For Knights of Columbus Councils
MEAL-4DAT lets your parishioners pre-order — and pre-pay — for breakfasts, fish fries, and dinners. Know exactly how many plates to prep, days before the event.
Every event starts with a head count that's really just a hope. You prep for 80, 45 show up — or 120 do.
Hundreds of dollars of bratwurst, pancake batter, and fish thrown out after every event. Money that could have gone to charity.
Either you over-order to accommodate walk-ins, or families get turned away because you ran out. Neither is good.
Volunteers collecting cash, making change, tracking who paid — at the door, while also serving food.
There are over 16 million meals served at Knights of Columbus events
every year — and every single one is being prepped on a guess.
MEAL-4DAT fixes that.
Three steps. No tech expertise required.
Open the MEAL-4DAT app, find your council's next event, and pick your meal. Full breakfast, kids plate, vegetarian — everything's listed with the price.
Pay in seconds with Apple Pay, a card, or any Stripe-supported method. Your money goes directly to the council — not to us.
Receive a confirmation with a unique QR code. At the door, the volunteer scans it. Done. No cash, no line, no confusion.
With one tap, sponsor a meal for someone who can't afford one. It goes into a donation pool — available for any walk-in to claim.
Set up your event in minutes. Add meal types, set prices, define capacity limits, and publish. Your council page goes live immediately.
Your dashboard shows real-time committed counts per meal type — days before the event. Know when you're close to capacity before it's too late to adjust.
One tap exports a prep sheet for the kitchen: exactly how many of each meal to make. Hand it to your volunteers and cook with confidence.
Stripe Connect sends every dollar directly to your council's bank account at the moment of purchase. No float, no waiting.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
See committed counts per meal type update live. Know your numbers days — not hours — before the event.
Clean, fast, and built for the iPhone your volunteers already carry. Attendees order from their phones too — nothing to print.
Funds flow directly from attendee to council. MEAL-4DAT never holds your money. You see deposits in your account immediately.
Volunteers scan codes at the door with any iPhone. The system marks the meal redeemed and updates inventory instantly.
Attendees can sponsor meals for those in need. Walk-ins without funds can claim a donated meal — dignity intact.
Generate a kitchen prep sheet instantly. Share it via text, email, or print it. Your cooks know exactly what to make.
No subscriptions. No hidden fees. No monthly bill.
platform fee per transaction
That's our only fee. On a $12 breakfast plate, 4DAT collects $0.16. The rest goes straight to your council.
Stripe's standard processing fee (2.9% + 30¢) is separate — paid by the buyer or baked into your price. Your choice.
Example: 80 full breakfasts at $12 = $960 collected. 4DAT fee: $12.61. Council keeps $947.39 (before Stripe processing).
"We've been feeding our parish community for forty years — and every single breakfast, someone ends up throwing out food or we run short. If we can know the real number three days out, that changes everything."
— Grand Knight, Fr. Joseph M. Baker Council #3599, Panama City, FL
We're onboarding founding councils now. Early access is free to set up — you only pay when orders come in.