School Lunch Online Systems Help Schools Meet CDC Protocols

In the past year, many schools have faced challenges with maintaining their school lunch programs while following CDC recommendations. Adopting an online school lunch system makes it easier for school lunch administrators to ensure safety while distributing school lunches to students. School lunch software allows for schools to accept orders online using online menus and card payments. The system can generate online reports that allow for classroom-based lunch distribution. With classroom-based lunch distribution, parents and foodservice providers will be better ensured that students will safely receive their school lunch.

During a classroom-based distribution model, parents will pre-order their child’s lunch online using online menus and card payments. They will use a mobile app or a website to order their child’s lunch from anywhere. The kitchen or cafeteria staff will receive a report of lunch items needed for lunch distribution. The system will help the staff group the meals according to grade and classroom in order to be distributed directly to each student. Delivering lunches directly to the classroom allows for the contact associated with cafeteria lines be eliminated. To further reduce the spread of germs, wearing masks between periods of eating, washing hands frequently, improving ventilation and using disposable utensils are also recommended.

Other ways that a school lunch online aims to reduce contact in ordering and managing school lunches include going paperless. Unlike in traditional school lunch programs, parents will no longer have to fill out paper order forms and hand their child cash payments to bring to school. They will instead complete both of those processes on the online system. This is perfect for parents on the go as they can complete their orders ahead of time either online or on the app. They will no longer have to worry about their child forgetting or losing the paper order forms or cash on the way to school and will be well ensured that their child will receive their school lunch.  School lunch managers will receive the orders online and the system will generate online reports to help them prepare for daily, weekly, or monthly tasks. This helps them measure inventory, accounting, and ensure that each student will get their lunch efficiently. For managers that work with multiple schools, this type of automation allows them to effectively manage all their schools and focus on ensuring student’s safety and CDC protocols.