Fast, simple, easy to use.

The MealsPlus system was designed by software engineers with direct experience in school settings. We've used that know-how to create foolproof technology with benefits that'll satisfy anyone working in a cafeteria.

• Built for speed
• Easy for cashiers to learn and use
• Single database allows visiting students to have a regular meal account
• Multiple input options - PIN Pad, Barcode and Fingerprint
• Two ways to enter data - touch screen or standard keyboard
• A dietary restriction feature means fewer mistakes
• The "serve by teacher" function makes it easy to group students

Reports include:

• Monthly participation
• Accuclaim edit check
• Daily cashier activity summary
• Daily cafeteria close-out (daily deposit)
• Select state reports
• Item sales summary
• Checks report

Wide-ranging, web-enabled and worry free.

Meals Plus is the one-stop shop for automated school meal account management. From free & reduced meal accounts to credit card transactions, our online meal payment and application options offer up benefits for the whole student body.

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Online meal payment/school fees option

• Simplifies the process by allowing parents/guardians to prepay online with credit cards
• Allows parents to see account balances and what students are buying
• Sends balance notification via email
• Integrates with POS to accurately update balance and activity
• Utilizes SSL security protocol (Verisign)
• Administrative portal enables districts to generate management reports
• Provides Online meal payment/school fees option

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Online free & reduced applications

• Allows parents and guardians to apply for meal benefits online
• Speeds application processing
• Makes it easy to administer - no more dealing with messy handwriting
• Eliminates the need for paper files
• Utilizes SSL security protocol (Network Solutions)
• Intergrates with Free & Reduced program to accurately update eligibility

Accurate, compliant and flexible

We understand that tracking student eligibility for NSLP - and accurately processing reports - is a major concern. That's why our Free & Reduced accounting component lets you identify and track students easily and accurately.

• Centralized database means real time update to Point of Sale. Click 'save' and you're ready to serve
• Import direct certification data
• Generate letters in multiple languages
• Automatically crosscheck to eliminate duplicate applications
• Define your verification protocol: Basic, Alternate Random or Alternate Focused
• Expand your capabilities to accomodate scanning and internet applications
• Ensure compliance with 2004 NSLP Reauthorization guidelines

Reports include:

• Date-driven rosters
• Notification Letters
• Verification Letters
• Temporary list
• Demographic report

Menus:

Standardized, streamlined and expandable.

Our menu planning system helps standardize and streamline your district menu planning, while maintaining compliance with USDA nutrition guidelines.

• USDA Child Nutrition Database
• NSMP or food-based planning and tracking
• Ability to build and add custom recipes
• Accommodation for HACCP guidelines
• Post-production and record keeping
• Fully integrated with inventory management component

Reports include:

• Production Planning Sheets
• Print Menus Daily, Weekly, or Monthly
• Recipes by ingredients or step by step
• Nutrient analysis reports by item & menu
• User-defined custom reports

Simple and flexible.

Our Nutrient Analysis component is easier than manual systems or other software programs. You'll find it's also:

• USDA Child Nutrition Database
• Approved by USDA for NSMP weighed analysis
• Food-based weighted analysis
• Ability to build and add local ingredients
• Allows for age or grade analysis
• Accessible from central office or school site

Reports include:

• Nutrient Analysis by item & menu
• Ingredient profile
• Recipe profile
• RDA list

Organized, efficient and on top of everything.

With Meals Plus, you get a centralized ordering and management system that helps you keep track of commodities, purchased foods, supplies and more - and maximize the efficiency of your inventory operations.

• Fully integrated with menu planning component
• Capable of tracking a true perpetual inventory system
• Includes Bid Analysis component
• Enables electronic ordering
• "FIFO" valuation method includes all items for an unlimited number of sites
• Tracks an unlimited number of user-defined categories (USDA, supplies, processed, etc.)
• Allows for limited item access by site

Reports include:

• Item Listing
• Open Items/Orders
• Physical 'worksheet'
• Transaction History
• Inventory on Hand
• Ending Inventory Count
• Summary/Close Report
• Bid Analysis (bottom line & cost per serving)

Centralized, connected and timely.

One of the tastiest features of the Meals Plus system is the way it centralizes all of your district's data. So what you get is real-time access to accurate data on a school-by-school or district-wide basis. And what you don't get are inconsistencies between schools and the central office.

