Free Software
Use one of our credit card processing partners and our software is absolutely free.
Online Ordering 24/7
Publish your menus, configure your payment processing and you can begin taking orders online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Full Reporting Suite
Access reports from anywhere with an internet connection with details on orders, cancellations, transaction and order totals.
About Us
School Lunch Choice was started in 2007 as a growing number of charter schools and independent schools created the need for a fresh way of thinking about school lunch.
At the time, founder Ben Burr was running a small school lunch catering business from several restuarants he owned. It quickly became obvious that a simple, user-friendly software program would be necessary to grow the school lunch catering business.
He created a partnership with technical co-founder, Jared Rossean. Jared brought several years of POS, e-commerce, and shopping cart development to the table, and together, they created an online ordering system for school lunch.
The development of this software enabled the school lunch catering business to achieve unthinkable levels of success. Within two years the business grew to service over thirty schools and tens of thousands of parents and students. The software processed millions of dollars of sales.
This initial success suggested that more people would benefit from the benefits offered by the online ordering system. School Lunch Choice was created to offer this software to other schools and caterers who would benefit from an affordable, functional online ordering system.
Since these humble beginnings, School Lunch Choice has been used by hundreds of schools and processed orders for millions of lunches, and we’re just getting started.
Features
Customer Experience
- Parents Sign Up in Minutes
- Fast Order Selection
- Multiple Students in a Single Transaction
- Family Wallet
Menu Calendars
- Flexible Meal Configurations
- Nutrition, Photos and Allergy Info
- Create Menus in Minutes
- Multiple Price Levels
- Ability to Copy Menus
Point of Sale (POS)
- Expedites the Service Line
- Easy and fast to operate on a tablet
- Auto-reload sign up
- Non-negative balances
Custom Branding
- Use your own logo
- Add Custom Text and Instructions
Robust Reporting
- Orders
- Production
- Distribution
- Financial
Admin Module
- User Based Permissions
- Separate access for kitchen, staff and finance
- Easily Communicate with Parents
Other Features
- Free and Reduced Meals
- Customizable Ordering Deadlines
- Promotions and Coupons
- Mass Cancellations
- Convenience Fees
- Merchant Services
- Cloud-Based
Strong Support
- Onboarding
- Training
- Resource Center