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Children's nutrition app for school canteens: weekly menus, allergens and alerts for parents
Parents check the menus of their children's school, see the allergens in every dish and get a notification as soon as next week is online.
The school catering service's app, on phones and in the browser, put in place without code: one menu per school and per week, allergens dish by dish, nutrition tips for families, a push when the menu changes.
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This week's menus, school by school
One article per week, scheduled on Friday for Monday
Each school has its section, and each week its article: starter, main, dairy, dessert, day by day, with a photo of the dish when you have one. Prepare the whole month at once and schedule each week to appear on Friday at 5 p.m. A menu that changes is corrected in the back office, and the app shows the new version at once, with no update to download.
Allergens, dish by dish
Information families can read, which does not replace the school's protocol
Under each dish, list the allergens it contains, in the words used on the school restaurant's own notices. Parents of a child with an allergy check the week ahead and pack a lunch on the planned days. The app informs; welcoming a child with an allergy is still organized by the school and the doctor, following the usual procedure.
Parents informed, without having to look
Automatic push on release, immediate push when something changes
As soon as the week's menus are out, an automatic push tells families. Late delivery, a cold meal on a strike day, a dish replaced: a manual push goes out in a minute from the back office. Parents who use the web version get the notifications too, in compatible browsers.
The town and its schools
One section per school group, a push on Friday evening; the town hall keeps the menus next to its other news.
The contract catering company
One app per client town, or one section per town in the same app, depending on the contract.
Middle and high schools
Students read the cafeteria menu themselves; the nutrition section talks to them about breakfast, sport and exams.
The families' nutrition corner
Tips from the service's dietitian, for children and teenagers
A section of articles answers parents' questions: a balanced afternoon snack, breakfast for a rushed teenager, the dinner that complements the school lunch. Written by the dietitian who plans your menus, these tips stay general; a particular child's situation is discussed with their doctor.
AI to save time every week
Two concrete uses, and their price.
To publish
The month's menus put online from your spreadsheet
The MCP server gives Claude or ChatGPT access to the app: paste the menu table, ask for one article per school and per week, scheduled on Friday, then check and confirm.
Included
To extend
The snack-time quiz
Describe a little five-question game about seasonal fruit and vegetables, and the quiz screen the children will play on is produced by the AI Extension Builder.
Free
What else the canteen app offers
Theme meals in the agenda
Taste week, the holiday meal, a menu from elsewhere: announced ahead.
The month's menu as a PDF
To print and stick on the fridge.
School restaurants on a map
Each site placed on a map, with its address.
A contact page
Reach the catering service with a question about a menu.
Photos of the dishes
Show what's on the plate, in a gallery.
A web version
The menus also open in a browser, with nothing to install.
What a school canteen app costs
No option is needed, since the menus are public. The Standard plan publishes the web version, with pushes sent by hand or scheduled; Premium adds the iPhone and Android apps and an automatic push with every release.
| Standard · web version | 30€ /month, billed yearly |
| Premium · iPhone and Android apps, automatic push | 55€ /month, billed yearly |
To publish on the stores, also plan for the Apple and Google developer accounts, which they bill themselves.
Extension Store
All free: articles, Agenda, automatic and manual push, contact, map, AI Extension Builder and MCP server. A canteen needs no paid option.
School canteen app: questions from catering services
Can parents declare their child's allergy in the app?
No, and it is better not to plan for it: a child's allergy is health data, which the GDPR places in a special category in Europe, and other rules can apply elsewhere, such as HIPAA in the United States. Welcoming a child with an allergy goes through the school's usual procedure, with the child's doctor. The app publishes the allergens of each dish and collects no information about children.
Do parents need to create an account?
No. The menus are open to all, and notifications arrive without signing up, as soon as the parent accepts them when installing. No data about families is requested.
Each school has its own menu: how do parents find theirs?
Each school has its section, under its name, in the app's menu. For a push to reach only one school's parents, you need accounts and user groups: that is possible with two paid options, at the cost of every parent signing up.
What about middle and high school students?
They read the cafeteria menu themselves on their phone. The nutrition section can speak to them directly: breakfast before class, meals on sports days, snacking while revising.
Do we have to go through the App Store and Google Play?
Not necessarily. The Standard plan publishes a web version that parents open in their browser; manual and scheduled pushes work there, in compatible browsers. Store apps and automatic push start with Premium.
What budget for a school canteen app?
Standard for the web version alone, Premium for the native apps; no paid extension is needed. Hosting and sending notifications are included in the plan.
GoodBarber publishes your school canteen's menus as an app and alerts parents with every new week
Menus by school and by week, allergens dish by dish, nutrition tips, automatic and manual push, a web version with nothing to install.
Pioneers of no-code
15 years of experience building native apps for businesses and content publishers. And the numbers to prove it.
25 000+
Daily downloads for apps built with GoodBarber*
30 000+
Clients have brought their app projects to life with GoodBarber
2011
The year GoodBarber was born: no-code, before anyone else
* Source: internal download tracking, App Store and Google Play, April 2026.