Cashless Catering systems for schools
Created for public sector organisations to improve meal services, Cashless Catering is an innovative catering management software designed to streamline meal times through features such as whiteboard ordering, cashless payments, allergen tracking and more.
Our smart cloud-based technology replaces out-dated, on-site servers with a flexible, scalable system that reduces downtime, provides real-time data and financial insights, and ensures the quick and easy delivery of nutritious meals.
Why choose Civica Cashless Catering?
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Reliability
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Cost-efficient
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Fast and efficient
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Compliance and safety
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Financial insights
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Scalable and future-proof
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Analytics dashboards
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User-friendly interface
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Sustainability focus
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Lower costs
Discover the benefits of Civica Cashless Catering
As well as supporting the speed and ease of catering management, our software is also designed to make a significant impact on financial oversight, cyber security and compliance.
Download our brochure to learn a little more about how Cashless Catering is streamlining lunchtimes across the UK.
GARETH STOTT,
NETWORK MANAGER.
COLONEL FRANK SEELY ACADEMY
We have been a customer of Civica for many years and we decided to move to their Civica Cashless Catering "cloud" solution. All I can say is it's a shame we didn't do it sooner.
All the implementation was completed in the background. The switch over took place after dinner on a Wednesday so it was all done and dusted ready for the next morning "Breakfast Club". There was no drop in any service on the tills, which made the Catering Manager very happy.
The Catering Manager has the ability to change the way the tills look and run reports etc. from anywhere that has internet, as it's all web based.
Our tills can now be anywhere as long as they have power and an internet connection.
To sum up, from start to finish has been an absolute breeze from the side of a very satisfied customer.
What we do for the Public Sector
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A trusted leader in public-sector software for over 25 years, Civica supports 6,000 schools, colleges, and libraries across the UK, processing 30 million meals annually.
- Local authority, catering and ICT providers
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Cashless Catering helps local authorities, caterers and ICT providers manage catering across their estate. You can configure the system to meet each school’s demographic, meal numbers and individual needs.
- Primary schools
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Cashless Catering helps manage UIFSM and accounts for the Pupil Premium investment. Parents can pre-order their child’s meal choices for complete visibility.
- Secondary schools
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Cashless catering enables cashless payments, improving the speed and efficiency of serving time and helping to remove the stigma attached to Free School Meals.
- Multi-Academy Trusts
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Alongside the benefits of our primary and secondary solutions, MATs enjoy enhanced reporting and centralised menu schedules. Stock, menus and prices can be controlled at a MAT or individual academy level.
- Further and higher education
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Streamline your college or university catering with an integrated payment solution. Biometric or card ID, allergy alerts, meal deals and menu scheduling speed up your institution’s meal service.
FAQs
- What is a Cashless Catering system?
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Cashless Catering software is a smart cloud-based system designed to streamline catering management to help deliver efficient, safe and health meal services to public sector organisations such as schools, colleges, universities and trusts
- Who can use Civica Cashless Catering software?
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We designed our cashless catering software to suit a wide range of organisations. Whether you’re a local authority, an individual primary or secondary school, a multi-academic trust, or a large university, Cashless Catering enables seamless management of your meal services for both administrators and users.
- What are the benefits of the Cashless Catering system?
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Overall, a cashless catering system offers a more convenient, secure, and efficient way to handle transactions in food service environments while providing additional features for both administrators and users.
With features like pre-ordering, menu scheduling and meal deals, you can give students and parents better visibility of their food choices and safeguard students with allergies, reduce kitchen waste and improve financial planning.
- How does Civica Cashless Catering software work?
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Cashless Catering seamlessly integrate with third-party hardware and existing providers making it easy to set up and use with your current system.
Users can access their account and use the ‘top-up feature online. Meals are then paid for at point of sale using this balance, through a quick and easy cashless payment. Alternatively, if the pupil is entitled to free school meals, this will be used to fund the transaction insisted.
The most significant benefit of cashless catering is it enables meals to be ordered in advance, which allows kitchens to purchase and prepare more efficiently reducing waste and the associated costs.
Pre-order can often be carried out online by parents via the online payments portal. In primary schools, meals are often pre-ordered on the classroom whiteboard, or any other web-enabled device, early in the school day. In secondary schools, pupils may order online themselves or using our popular CivicaEats mobile app
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