Host food at your event is critical for productivity. Streamlining this process will result in happy hackers.

Breakfast

Find someone to sponsor coffee and donuts or bagels. This will engage stakeholders

Considerations for the working lunch:

Buying as a group

Assign a point person for coordinating food purchases from a local vendor and coordinating payment with participants. Consider using a payment app so people can pay with their credit cards.

Provide food to participants in a common room where there is a projector for sharing of progress and discussion between groups

Buying as an individual Give people a heads up ahead of time that they will have to go out for their food and provide some options you know make sense for your location.

Dinner