Of 219 Omaha catering sites, 7 print a price per guest and 12 say when an answer will come.
On September 27 I searched Google Maps for catering the way someone planning an event in Omaha would, from the middle of the metro and four points around it: 20 searches, listings, most of them restaurants, trucks and halls that also cater. Then I read what a planner can learn without a phone call: a price, when an answer comes, Saturday on the listing, and a form with room to describe the event. On September 29 I opened 27 of the sites again. No business is named here.
Whole-run numbers on this page (listings, searches, Saturday hours) cover all listings. Everything about individual sites covers the 27 sites I opened again on September 29. They were picked, not drawn at random. listings with hours are open on Saturday.
The five checks in Omaha, NE
What a customer runs into after tapping a listing, counted on the 27 local sites in the table near the end of this page. Each check is explained on the home page.
1. The Website button opens your site21 of 26 passMeasured here: Opens clean, fits a phone.
2. The number calls in one tap22 of 23 passMeasured here: the number on the listing is the number on the site. Taps were not counted.
3. There's a starting price5 of 27 passMeasured here: Price.
4. A message gets through27 of 27 passMeasured here: Can write.
5. Google Maps tells the same storynot in this report
If I wrote to you, the link in my message opens your own five checks at the top of this page. If not, get them free, in writing, within one business day.
What a planner can learn without a phone call
Someone planning a rehearsal dinner or an office lunch often writes to several places the same evening. These are the four things the 27 sites read again tell that person before anyone answers. Across the whole run, catering sites print a price per guest and say when an answer will come.
5 of 27A price a planner can read
4 of 27A written reply time
11 of 27Saturday on the listing
26 of 27A form with room to describe the event
Number
Does
A price a planner can read
A written reply time
Saturday on the listing
A form with room to describe the event
Of 4
Restaurant that caters 11
Restaurant that caters
✓$13 a guest, one meat and two sides
✓Up to 48 hours, Sunday and Monday messages on Tuesday
✓ open
✓ yes
4
Caterer 58
Caterer
✓$300 weekday, $500 weekend minimum
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
3
Caterer 87
Caterer
✓Delivery $10 to $30, a server $200
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
3
Caterer 89
Caterer
○ none printed
✓By the next business day
✓ open
✓ yes
3
Restaurant that caters 12
Restaurant that caters
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Restaurant that caters 20
Restaurant that caters
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Restaurant that caters 26
Restaurant that caters
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Food truck or cart 36
Food truck or cart
✓Packages from $300
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
2
Boards and grazing 43
Boards and grazing
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Caterer 48
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Restaurant that caters 50
Restaurant that caters
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Caterer 57
Caterer
✓Waitstaff $30 an hour, bartender $35, batched cocktail $95
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
2
Caterer 69
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
✓ open
✓ yes
2
Venue with catering 74
Venue with catering
○ none printed
✓The next business day
○ closed
✓ yes
2
Caterer 75
Caterer
○ none printed
✓Within 1 business day
○ closed
✓ yes
2
Food truck or cart 18
Food truck or cart
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Caterer 32
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Caterer 34
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ closed
✓ yes
1
Caterer 52
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Caterer 63
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Caterer 70
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ closed
✓ yes
1
Food truck or cart 72
Food truck or cart
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Caterer 73
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ closed
✓ yes
1
Caterer 83
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Boards and grazing 91
Boards and grazing
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
✓ yes
1
Caterer 97
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ closed
✓ yes
1
Caterer 35
Caterer
○ none printed
○ none written
○ no hours
○ no message box
0
What else turned up
Counts from the 27 sites read again and their listings. No business is named.
blog with casino posts
Three posts from April about casinos, one in Azerbaijani, signed with the company's name.
site signed in as a stranger
The menu of every page shows the site builder's sample address as the signed in user.
second listings that lead nowhere useful
One opens a builder's error page. The other, a hall on the same number, came up first from the south with no website link.
pages that ask Google to hide them
A robots noindex tag on the page the listing opens.
home pages out of season
A May brunch invitation and a closed for winter line, read at the end of September.
email link that is not an address
The link on a menus page stops before the end of the domain.
The prices a planner can find
sites read again print any price. As printed:
Caterer 57Drop in waitstaff $30 per staff hour, bar support $35, batched cocktail $95 a batch for about 15.