• Implement true centralized data management
• Gain real-time access to school-by-school Point of Sale data
• Update Point of Sale pricing from Central Office
• Update student data
• Exchange data with the district student information system - automated or manual import
• Setup and edit user profiles
• Export data in a range of formats, to share information with other district software systems

Reports include:

• Daily sales/collection
• Accuclaim Edit
• Monthly Claim Form
• Reimbursement
• Participation: Daily by attendance, by status
• Meals Per Labor Hour
• Daily Participation Listing
• Revenue Summary
• Unclosed dates

Intergrated, inclusive and automatic.

Meals Plus delivers a powerful systems integration and financial management tool that enables automated sharing of information between schools and the district office.

Our System:

• Gives you the capability to stay on top of the money side of your operation
• Exchange data (import/export) with your district accounting system
• Accommodates district-specific account codes
• Handles performance calculations using industry norms and NFSMI concepts
• Uses up-to-date expense information to help analyze the financial health of your district

Reports include:

• Operating Statement
• Trial Balance
• Plate Costs
• Indirect Costs
• MTD/YTD Summary
• Profitability
• Breakfast & Lunch Counts
• Meals per Labor Hour
• Sales by Category

All-inclusive, compatible and secure.

Our web-based General Ledger is the robust foundation of a financial package that integrates Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Payroll, and Fixed Assets, into one comprehensive administrative package.

Flexibility:

• Includes purchasing, accounts payable and accounts receivable
• Designed specifically for the budgetary environment of school management
• Includes user-defined account structure
• Features relational database design
• Compatible with spreadsheets
• Offers single-menu design for ease of use
• File-level security controls access to specific functions
• Multiple-working-months capable
• Multiple-fiscal-year-capable

Features:

• Account numbers are user defined up to 32 digits
• Vendor numbers up to 9 digits
• Purchase order numbers up to 8 digits
• Multiple accounts and funds on a single purchase order or invoice
• Payments to 'Miscellaneous' one time vendor - no need to create vendor
• Vendor lookup with detailed invoice information
• Year end balances can be rolled forward multiple times
• Unlimited number of account numbers and vendor numbers
• Security allows user to access specified functions only
• User controlled maximum purchase order amount
• Prints checks on blank laser forms or on preprinted checks
• Allows for separate vendor ordering and remitting addresses
• No formal month end close routine is required
• Consistent screen formats for simplified data entry
• Setup new year any time
• Automated bank reconciliation
• Permanently stored, complete history retrieval
• Accepts interface with payroll
• Advise user of over budget situations
• Multiple bank accounts
• Summarized 13 month period inquiry
• Multiple sites

Report Options:

• Account Listing
• Income Statement - by Fund
• Trial Balance - by Fund
• Balance Sheet - by Fund
• Account History - Date sensitive
• Journal Detail - Date or hournal sensitive
• Outstanding P.O. - by Account number or Vendor number or P.O. number order
• Vendor List - Alphabetically
• Vendor History - Date sensitive range
• Vendor Changes
• Sales Tax
• Financial Report Writer
• Check Register
• Deposit Register

Neat, organized and complete.

Take the hassle and paper overload out of keeping track of employee time, leave and professional certification.

• Integrated into Meals Plus system and accessible from enterprise portal
• Capable of tracking multiple job assignments
• Tracks leave balances
• Tracks employee certification hours
• Automates vacation/leave request abd approval process
• Full security - unique user id and passwords
• Employees can view and print time sheets
• Tracks comp time
• Allows employees to clock in and out wherever the Meals Plus program is running
• Lots of built in management tools
• Comprehensive report functions
• Capable of exporting data for import into payroll software system

Report include:

• Time Sheets
• Leave Tracking
• Comp Time
• Discrepancies

Minimize Cost and Maximize productivity

The MealsPlus Cafeteria Management System is locally sold, installed, and supported by our Project Managers at Penn Center Systems.

Penn Center Systems understands the importance of good technical support throughout the implementation process and beyond. Our MealsPlus customers receive comprehensive on-site training for Managers, Administrators, IT Staff, and Cashiers from the Project Manager assigned to your District. In addition to training, your Project Manager will be on-site for your first day of “go-live” with your new MealsPlus System.

Our training and support does not stop after the initial implementation of your System. Your annual support agreement provides you and your staff free software updates as well as unlimited support from our help desk. Our support staff is available when you need them and they are ready to answer all your questions.

In addition to our 24/7 Support desk, we continue the training and knowledge base through monthly webinars designed to keep our customers up to date with the latest MealsPlus software versions, industry standards, and inside tips to utilizing MealsPlus the best you can.

In addition to software support, our Service Department is ready to handle your hardware support needs. We offer on-site hardware support for our NCR Retail Hardened terminals. Our service department stocks parts, spares, and replacements for all your peripherals as well.