Digital Transformation in School Lunch

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Digital Transformation in School Lunch
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How Does it Work?
Like with many businesses, schools have moved
many day-to- day operations online. Lunch
programs are following the same trend. Sending
students to school with paper order forms and
cash is no longer the most effective way to
conduct a school lunch program. Many
administrators have already switched to a school
lunch online model. Bringing school lunch online
allows both parents and foodservice providers to
utilize the same online system for any school
lunch needs. Most households are already used to
using online systems to shop online. Bringing
school lunch online seamlessly integrates school
lunch into the regular cadence of online orders.
Parents can utilize the online system to browse
menus. These menus are easy to load and contain
nutrition and allergy information to help
parents best choose the best hot lunch for their
childrens specific needs. Both on the mobile app
and website, parents can place orders for lunch
items throughout the week and may secure credit
card payments. By ordering online and ahead of
time, all the students will have to do is state
their name or ID number to receive their lunch
once they arrive at school. Parents will not
need to worry about their children misplacing
cash or paper order forms, as their lunch choice
will already be ready and paid for when they
arrive at school. Foodservice providers will
login to the same website or mobile app to
manage lunch orders. They will view orders using
the site and use automatically generated reports
to plan for future
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lunches. Managers can update menus or send
notifications to parents as updates to the
school lunch program arises. Reports can also be
generated for accounting records and to
accommodate for classroom-based distribution.
Using reports for classroom-based distribution
allows lunch managers to provide school lunch
while maintaining social distance guidelines
more effectively. Foodservice providers who
manage lunch at multiple schools can utilize the
same online system for all schools, simplifying
their process and reducing menial tasks. An
online system can also go beyond traditional
school lunch orders. It can also be used for
yearbook sales, afterschool fundraisers, and
more. HotLunch.com has developed their system
based on decades of feedback from parents and
foodservice providers. The goal is to meet the
demands of school lunch providers and parents
alike. Learn more by visiting hotlunch.com.