What's New in Puree: Everything We Shipped in the First Half of 2026

A lot has gone into Puree since January, and if you have been busy running events you will have missed most of it. So here is the whole lot in one place: everything added or rebuilt between January and August 2026, one line each, grouped by the part of the app it belongs to. Where there is a guide or a fuller announcement, it is linked, so you can read up on anything that looks useful and skip the rest.

Quotes

• Bespoke quote templates. Stand out from whoever else they are asking, with beautiful quote themes customised to your fonts, photos and style. Bespoke Quote Templates: Send a Different Quote for Every Kind of Event · Quote Templates
• Event names. Name a quote after its event without renaming the customer. Event Names: Give Every Quote a Name Without Renaming Your Customer
• Signed acceptance certificate. A PDF record of what was accepted, by whom, and when. Signed Acceptance Certificate: A PDF Record of Every Accepted Quote
• Price on application. Show “P.O.A” instead of a blank price. Price on Application (P.O.A): Show “P.O.A” Instead of a Blank Price on Quote Items · Price on Application (P.O.A)
• Descriptions under menu headers. Explain a section once, or set an account-wide default. Per-Group Commentary: Add Descriptions Under Menu Headers and Categories in Your Quotes · Menu & Category Commentary
• Hide the customer view. Take a quote offline while you rework it, without deleting it. Hiding the Customer View: Temporarily Take a Quote Offline Without Deleting It
• Terms lock on acceptance. Update your terms freely; accepted quotes keep their version. How Terms Lock on a Quote
• Expiry that runs to the event date. Keep quotes open right up until the event instead of lapsing a set number of days after you sent them. Quote Expiry Dates
• Options and presentation styles. Now priced sub-lines, not crammed into the item name. Item Options: Add Selectable Variants and Surcharges to Your Menu Items · Presentation Styles: Define How Your Catering Is Served or Packaged
• Info-only items. Reference lines with no quantity and no price. Info-Only Items: Add Reference Items to Quotes without Quantities or Pricing
• Fixed-charge staff. Charge a flat fee for a role on the quote instead of an hourly rate. Fixed-Charge Staff: Bill a Flat Fee Instead of an Hourly Rate · Event Staff
• Step back without losing your work. Go from the items page back to the details step to fix a date or a delivery, and every item, package and staff line is still there. Back to Details: Return to the First Step of a Quote Without Losing Your Work

Packages

• Flexible packages across categories. Two mains and three sides from one allowance. Packages
• Improved heading options. More control over how headings group your menu and how items are presented in the quote. How Quotes Are Grouped & Ordered
• Drag to reorder. Packages, categories, menu groups and rules, and the quote follows. Reordering Categories & Packages
• Faster item picker. Categories and items load quicker, so there is less waiting while you build a quote.
• Hide package items, or just their quantities. Keep crockery and behind-the-scenes inclusions off the customer’s quote while they stay on your dockets. Packages

Winning the work

• The CRM. Chase every enquiry and quote before it goes cold, then see what you won, what you lost and why. CRM Boards: Every Enquiry, Opportunity and Quote on the Board It Belongs To · CRM Dashboard: Triage Pending Quotes, Track Lost Ones, and Tick Off Reminders Without Leaving the Page · CRM Boards
• Phone enquiries and repeat work. Log the enquiries that arrive by phone alongside your online ones, and set your own reminders to chase the jobs nobody is waiting on. Manual Enquiry Entry: Log Phone, Email and Referral Enquiries the Same Way as Online Ones · Processing Enquiries · Opportunities
• Order managers. Assign a team member to every quote, then filter by them. Order Managers: Assign a Team Member to Every Quote and Order · Order Managers
• Customer notes and reminders. Follow-ups against the customer, not the quote. Customer Notes & Reminders: Keep Track of Follow-Ups Without Cluttering Your Quotes
• Customer documents. Attach files directly to a customer profile. Customer Documents: Link Files Directly to Your Customer Profiles · Customers, Contacts & Addresses
• Newsletter groups. Tag contacts and export a CSV ready for Mailchimp. Newsletter Groups: Tag Contacts and Export Lists Ready for Mailchimp · Newsletter Groups

Online ordering and menus

• Card payments and postcode delivery fees. Paid online, priced by postcode, processed in one click. New: Delivery Fees by Postcode, Card Payments, and One-Click Order Processing · Online Order Form Payment Methods · Delivery Fees by Postcode
• Delivery or collection. Customers choose, and collection details reach their confirmation email. Online Order Collection: Let Customers Choose Between Delivery and Collection
• Options in the cart. Variants, presentation style and hot or cold. Online Order Form
• Four online menu styles. Pick a look, and choose whether each package shows its price and its photo. Online Menus
• Menu PDFs redesigned. Matched to the web view, with an allergen key and a choices appendix.
• Enquiry forms. Spam filtered without blocking real customers, and every answer visible. Enquiry Forms

