My Green Lunch has partnered with Khan Lab School! We are thrilled to announce the launch of My Green Lunch at Khan Lab School. My Green Lunch is a locally owned and family operated business founded with a specific mission, to provide a delicious, fresh, nutritious, economical, and environmentally sustainable lunch program to Silicon Valley schools. We strive to source all of our food products (meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables) from sustainable family farms within a 250 mile radius of our commercial kitchen in San Jose. We are raising the bar on school lunch, offering multiple hot and cold entrees daily (meat & vegetarian), a seasonal organic fruit and vegetable. You'll have a choice to select from at least (8) different options each day, ensuring that you have a wide variety of options that meet your child's specific tastes and preferences. The foods we provide are the same as you will find at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, and your local farmers market where we shop each week. Brands you can trust such as Clover Stornetta, Diestel Turkey, Niman Ranch, Applegate, Earthbound Farm, Udi's, Sukhi's, Coleman Natural, Annie's, Organic Valley, and more. We believe Food should be about: Fresh Food should come from farm to school, not the factory to school Education Teaching children where your food comes from Sustainable Teaching children the choices they make effects the environment, including how we source food and the use of sustainable packaging Culture Food should foster a sense of community and embody many cultures Health Food should be Real Free of chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides What Defines Our Food? Preservative & Chemical Free Pesticide Free Locally Sourced From Local Family Farms Sustainably Produced Free Range Dairy, Organic Eggs, and Humanely Raised Meats
What do I need to know? Ordering Start Date: August 20th 1st Day of Hot Lunch Service: September 8th Days Offered: We will be providing lunch service (5) days a week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Lunch Menu: A calendar menu will be provided monthly in addition to a weekly email that will be sent out to registered users on the My Green Lunch ordering system. Weekly email will provide a friendly reminder if you have not placed an order as well as a description of the lunches offered in more detail. Pricing: My Green Lunch will be offering (2) meals sizes: 1. Regular portion size for $5.50 2. Large portion size of $6.25 (Only recommended for 5th grade and up) What's in a lunch?: Each Lunch includes (3) items: 1. Hot/Cold Entree of choice (At least 8 options offered daily) 2. Fresh fruit 3. Fresh Veggies and or Healthy Snack 4. Optional Organic Milk or Organic Juice may be purchased as an "add on" to each meal. Ordering: My Green Lunch is a pre-paid, pre-ordered service that utilizes a 100% on-line ordering system. (see below for How to Order ) Ordering Deadline: In order to offer the freshest lunch possible while minimizing food waste, we have instituted a deadline of 1 day before lunch is served (Example: Sunday by 9:00AM for Monday lunch service) Allergies& Dietary Restrictions: My Green Lunch would like to work directly with parents of children that suffer from food allergies and restricted diets to ensure that your child can fully participate in the program. We offer gluten free, dairy free, and vegan options as indicated on the calendar menu provided each month. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, we encourage you to contact My Green Lunch by email: info@mygreenlunch.com. We look forward to serving lunches to your children at Khan Lab School! 2
How do I order Hot Lunch at Khan Lab School Step 1: Go To Khan Lab School Hot Lunch or click the "Lunch Program" in parent portal. Step 2: Choose a Login *Login must be between 6 and 15 characters, and must contain at least (1) number **No punctuation or spaces allowed Step 3: Choose a Password *Password must be between 6 and 15 characters, and must contain at least (1) number **No punctuation or spaces allowed Step 4: Enter your Email; Next, Enter a Security Question and Answer Step 5: Next, click Register to create new account. This brings you to a welcome message with information on how to add a child and place an order. Step 6: Click on the Student tab. Then click on create a new student. Select 'Khan Lab School and Grade. Enter the first and last name, and click submit. If you make a mistake, just click edit. Step 7: To place an order, click on the Order tab. On the left, you can see a list of users. Choose the student you wish to order for first. Orders must be placed separately for each student. Below students, you can select Portions. Choose a portion, then go to a date and select a Menu Item. A popup appears to the left with a description of the selected menu item. Be sure to add each menu item to your cart. To add multiple items at the same time, hold down the shift key while clicking on menu options. This will add all the options you click to your cart at the same time. Step 8: When you are done ordering, click Checkout. Here, you can review your order and your total. Next, click Pay Now. This will transfer you to the PayPal website, where you can login to PayPal, or pay with credit or Debit. After payment, you will receive an email receipt with a summary of your order. *Still have questions? Click on the following link for online tutorial: http://www.hotlunchonline.com/for-parents/ 3
Frequently Asked Questions 1: What is the ordering deadline? Answer: My Green Lunch will be sourcing only the highest quality and freshest food for your children; this requires careful planning and sourcing. Our goal is to be sustainable and affordable, to this end we need to minimize food waste that can occur when over ordering. These factors necessitate that all orders be placed no later than 1 day before lunch service. We encourage parents to place orders for the month so that you do not miss placing orders. Example: Sunday by 9:00AM for Monday Monday by 9:00AM for Tuesday Tuesday by 9:00AM for Wednesday Wednesday by 9:00AM for Thursday Thursday by 9:00AM for Friday 2: How can I pay for My Green Lunch meals? Answer: Parents can order online using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express). Please note that My Green Lunch is a pre-paid service. 3. How often do I have to order? Answer: You may order for as many days or as few days as you want to for the entire month. Note that we have a $.30 transaction fee per order that is credited to your account if you purchase more than $15.00 (about 3 lunches). We encourage you to place the order for the month and cancel and/or change as you need to (just do so 2 days in advance). Please note that once you have created an account, we will send out a courtesy email no more than twice a week to remind you that lunch has not been ordered. Simply opt out if you're not interested in receiving notifications. 4. How do I manage my order history and track what I purchased? Answer: You will receive a confirmation order summarizing what you purchased for your child for the month. You can also download and synchronize all of your child's purchase for the month into Google or Outlook for easy recall of what was ordered. You can also login to your account to view both calendar and list view. 5: How do I cancel an order? Answer: To cancel an order, click on the Order tab. Go to the date that you want to cancel, and click on the menu item you have ordered, which will be highlighted. This will bring up a window to the left, and at the bottom you can select Credit Purchase. Then you can go back to the top of the calendar, and see the amount that has been credited to your My Green Lunch account. This credit will provide you with the ability to purchase another lunch for that month or save it for a future month. 4
6: How long do I have to cancel an order? Answer: In the event your child is sick, you have until 9:00AM the day before lunch is served to cancel an order to receive 100% credit. If unable to cancel online after the deadline, simply email info@mygreenlunch.com by 5:00PM the day before the schedule lunch to receive 50% credit. 7: What makes My Green Lunch Green? Answer: My Green Lunch uses only compostable and recyclable products in our school lunch program. We source all of our compostable products from World Centric, a non-profit based in Palo Alto, CA. We are firm believers in a full circle, cradle to grave program and will work with Khan Lab School to ensure that all waste is properly collected for commercial composting. 8: What is the size of each Meal? Answer: Each meal is a sizeable portion size and meets or exceeds the dietary requirements of children from 2 to 15 years old. To give you an idea how each meals are, we have included pictures showing what a typical meal will look like. The one on the left is how we serve meals each day, the one on the left is that same meal, just plated for illustration purposes. 5