Despite inadequate funding, increasing poverty and a rapidly evolving free school meal landscape, every Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) strives to maximise student wellbeing and protect learning outcomes.
Civica Cashless Catering, an innovative and proven cash-free payment system for Multi-Academy Trusts, provides the tools you need to deliver nutritious meals in a safe environment. It delivers digital transformation for students by providing an integrated and intuitive digital first approach to catering, removing the pain of siloed data in disparate systems to provide easier access to meals.
Our work with leading Trusts guides the development of our suite of smart cloud software for MATs, and supports:
- Simple centralisation and system integration
- Lower IT costs and improved security
- Faster visibility of requirements by kitchens
- Real-time data on take-up and free school meals
- Improved student safety and wellbeing
- More sustainable services that minimise food waste
- More convenient payment options for parents and guardians.
Remove cash from the queue and destigmatise FSM students
Safeguard students with allergies and medical conditions
Save money by improving planning and reducing waste
Why choose Civica as your MAT cashless catering software partner?
Speed up mealtimes with parental pre-payment and fast flexible EPOS for reduced queues and more transactions
Power free school meal programmes using our data-driven technologies
Protect wellbeing with support for allergies and medical conditions
Cater more sustainably with pre-order to cut food waste
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James Mealings,
Executive Catering Operations Officer,
Tudor Grange Academies Trust
The system is very easy for till operators to use and even easier for pupils. It’s safe and reduces pupils’ risks from having to carry money. Our group is growing rapidly and we will use Civica Cashless Catering in all new ventures without hesitation.
FAQs
- How can Civica Cashless Catering make service faster?
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Civica Cashless Catering software enables students and staff to purchase school meals without needing cash and to order meals in advance. This ensures rapid throughput during break and lunch service, while protecting the wellbeing of those receiving free school meals or with special dietary requirements. Combined with our online payment options it can also provide full transaction visibility for parents.
Our modern EPOS solutions offer a choice of hardware and ID management options, including biometrics. Menus and prices can be quickly managed and centralised across individual or groups of sites. Stock management is integrated and can be drilled down to individual item, giving you complete oversight across your organisation, and comprehensive financial information allows you to create accurate forecasts.
- How do students pre-order meals and what is the benefit?
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With Civica Cashless Catering students and parents can choose their meals in advance. With features like menu scheduling and meal deals, you can give students and parents better visibility of their food choices. This cuts down food waste, reduces your CO2 impact and can increase uptake of your service by as much as 50%.
Primaries benefit from classroom pre-ordering that’s fast and efficient for teachers, using a whiteboard browser or any web-enabled device. We also support parental pre-order via our integrated payments options.
For secondaries we recommend our CivicaEats app, which is free for students to download. The improved experience helps you compete with off-site options and increase uptake significantly.
- Will we have central visibility of what’s happening in each of our schools?
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Cloud means faster visibility of requirements for caterers that supply multiple schools. It also provides real time data on take-up, FSM and UiFSM for centralised teams. A trust-wide cloud cashless system facilitates sharing best practice, the analysis of trends and a top-down approach to managing and your provision across schools in your Trust.
- How will moving our cashless catering system to the cloud save money?
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Secure cloud hosting means faster implementation, improved data security and a lower total cost of ownership. There’s no need for dedicated devices or local IT infrastructure. Support and updates are simpler too, with no local IT input required.
And thanks to comprehensive admin tools like forecasting and stock management, you can reduce waste and generate savings, allowing you to invest back into the changing needs of your Multi-Academy Trust.
- Does Civica Cashless Catering integrate with our e-payments provider?
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Choose our digital payments option or integration with your existing provider so parents and guardians can make online payments and keep track of menu choices. Cloud means easier and more resilient integration. We integrate with more MIS, online payment and kitchen management solutions than any other cashless catering provider.
Learn more about our smart solutions for MATs
Financial resilience
We help to reduce the cost of operations and empower financial resilience across your ecosystem through efficient, integrated and centralised management of your Trust’s financial posture.
Effective teams
Maximise staff effectiveness and drive staff growth and retention for better continuity of teams with a centralised and intuitive source of the truth.
Safe environment
From statutory compliance, safer estate management and supporting pupil’s nutritional needs, we help you focus on what matters by reducing the burden of reporting and improving efficiencies.
