An app for ordering food from the school cafeteria

Catermaat has introduced an app that allows students to place and pay for orders. The orders are then delivered to a desired time and location within the school. This app prevents groups from forming in the cafeteria, limits contact with catering staff and fits in with students’ daily lives.

Purchasing a contactless payment system

Many schools already used a card payment terminal because of hygiene, convenience and safety. Due to the coronavirus, even more school cafeterias are now making this investment.

An adapted route through the cafeteria

With the help of ribbons and floor stickers, the Vital4Skool franchise at RSG de Borgen (Lindenborg location) is preparing the cafeteria for the new 1.5-metre society.

Extra attention to hygiene

Although handling food hygienically is self-evident for most employees in a school cafeteria, many schools are reviewing the hygiene code once again.

In the meantime…

In addition to these coronavirus-related measures, schools are also using this time to work on a healthier school cafeteria. For example, you can:

  • Get started with the Guidelines for Healthier Cafeterias, which will apply to everyone from 1 September 2020. For example, by familiarising yourself with them and creating a plan and action list
  • Update the school policy. Many schools will start working on the school plan for the next school year again as summer approaches. That is a good time to include the Healthy School Cafeteria in the policy, according to RSG Wolfsbos (Harm Smeenge location in Hoogeveen), RSG de Borgen (Lindenborg location) and the three Hondsrug Colleges in Emmen.
  • Apply for a School Cafeteria Award. CSG Liudger (De Ring and Singelland locations, De Venen location) and Alfa College in Groningen are working hard on this.
  • Freshen up the cafeteria, for example with a new coat of paint, a different layout, a thorough cleaning, putting up posters and purchasing plants.
  • Install new water dispensers.
  • Involve students. For example, Zone.college Almelo sends students a newsletter every week with healthy recipes that they can make at home. Many schools also use the free online teaching package ‘Know what you eat’.