3 Reasons to Adopt a School Lunch Software - Hot Lunch

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3 Reasons to Adopt a School Lunch Software
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Schools around the country are adopting a school
lunch software that helps to automate and
modernize their school lunch program. Unlike
traditional forms of school lunch management,
school lunch software helps to eliminate cash and
paper forms. These systems are an effective way
to minimize contact and save time on your school
lunch program.
Save Food Service Providers Time Money A school
lunch software can help automate mundane tasks so
that food service providers can expend more
resources on other aspects of their business.
School lunch managers can upload menus online to
effectively communicate with parents. These
menus are designed to include nutrition and
allergy information and help customers order
directly online or from an app. Service provider
will receive each order online instead of
through paper order forms. Based on what has been
ordered and distributed throughout the day, the
school lunch software can generate automated
reports to help food service providers plan for
future orders. This reporting will be entirely
online and free of human error. The online system
allows for managers to send mass emails to
everyone that takes part in the school
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lunch program. Managers that work with multiple
schools can use the one school lunch software to
automate tasks across each school they manage. A
school lunch software can accommodate for
discounted lunches, after school food
distribution, fundraisers and more. Adopting an
online school lunch software can help streamline
the process for those who manage school lunch
programs. Easy for Parents to Use Switching to a
school lunch software allows parents to easily
order their childs school lunch online. Parents
can log in to their account and have access to
detailed menus that contain nutrition and
allergy information. Online menus make it easier
for parents to be aware of the nutrition that
their child receives at school. They can order
straight from the online system or from an app
and make secure payments. With the school lunch
software, parents no longer have to worry about
sending their kids to school with cash and paper
forms for their school lunch. Parents who are
constantly on the go or parents who do not have
access to a home computer find benefits in
utilizing an app to order their childs school
lunch. Since the online system also provides
ways for school lunch program managers to
communicate, parents can stay informed on their
childs school lunch program through emails or
messages from within the online system. Taking
paper forms, cash and word of mouth out of a
school lunch program allow for parents to be
better informed with little effort. Keep Students
Staff Healthy Implementing a school lunch
software helps schools safely return to their
school lunch program while being compliant with
CDC health requirements. An online system can
accommodate a classroom-based distribution model.
Many schools have opted to distribute lunches to
students within their classroom instead of in
the cafeteria to better maintain social
distancing. Manually, a classroom-based
distribution model would take hours to set up,
however with an online system, it can be
automated. By eliminated paper forms, contact is
reduced between food service administrators and
students. Instead of handing paper forms,
students will simply state their name or ID to
receive their lunch. This has proven to reduce
the time that students spend in line which
further helps to prevent the transmission of
germs. Even post-pandemic, the call to adopt more
cashless and contactless solutions will continue
to persist.