Restaurant that caters 11$13 a guest for one meat and two sides, $15.50 for two meats, 20 guest minimum, 48 hours notice.
Caterer 87Delivery $10 to $30 on disposable platters, $65 with chafing sets, $200 a server or bartender.
Caterer 58Event minimum $300 during the week and $500 on weekends, tastings from $50 a person.
Food truck or cart 36Most packages start at $300.
What each fix costs against one of your events
Found on 22 of 27 sites read againNo starting price for the jobs you do most$150
Found on 15 of 27 sites read againSeen in 2 or fewer of the 20 searches$600
Found on 3 of 26 sites read againThe site opens behind a browser warning$150
Found on 3 of 27 sites read againThe form or the email address on the page sends people wrong$250
Found on 2 of 27 sites read againTwo Google listings for one company, or one number on two$300
Found on 1 of 23 sites read againThe listing number is not on the site, or a button dials another$150
Found on 1 of 27 sites read againAds run and nothing counts the calls they bring$300
Nothing typed here leaves this page. The prices are the ones on the home page of this site, paid after the fix is live.
Six taps on the 27 sites
Each step shows how many of the 27 sites read again pass it. Tap a step to see only those.
21 of the 27 sites read again have something a customer runs into. Tap a step to see only those.
Food truck or cart 18Omaha
The blog carries casino posts from April under the company's name, and the Facebook link opens another business.
Betting pagesFacebook link opens another business
Caterer 34Omaha
The site address forwards to the store builder's address, which opened behind an expired certificate. The listing gives an out of state number.
Browser warningOut of area number
Caterer 35Sarpy County
The listing shows no phone, and the form on the page it links to only signs people up for news.
No phone on the listingForm has no message box
Food truck or cart 36Bellevue
The page the listing opens asks Google not to show it, on a free builder address.
Hidden from GoogleFree builder address
Restaurant that caters 12Omaha
The site stays on http, so the browser marks the event space form Not secure.
Browser warning
Restaurant that caters 20Omaha
Every page opened behind an expired certificate warning.
Browser warning
Restaurant that caters 26Omaha
Two sets of hours on the site, a third on the listing, and no phone layout.
Two sets of hours
Caterer 32Omaha
The listing shows no hours and no photos.
Listing with no hours or photos
Restaurant that caters 50Omaha
The home page asks Google not to show it and has no phone layout.
Hidden from Google
Caterer 52La Vista
A second listing on the same number sends people to a site builder error page.
Two listings
Caterer 57Sarpy County
Every page menu shows the site builder's sample account as signed in.
Template text left
Caterer 58Omaha
The Team link in the footer opens a missing page.
Link to a missing page
Caterer 63Plattsmouth
The line the home page gives Google says one distance from Omaha, the page says another.
Two distances from Omaha
Caterer 69Omaha
The only message box in the form is labeled for dietary needs, and it is required.
Message box labeled for something else
Caterer 70Omaha
The email link on the menus page is cut off and is not an address.
Email address wrong
Food truck or cart 72Omaha
Ads run under the name, and nothing on the site counts where bookings come from.
Ads, nothing counting
Venue with catering 74Omaha
Two listings at one address and one email show two different Saturdays.
Two names, one owner
Caterer 83Cedar Creek
The home page still says closed for winter.
Old notice on the home page
Caterer 89Omaha
Two listings at one address and one email show two different Saturdays.
Two names, one owner
Boards and grazing 91Omaha
The contact page spells the company name another way.
Name spelled two ways
Caterer 97Omaha
The hall listing on the same number came up first from the south, with no website link.
Number on another listing
All 27 sites read again, five checks each
Numbers are random and exist only on this page. A dash means the check could not be run for that site. Tap a column to sort.
