October 22, 2003

To Whom it May Concern:

Lunch Works will make your lives simpler! It has certainly been the answer to our problems.

Our school student population has doubled, so the manual handling of cafeteria ordering was difficult to say the least. We were all hesitant to rely on a software program, but the ease of use for both staff and parents has convinced us.

The time savings is phenomenal! Personally, I am saving a minimum of 25 hours each month on paper handling alone!

The accuracy is another major benefit. Each parent prints their own copy of the order, which saves our paper costs and assures accuracy of what was ordered. The class breakdown listing assures that every student receives the lunch on the correct day!

From the very beginning, their customer service has been outstanding. From customizing the program, to entering student data, and readily available training assistance, they have been understanding, patient and helpful.

Please feel free to call me with any questions!

Regards,
Mary Ellen Marion
Fund-Raising Treasurer
St. Joseph School
703 N. Lapeer Road
Lake Orion, MI 48362
(248) 693-6215

February 12, 200

Our school used a manual ordering system where the families would fill out a paper form for the food that their children would like to order. The Hot Lunch committee would then type all the orders into a spreadsheet. When our school population doubled due to expansion, this method was no longer practical. We also realized that this probably was a good time to leverage technology into our Hot Lunch program.

We researched and looked to find some type of web-based ordering system so that each family could input the orders for their own children. We discovered Lunch Works.

Their system is very user-friendly and easy to learn and actually makes the process of delivering food to our children easier for all parties involved. They have reports to print out totals for a day, totals by classroom, and how much money a family owes. Menus and dates are all set up and makes ordering a very simple process for our families.

We are glad to have partnered with Lunch Works and we feel fortunate to have a great ordering system that is easy to use.

If you would like to give me a call, you can contact me at (248) 651-2507 or e-mail me at mam_ahig_gins@co_mcast.net.

Sincerely,

Karen Higgins
Hot Lunch Technology Administrator
Holy Family Regional Schools
1240 Inglewood
Rochester, MI 48307

To those considering Lunch Works:

Upon deciding to use the Lunch Works system with our school's hot lunch program, it only took a couple days for our school to be set up. In addition, we were able to actually take orders within two weeks

The response from our parents has been overwhelming. In the past, all of the lunch orders had to be manually processed and tallied monthly, which took a great deal of time and "mom power". I've received comments like "This is a fantastic idea!" and "Congratulations on the the new hot lunch ordering system! I found it to be really easy to use." The process is simple and user-friendly, especially for people like me who don't consider themselves computer proficient!

Best Regards,

Amy Pilzner
Hot Lunch Coordinator
Holy Name
680 Harmon St.
Birmingham, MI 48009
pil+z@wi+deopenw+est.com

November 24, 2006

To Whom It May Concern:

Our school began using the Lunch Works online lunch order system in September of this year. If you are considering Lunch Works for your school lunch orders, please know that I give the software and Jeff Molby my highest recommendations.

Our school had been searching since last spring for an online lunch order program that would be easy for parents to use and flexible enough to handle our lunch menu with meal choices and prices that both vary from day to day. We had been using a manual “ticket” process that was very labor intensive to administer and left a great deal of room for errors.

Our technology coordinator learned about Lunch Works during a search on the Internet in September. I contacted Jeff Molby, and our school was set up on the system within a few days. Throughout every step of implementing Lunch Works, they have provided timely and helpful support when needed.

The system is very easy for the parents/students to use to input their lunch orders. After only 2 months of lunch orders, over 90% of the families at our school were using the system. It is much less cumbersome for the families to enter their lunch orders online than with the old ticket process. In addition, their total payment due for the month is provided for them, so they do not have to manually add the cost of the lunches.

From an administrative standpoint, the system has saved countless hours. Each month, I am able to set up the menu for the month in about a half hour. The system is flexible enough to allow us to have separate menus and prices for our students and the faculty. It is also easy to vary the menu items from day to day. This has allowed me the opportunity to add some new choices to the menu. The “Reports” feature of Lunch Works also makes my job much easier. I am able to enter and track the payments made by the families each month. At the click of the mouse, I am able to print out the total lunch orders for the school by day. I use these totals to place the orders for the vendors who provide our meals. Also at the click of the mouse, I am able to print the lists of orders by classroom for each day, and these lists are used by the parent volunteers who hand out the lunches.

The benefits and savings of Lunch Works greatly outweigh the small cost of the software. The reports that are generated provide an accurate count of meals needed, so I do not have to order large buffer quantities of meals. By eliminating our ticket process, the amount of paper used by the lunch program has been reduced to approximately 1/6 of what it used to be. Also, we are saving school employee labor because we no longer have to have copies made of the blank tickets each month. There are intrinsic savings because we now have traceability through every step of the lunch process. We have documentation of orders placed and payments made by the families, so we are able to quickly resolve any discrepancies. By keeping track of the lunches we hand out using the class lists, we also have documentation that can be used if there are discrepancies with the vendors.

Again, I give Lunch Works my highest recommendation. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at lunch_stpaddys_org.

Sharon Byers
Volunteer Lunch Program Coordinator
St. Patrick School
Carlsbad, California