Kitchen and delivery

• New “Chef” user type. A kitchen-only login: dockets, kitchen reports and the calendar, with no pricing anywhere. Chef Users: A Focused, Kitchen-Only Login for Your Prep Team
• Consolidated docket. Menu, beverages and equipment on one prep sheet. Consolidated Docket: Menu, Beverages and Equipment on One Prep Sheet · Consolidated Docket
• Packaging label builder. Choose orders, fields and Avery sheet, or keep the original one-click downloads. Packaging Labels: Choose What Prints on Every Sticker · Packaging Stickers
• Daily Orders, one report for any day. The separate Today and Tomorrow kitchen reports are now a single report with a date picker. Kitchen Reports
• Allergens, separate from dietary codes. On items, options and beverages. Allergens: Flag What Each Menu Item Contains, Separate from Dietary Codes · Adding Special Diets
• Name on chef docket. Give an item one name on the customer’s quote and a different one on the kitchen docket. Dockets
• Bulk docket download. Select a day’s orders and print the lot in one go.
• Driver run sheets. Scheduled equipment collections now sit alongside deliveries. Driver Delivery and Equipment Collection Feature · Driver Run Sheets
• Event format and timeline in one panel. Update guest numbers, contacts, running order and table plan without opening the quote, and it flows through to the quote, the event brief and your calendar. Event Format / Miscellaneous Information: A Tabbed Update Slideover for PAX, Contacts, Timeline, Tables and Event Details · Event Format & Miscellaneous Information

Getting paid

• Stripe card payments. Deposits, full payment, surcharges and payment request links. Stripe Credit Card Payments · Credit Card Surcharges
• Deposits page rebuilt. Filters, partial outstanding, and CSV or PDF export. Managing Deposits
• Combined invoices (beta). Merge several quotes into one Xero invoice. Combined Invoices (Beta): Merge Several Quotes into One Xero Invoice · Combined Invoices
• Xero status at a glance. Linked, Pending or Paid, synced back automatically. Connecting with Xero · Reconciling a Stripe Deposit in Xero

Costs and recipes Beta

Still being refined, and open to anyone who wants to help test it. Get in touch and we will switch it on for your account.

• Scan a supplier invoice and your costs update themselves. Snap a photo or upload a PDF of an invoice, packing slip or price list, and Puree reads every line, matches it to your ingredients and updates the prices, so your food costs stay current without anyone re-typing them. Supplier Price Lists
• Recipes and food cost. Build and manage your recipes, and see exactly what each dish costs you before you put a price on it. Recipes, Ingredients & Food Cost: Know Exactly What Every Dish Costs You · Recipes & Food Cost
• Ingredients library. One place for every ingredient, what it costs and who you buy it from. Ingredients Library
• Shopping lists. Turn the week’s orders into an ingredient list with quantities worked out for you.

Connected tools

• Deputy rostering. Push event staff to Deputy and sync assignments back. Deputy Rostering Integration: Push Event Staff to Deputy and Sync Assignments Back to Puree · Connecting with Deputy
• Google Calendar sync. Event format and packages in the event, plus per-venue calendars. Calendar & Google Calendar
• Calendar colour coding. Your own colours for order status and order type. Calendar Colour Coding: Choose Your Own Colours for Order Status and Order Type
• Your own web domain. Run your ordering pages and menus on your own web address instead of a Puree one. Custom Domain & Website
• Your own email domain. Quotes and confirmations arrive from your address rather than a Puree one, with a reply-to you control. Email Settings
• Email tracking. See what was sent and whether it arrived. Email Tracking and Delivery Improvements in Puree
• Developer API. Pull orders, customers and items into your own tools. The Puree Developer API: Pull Your Catering Data Into Your Own Tools · The Developer API

A bit of help from AI

• Item descriptions and quote introductions. Drafted for you, yours to edit before anyone sees them.
• Photography for items without one. Guided by your own inspiration images. AI Photos & Settings

Also worth knowing

• Order tags, with an inline picker and filtering on every revenue report. Tagging Quotes
• Date, status and scope filters across all reports, in one consistent bar. Reports
• Custom items and one-off packages on a quote without adding them to your menu. Custom Items & One-Off Packages
• School orders, with school name management. School Orders
• Dietary codes editable inline as you add items to an order. Inline Dietary Code Editing When Adding Items to an Order
• Reports, order lists and quote building all load noticeably faster.

Where to start

If you read one thing from the list and do nothing else, make it the CRM. Most caterers we talk to are losing more work to quotes nobody chased than to quotes priced too high, and the boards make that visible for the first time. After that, recipe costing is the one people tell us changed how they quote.

Every guide above lives in Help, and past announcements are in Articles.

As always, if you have questions or feedback, reach out to us at email@puree.app.