Number
Does
City
Seen in, of 20
Saturday
Opens clean
Fits a phone
Can write
Price
Same number
Checks
Restaurant that caters 11
Restaurant that caters
Omaha
1
open
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
5 of 5
Restaurant that caters 12
Restaurant that caters
Omaha
1
open
○
✓
✓
○
✓
3 of 5
Food truck or cart 18
Food truck or cart
Omaha
2
–
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Restaurant that caters 20
Restaurant that caters
Omaha
4
open
○
✓
✓
○
✓
3 of 5
Restaurant that caters 26
Restaurant that caters
Omaha
1
open
✓
○
✓
○
✓
3 of 5
Caterer 32
Caterer
Omaha
5
–
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 34
Caterer
Omaha
2
closed
○
✓
✓
○
○
2 of 5
Caterer 35
Caterer
Sarpy County
1
–
✓
✓
✓
○
–
3 of 4
Food truck or cart 36
Food truck or cart
Bellevue
0
–
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
5 of 5
Boards and grazing 43
Boards and grazing
Omaha
0
open
✓
✓
✓
○
–
3 of 4
Caterer 48
Caterer
Bellevue
4
open
–
✓
✓
○
✓
3 of 4
Restaurant that caters 50
Restaurant that caters
Omaha
1
open
✓
○
✓
○
✓
3 of 5
Caterer 52
Caterer
La Vista
6
–
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 57
Caterer
Sarpy County
1
–
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
5 of 5
Caterer 58
Caterer
Omaha
1
open
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
5 of 5
Caterer 63
Caterer
Plattsmouth
1
–
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 69
Caterer
Omaha
5
open
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 70
Caterer
Omaha
4
closed
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Food truck or cart 72
Food truck or cart
Omaha
3
–
✓
✓
✓
○
–
3 of 4
Caterer 73
Caterer
Ralston
6
closed
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Venue with catering 74
Venue with catering
Omaha
1
closed
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 75
Caterer
Bellevue
5
closed
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 83
Caterer
Cedar Creek
1
–
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Caterer 87
Caterer
Omaha
6
open
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
5 of 5
Caterer 89
Caterer
Omaha
5
open
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
Boards and grazing 91
Boards and grazing
Omaha
1
–
✓
✓
✓
○
–
3 of 4
Caterer 97
Caterer
Omaha
6
closed
✓
✓
✓
○
✓
4 of 5
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If I wrote to you, the link in my message opens this page with your row and your steps marked. If I did not, send your site and I will go through it the same way, in writing and free.
In the trades in the other reports, a customer calls about one job. Someone planning an event writes to several places the same evening and compares what comes back: a number per guest, a minimum, a day when someone will answer. So this report is about what a planner can read before anyone calls back.
Most places that come up for catering are not caterers. Restaurants, a bar with an event room, food trucks, board makers and a wedding hall share the searches with the catering companies.
It is also the first report where a blog carried casino posts under a caterer's name, and where a site builder's sample account shows as signed in on every page.
How this was checked
Searches: 20 Google Maps searches that count, on September 27, 2026, from the middle of the Omaha metro and four points around it, in the phrasings someone planning an event uses: catering service near me, catering service Omaha, best catering service Omaha, catering service prices Omaha, reviews, plus a metro wide search. They returned 311 listings in the metro, caterers and every kind of place that caters, and 245 of their websites answered.
Read again: on September 29 I opened 27 of those sites again by hand and by script, home page and inner pages, and compared the Google listing with what the site shows. They are the ones that come up most and the ones where the first reading found something odd, so they are not a random sample, and no share on this page stands for the whole metro. A few listings outside the 27 appear in the search lists with what the listing itself shows, such as no website.
Limits: one day of searches, five points and one metro wide search. A company that is not here may simply not have come up. Page speed was measured from Europe and is left out.
Google Maps results. 20 searches on September 27, 2026 from the middle of the Omaha metro and four points around it, north, south, east and west, in the phrasings a customer uses, plus one metro wide search.
Google business listings. Name, category, phone number, opening hours, reviews and the website field of all 311 listings the searches returned, read on September 27, 2026.
Websites, first reading. Every website field was followed on September 27, 2026. 245 sites answered and were read, the home page and up to six inner pages each.
Websites, read again. On September 29 I opened 27 of those sites again: certificates, call links, email links, forms, sample text. The 27 are the ones that come up most in the searches and the ones where the first reading found something odd. They are not a random sample, so no share on this page stands for the whole metro.
Printed prices. Prices read in context on the sites that print them, on September 29, and checked by hand.
Area codes. As assigned in the North American numbering plan: 561 Palm Beach County, 954 Broward, 305 and 786 Miami-Dade, 407 Orlando, 843 coastal South Carolina, 973 northern New Jersey, 416 Toronto, 520 Tucson, 314 St. Louis, 850 the Florida panhandle.
What this check cannot see. Calls, jobs won, ad spend, and the quality of anyone's work. This page is about Google listings and websites only.
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