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Explore how Cambrian School District's investment in Etrition, an advanced web-based POS system, revolutionizes meal tracking and management. Discover the benefits of the system, such as improved accuracy, audit compliance, and faster service lines, along with the positive impact on student nutrition and environmental sustainability.
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Cambrian School District Food Services Update
POS Investment • Nutrition • Environmental Impact • Counts • Financial • Focus 2010-2011 Overview
Etrition is a web based POS system for tracking and managing all patron activities • Manages student data • Increases accuracy • Helps meet State and Federal audit guidelines • Increase customer service capabilities • Speed and efficiency of serving lines • Supplies data for our reporting needs • Accessible from any District computer Etrition
LUNCHPARTICIPATION PERCENTAGES Peak Since F & R Letters Were Sent October thru December
BREAKFASTPARTICIPATION PERCENTAGES October thru December Peak Since F & R Letters Were Sent
Parent Online Payment & Information Portal • Safe & secure transactions 24/7 • Credits hit students accounts within minutes • Fewer bad checks • Reduces cash handling • Over $69,000 in online credits • Speeds up serving lines • Saves much needed time for workers • Parents can view all transactions online and set email balance reminders Ezschoolpay
SAMPLE REPORT EZschoolpay
Student Management System • Effortlessly exchanges information between the district office and each school cafeteria • Maintains data for all students in the district. Even those without Free & Reduced applications • Manage student and guardian data with minimal data entry • Provides Free & Reduced approval letters to parents • Provides more accurate information for District verification SMS
Julie – Business decisions • Kirby & Jamie– Set up & technical support • Susan – Hub between all systems • Accounting and applications • Chris – Staff, parent, & student support. • Assists Susan with financial data and reports • Melony – Data entry, assists Chris & Susan • Food Service Staff – Day to day operations Our POS Team
Providing students with healthy, nutritious meals • Five entrees offered on a daily basis • Choices include the options of fresh made sandwich or salad entrée and traditional entrees. • Vegetarian and dairy free entrees offered daily • Currently there are 25 different menu choices in a 1 week cycle! • Why is this important? • Provides students opportunity to choose a meal that they will actually eat rather than ending up in the trash can. A nutritious meal is only nutritious when it is consumed! Nutrition
Improvements in our weekly menu: • Provide organic fruits & vegetables when feasible • Serve oven baked potato wedges at all schools, nothing is fried • All poultry is hormone free • Offer non fat chocolate milk and 1% white milk • All Berkley Farms milk is rBST and Hormone Free • As off Feb. 1, chocolate milk is high fructose corn syrup free Nutrition
Nutrition Station • A daily fruit and vegetable bar • Use locally grown produce as much as possible • Includes leafy green salad mix including Romaine, Iceberg, and Spinach • Fresh vegetables such as broccoli, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, and celery • Fresh Fruits including colorful apples, bananas and orange slices • Canned low sugar fruits such as pears, peaches and pineapple Nutrition
Converted all elementary schools to Red Basket program eliminating the use of Styrofoam trays • Implemented biodegradable paper boat at Price eliminating Styrofoam plates • Condiment pumps at all sites to reduce amount of plastic packets • Introducing napkin and utensil dispensers to eliminate plastic straws and spork pack wrappers Environmental Impact
Continue to exceed nutritional requirements of our meals • Equipment evaluation/purchases • New & exciting special events • Electronic menu distribution • Improvements to our environmental impact • Continue to use POS features to increase participation Current Analysis for 2010-2011