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February 2021

04 February 2021

Managing Food Safety in Meals Plus Cafeteria Software

0 ( 2 reviews)

With all the buzz around increasing awareness and ensuring food safety in school cafeterias, it poses a question; is your school lunch POS software equipped to alert cashiers of students’ food allergies and other limitations?Meals Plus understands the importance of ensuring student health and safety and wants to make sure you get all the safeguards you and your students need. Meals Plus school POS system provides a number of features associated with food allergies: Custom message...

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January 2021

06 January 2021

Anthony's Best Practices

0 ( 3 reviews)

Help prevent serving on incorrect days by restricting the ability to Change the Serving Date in the Serve screen.Actual Date is when a transaction is actually entered. Effective Date is the date chosen in the Serve screen.Ensure the Date/Time of each computer is correct as Offline Transactions cannot use the Date/Time from the Server.Accountability:• The Non-Participating Students report is a great tool to see students currently not participating in Breakfast ...

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December 2020

02 December 2020

Time to Delete Non-Current Students!

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Meals Plus recommends running the “Delete Non-Current Students” function approximately 3 months after the start of a new school year.To access the Delete Non-Current Student option, a Meals Plus Administrator simply logs into System Management, selects the Administration menu, and “Delete Non-Current Students.”Meals Plus will display a list of all students (status 2-5) who meet the following criteria: No Point of Sale meal history or transactions in the cur...

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November 2020

04 November 2020

Verification Results Input

0 ( 2 reviews)

When the information is received back from the selected households, enter it under Results Input.VERIFICATION BUTTONS Click if you need to make changes to the application. It will take you through all the input screens. Check all students, head of household and all members to ensure their information is correct. Verify you have the required documents such as paycheck stubs to verify all income.NOTE: If there is a pending status change on the application, you w...

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October 2020

06 October 2020

Cleaning Genovation Keypads

0 ( 2 reviews)

We often get asked, what is the best way to clean Genovation keypads. This is what werecommend:1. Unplug keypad before cleaning.2. Never use harsh chemicals such as bleach or ammonia.3. Never spray directly onto the keypad.Simple cleaning:Use a clean, soft cloth, and dampen with a light mist of water, then gently wipe down the keypad.Disinfecting:Lysol Kitchen Wipes are probably ok.If the wipe is too wet, squeeze out excess moisture before use.Gently wipe down the keypad, and dry with a clean, s...

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05 October 2020

Meal Benefit Expiration

0 ( 2 reviews)

Student Eligibility -> Administration -> Meal Benefit Expiration]Verify that the Expiration Date is correct for your school district. Make changes, if needed, and click Save.This will let Meals Plus know when to cut off those students that are still on last year’s benefit and have NOT applied for benefits in the current school year.Meal Benefit Expiration LettersThese letters can be used to notify parents that their meal benefits, carried over from last year, are about to expire.&nbs...

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September 2020

01 September 2020

Begin Next School Year Checklist

0 ( 3 reviews)

General Verify all cafeteria computers can log into Meals Plus. Verify all External Hardware is operational.System Management Review Security: User Setup—add new cashiers/users, assign sites & items as needed.Point of Sale Review/edit Attendance Factor in Control File. Review/update Item Setup: Prices, State Reimbursable items and Assigned Users. Review/update Site Setup: Other Configurations: D...

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May 2020

04 May 2020

Meals Plus Year End

0 ( 6 reviews)

Region 1 will once again perform the year end process for you. This includes: Preparing your data for the 2020-21 school year Updating the Income Guidelines for your Free and Reduced Meal Applications in Student Eligibility Updating Reimbursement Rates Advancing students and inactivating those that have leftWe are planning to start rolling districts on July 1st at the end of the day. We do request that you refund any remaining balances or transfer funds of your seniors before then. Also, we plan...

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March 2020

05 March 2020

Custom Query

0 ( 8 reviews)

Custom Query allows the user to create a query specific to their needs.

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05 March 2020

Serve By Teacher

0 ( 208 reviews)

This is a special option for serving meals to a group of students that have the same teacher, all on the same serving screen. The Meal Type will determine whether it goes to a Breakfast or Lunch summary. Select Serving Date, Meal Type, and Quick Serve Item, if desired. If a Quick Serve Item is not selected, a warning message will appear: SelectServing Site and Touch Screen On/Off. Click Continue and then select the...

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