Respond to every catering inquiry within 5 minutes and save 1 hour/week forwarding messages manually.
~1 hr
Saved / wk
Easy
Setup
No AI
AI
When a customer submits a catering inquiry through your online form, this workflow instantly posts the full request details to a dedicated Slack channel. Your team sees the order size, date, and contact info right away — no one has to watch an inbox. You can assign ownership and reply to the customer within minutes.
~1 hr
Saved / Week
Easy to set up
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Connect Jotform to Make and select your catering inquiry form.
Step 2: Map the form fields (name, party size, date, notes) to a Slack message template.
Step 3: Set the Slack action to post to your #catering channel and activate the scenario.
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