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How SchoolCafé's USDA-Approved Menu Planning Software Connects Your Whole Program If you have been following us, you know we have talked about everything menu planning teams are up against: thin reimbursement dollars, a scratch-cooking push that has to compete with DoorDash, compliance rules that don't always match what a twelve-year-old wants on their tray, and software that can't keep up when the delivery truck shows up short. None of those problems get solved by a prettier

What School Nutrition Teams Are Really Up Against Ask any school nutrition director what keeps them up at night, and they'd likely say school lunch menu planning — after all, it is rarely just about picking entrées for next Tuesday. It's a daily balancing act between the USDA rulebook, a reimbursement rate that hasn't kept pace with grocery prices, a cafeteria line of kids who've been raised on DoorDash, and a staff that may or may not feel confident handling raw chicken. Tha