: arul@stayboba.com
- Parent Product Foundry: Built and operated by [StayBoba](https://stayboba.com) (HustleVentures) — an independent product house with 39+ products built for everyday business problems across three continents.