The School Lunch
Advantage – Hot Lunch
Software
The digital transformation has taken many organizations to the 21st
century. By implementing school lunch software, your school lunch
program can become modernized as well. The pandemic and the
need for social distancing in schools has only exacerbated the
need to bring school lunch programs online. Many schools across
North America have implemented a school lunch software,
improving efficiency, safety, and customer satisfaction.
Traditional school lunch systems are no longer effective for parents
and foodservice providers alike. Paper order forms and cash can
easily get misplaced and are a hassle to regularly fill out. By
ordering school lunch online, parents can be more confident that
their students will receive the correct school lunch choice when
they arrive at school that day. They can also order ahead of time at
their convenience. Foodservice providers can more easily manage
the many lunch orders they get every day with this school lunch
software.
For Parents:
Parents enjoy the benefits of HotLunch.com because it gives them
more control and flexibility over their child’s school lunch. They can
browse detailed menus online that contain nutritional and allergy
information. They make selections on the website or app ahead of
time to ensure that their child will receive the correct school lunch
choice all week long. They can do this on the go, at work, or from
the comfort of their home. Some parents may have children who
attend different schools, if each school utilizes the same school
lunch software, they will have the ability to order for each student
using the same platform.
For Food Service Providers:
Shifting to a school lunch software can improve efficiency for
foodservice providers. The system can be used to track orders
coming in, prepare for each day of school lunch, and plan for future
orders. HotLunch.com can automate reports that keep track of how
much supply has been used and how much supply needs to be
ordered to accommodate future lunches. Reports can also be
generated to keep track of accounting and can be downloaded to
match existing accounting formats.
For food service providers that work with multiple schools, they can
streamline decisions across all of the systems of all of the schools
they work with. They can also make specifications for each school
as necessary such as adding logos and customized school colors.
A school lunch software also makes it easier for foodservice
providers to communicate with parents. They can send mass
emails using the app with easy-to-use templates to keep parents
informed.
For Social Distancing:
Many schools have adopted a classroom-based distribution system
to reduce contact that comes from crowded cafeterias and lunch
lines. Instead, staff will deliver lunch directly to a student’s
classroom. By hand, it could take hours to sort which student
belongs to which classroom and match that student to their lunch
order. With HotLunch.com, this process can be automated, saving
time and resources. While social distancing continues to be a
priority, this feature can improve the safety of students while at
school.
When lunch lines are re-introduced, a school lunch software can
improve wait time in the lunch line. Students will receive their lunch
by simply stating their name and ID number instead of handing over
paper order forms and cash payments. Shorter lunch lines benefit
both students and staff.
Visit hotlunch.com to learn more about the benefits of school lunch
software or email sales@hotlunch.com to schedule a demo of the
software.