Meal Planning and Substitutions
This must be updated before meal service begins when a menu item is substituted.
What is Meal Planning?
This signage must be posted and visible, especially for breakfast and lunch
What is the “What’s on My Plate” OvS signage?
All food production items must include this brief but detailed note.
What is a correction
This chart must be used to ensure vegetable substitutions stay within the same category.
What is the Vegetable Subgroup chart?
This button should not be used on the POS because it creates non-identifiable transactions.
What is the A la carte button?
When substituting an item, this should be printed and updated immediately—not after service.
What are the new recipes and production worksheets?
These records must be printed daily, signed, and stored in a binder.
What are Food Production Records?
These meals must be recorded on the Food Production Record, even if the exact items aren't known.
What are Adult and Employee meals?
If a product has multiple ingredients and one is missing, do this instead of removing it.
What is zero out the items and add the alternative product?
This box must be checked or unchecked in meal planning depending on the type of service provided.
What is OVS?
When adding a substitution, this should never be removed from the meal plan.
What is the originals item?
This form must be completed daily by all managers
What is the FPR Verification Form?
These records must be printed daily, signed and stored in a binder.
What are Food Production Records?
These individuals must approve any entrée or vegetable substitutions.
What is a dietitian?
This must be verified at the beginning and end of meal service to prevent discrepancies.
What is petty cash?
If you substitute chicken nuggets, don't forget to add this grain item.
What is a 1 oz. grain?
Two documents that must be signed daily by managers.
What is the Federal Edit Check and the Food Production Record ?
Meat/Meat alternate, grains, vegetable, fruit, and milk.
What are the 5 components offered at lunch?
Recipes must be followed exactly and should not include added sugar, salt or granola.
What is following the recipe as written?
Managers should use this report to document repeat cashier errors after retraining.
This requirement ensures that the number of planned servings for each meal component including milk, matches the total number of meals planned.
What is accurate meal planning?
Reading this document can help you determine if a lunch entrees requires a grain to meet a grain requirement
What is the Menu
Fruit, Grain, and milk
What are the minimum items that have to be offered at breakfast?
Theminumum grain serving size at lunch for ages K-8th grade.
What is a 1 ounce serving?
Managers must train cashiers on this system and review how to enter different meal types.
What is Newton and the Cash Handling Procedures?