Catering to schools
Our flexible cashless catering system works around each school's requirements. From pupil identification methods to online payments, we have you covered. Our 55 years of experience provides excellent design, consultation, installation, training and support: everything schools need to get started.
Innovative cashless catering
Benefits of cashless catering
Save valuable administration time
Reduce your school's administration hours. From eliminating the need to cash cheques and manually allocate payments, our cashless catering system streamlines the lunchtime experience to one quick and easy transaction.
Remove the free school meals stigma
Each pupil's account is entirely confidential, and all pupils use the same payment method during meal times at the till.
Reduces cash in school
Cash in schools can be a problem regardless of the quantity. A cashless system allows staff to monitor payments and view previous purchases, reducing the amount of lost change and outside-the-gate spending on unhealthy foods.
Quick and efficient lunch service
The lunchtime rush can be stressful, with only 30-60 minutes to feed hundreds of pupils. Cashless catering speeds up the lunchtime queues by using quicker identification methods and pre-order payments.
How cashless catering works
Parents add payments
Parents can use online payments to top up their child's account or via revaluation units within the school
Pupil ID scanning
Pupils can go to any till point to choose lunch and pay. Alternatively, pupils can order lunch at a Pre-Order Kiosk by using biometric recognition to access their account
Lunch collection
Once the transaction has been authorised, the pupils' account is instantly debited, and lunch can be collected
Reports
Generating daily, weekly, or monthly reports is easy. Schools have access to reports on meals consumed, overdue accounts and food wastage
Parent/guardian alerts
Schools can issue e-mail alerts to parents & guardians to alert them of low or overdue balances
"I have had a working relationship with CRB Cunninghams for over 10 years now and can honestly say it has gone from strength to strength. What really sets them apart is how they assist us with problems. Overall I am thoroughly satisfied with the product CRB Cunninghams provide and look forward to this ongoing relationship flourishing in the future."
SPIE Facilities Services
"The preparation was excellent, and no requirement was too much of a problem, and provided exactly what we wanted."
Metro Fresh Wigan Council
"Many thanks to CRB Cunninghams for getting us up and running with the contactless cards and pre-order app. It was an excellent project and a pleasure to work with you all! I’ve had excellent feedback and expressions of thanks from senior officers, and more importantly, I have been inundated with requests from pupils wanting to sign up. I would highly recommend Fusion Online to other schools. In fact, I’m already advising other councils to implement the software."
Jamie Fisher - Facilities and Support Services Manager, West Lothian Council
"From start to finish, CRB Cunninghams displayed their knowledge and understanding of the school environment. They were flexible and professional from the start of the decision making progress. Importantly, they were timely in installation, helpful with solutions and remained part of the first operations day. They continue to offer support and be helpful."
Benton Park School Leeds
"Provision of accurate management information on a service-wide and school-by-school basis identifying areas for improvement and best performers."
East Renfrewshire Council Service Manager
"Hats off to CRB Cunninghams who were brilliant partners throughout the project, ensuring the council project team completed on time."
Aberdeenshire Council Service Management
"The upgrade to iDStore and Fusion has been a great success. The guys involved in the beta have managed and supported this project extremely well and are a credit to the company."
ICT Manager, Kings Norton Boys School
"I can't praise the system enough - it works really well with mobile devices too. We've just started our first trip collection too, which is minimising our overheads with cash collection - ticks a box for our admin staff."
Primary and Secondary school, Ebbw Fawr
"Our CRB Cunninghams cashless system has been very reliable, including revaluation units, tills and software. Any issues have always been quickly addressed, with excellent support provided by CRB Cunninghams. I believe CRB Cunninghams to be a market leader in this area and with good reason."
Dave Brooks - Manager, St Julie's Catholic High School
Customer protection via Vesta Merchant Services
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