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School Food United is our online payment and ordering system for parents. The system makes it easier and safer for primary school children and their parents to order their school meals; guaranteeing their choice, ensuring their dietary requirements are met and limiting food waste.
School Food United has been created to support our clients and catering teams, helping to reduce unnecessary cash management and meal number administration, as well as assisting with overall administration for the school
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The system is also a marketing tool, we send out marketing emails and push notifications on a range of activities, to registered parents, giving us a closer relationship to them directly and the ability to engage them with our offer and drive sales.
Benefits for Schools:
The ability to track allergens is increased therefore provided a safer environment for children and staff.
The system allows for a daily break down of FSM and UIFSM. Schools will not be required to provide this information daily.
Meal numbers are readily available for the kitchen. Schools will no longer need to collate this information and send across reducing labour.
If School Food United has been integrated with the schools’ current MIS or pre-payment system, any child information updates are replicated in our system throughout the academic year, this includes any allergen updates, FSM eligibility and class moves at the end of the year.
The system improves kitchen efficiency, reduces waste, and supports dining room service. Our kitchen staff are fully trained, supported and encouraged by the School Food United team to engage pupils to try new and healthy foods.
Our ability to communicate Theme Days, Taster Days and Special Events directly to parents, reduces the need for school admin staff to send out emails or gather food orders as this can all be done through School Food United.
Benefits for Schools:
The ability to track allergens is increased therefore provided a safer environment for children and staff.
The system allows for a daily break down of FSM and UIFSM. Schools will not be required to provide this information daily.
Meal numbers are readily available for the kitchen. Schools will no longer need to collate this information and send across reducing labour.
If School Food United has been integrated with the schools’ current MIS or pre-payment system, any child information updates are replicated in our system throughout the academic year, this includes any allergen updates, FSM eligibility and class moves at the end of the year.
The system improves kitchen efficiency, reduces waste, and supports dining room service. Our kitchen staff are fully trained, supported and encouraged by the School Food United team to engage pupils to try new and healthy foods.
Our ability to communicate Theme Days, Taster Days and Special Events directly to parents, reduces the need for school admin staff to send out emails or gather food orders as this can all be done through School Food United.
The Kitcheneers
Since Covid-19, ordering apps have accelerated in importance, and with this, pupils’ expectations of convenience and speed of service have heightened dramatically. We are here to serve gen Alpha and Z, the digital natives who have grown up in a world tailored to their needs through modern technology.
The new Kitcheneers app will allow us to communicate more effectively with pupils and provide two-way feedback to refine the offer. It will have the added benefit of providing better sales reporting for our clients and on-site teams.
Our digitally progressive mobile app delivers an efficient dining experience through pre-order, grab-and-go speaks directly to Generation Alpha and Z customers. Integrating this interface enables schools like yours to meet the demand for convenience and increase speed of service. Weaving continuous improvements and transformations into every aspect of the service – creating the best possible pupil experience.
The Kitcheneers
Since Covid-19, ordering apps have accelerated in importance, and with this, pupils’ expectations of convenience and speed of service have heightened dramatically. We are here to serve gen Alpha and Z, the digital natives who have grown up in a world tailored to their needs through modern technology.
The new Kitcheneers app will allow us to communicate more effectively with pupils and provide two-way feedback to refine the offer. It will have the added benefit of providing better sales reporting for our clients and on-site teams.
Our digitally progressive mobile app delivers an efficient dining experience through pre-order, grab-and-go speaks directly to Generation Alpha and Z customers. Integrating this interface enables schools like yours to meet the demand for convenience and increase speed of service. Weaving continuous improvements and transformations into every aspect of the service – creating the best possible pupil experience.
FAQ
What food safety standards are followed by AiP?
- We have the following ISO accreditation : ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 9901: 2015, ISO 45001: 2018.
- We comply with all regulations, and we have a legal partnership with our Primary Authority (Salford Council) which assures all of our food safety standards/processes
How does AiP address allergen management?
- Any child with a dietary requirement complete our special diets form. The kitchen team and the school agree a plan to identify these children as they come into the dining hall at service.
- The form is then given to the kitchen and our nutrition team. Together, they create the information needed for safe meals. In the instance of allergy or intolerances, they will create a menu with at least 2 daily options (in most instances) from which the parent/carer and pupil can choose their meals.
- Once the parent has chosen the meals, the kitchen prepares the chosen items and holds them separately, labelled with the pupil’s name and allergen. This is then served to the pupil as they come into the dining hall with separate utensils and plates.
Does AiP accommodate special dietary needs for primary school students?
Does AiP accommodate special dietary needs for secondary school students?
What Certifications do you hold to certify menu quality and sourcing?
- Food For Life Bronze
- MSC licence
- All meat used is British Red Tractor Certified
Key considerations to take onboard when selecting a caterer for schools?
- What is your number one requirement from a school meal provider?
- Only supplies Education Catering. All of our insight, research, and development is focussed on providing freshly prepared, healthy, and tasty meals to schools, using the School Food Plan and Public Health information as our starting point.
- Can you meet the needs of our diverse school population?
- At AiP, we know that one menu doesn’t fit all schools. We offer a selector style menu so that you can tailor the menu to your needs.
- Queues are a big problem at our school, we need to minimise wait times and get children eating within our timetable
- At AiP, we have come up with several strategies to help decrease waiting times such as sign posting along the queue so that students know what is on offer before they arrive, pre-ordering so that meals are ready when they arrive, direct marketing to parents and students so they’re aware of what’s on offer before they arrive, and opening multiple servery points to split traffic. In addition, our primary school pre payment solution, School Food United, allows parents to pre order via the app to help improve speed.
Do you cater for different types of dietary preferences?
- Yes, we offer at least 2 vegetarian options each day.
- We strive to make our vegetarian options vegan friendly as well. We do offer at least one vegan option each day.
- We participate in Meat Free Mondays.
- All of our dessert options are vegetarian. Some of them are also vegan friendly.
- We do not use pork gelatine in any of our desserts.
- We can offer Halal meat if requested by the school.