The school program
Compliance handled, machines locked to your bell schedule, and a share of every dollar back to the building it came from.
- School buildings
- 96
- Districts
- 14
- Revenue share
- 12%
- Cost to district
- $0
How compliance actually works here
Not a promise on a sales call. A document your food service director can hand to a reviewer.
Every item we put in a school machine is screened against the federal Smart Snacks in School rule before it is approved for the catalogue. The screen covers calories, sodium, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat and total sugar by weight, plus the whole grain or first ingredient requirement.
Once a term we send each district a signed product list with the figures for every item currently loaded, the standard it is measured against, and the date it was last checked. If a manufacturer reformulates something, the item comes out until it is re-screened.
- Signed product list every semester, per building
- Allergen line on every shelf tag
- QR code on each machine for the full ingredient list
- Written liability if an item we supplied is ever flagged
| Measure | Limit | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 200 or less | Each snack item |
| Sodium | 200 mg or less | Each snack item |
| Total fat | 35% of calories | Each snack item |
| Saturated fat | Under 10% of calories | Each snack item |
| Trans fat | 0 g | Everything |
| Total sugar | 35% of weight | Each snack item |
| First ingredient | Whole grain, fruit, veg, dairy or protein | Each snack item |
| Drink size | 8, 12 or 20 oz | By grade level |
What the district has to do
Genuinely all of it.
- Give us floor space and a standard outlet
- Send your bell schedule, including early release days
- Send your wellness policy if it is stricter than federal
- Name one contact per building for the driver
What you do not have to do
Things districts often assume are their problem.
- Buy, lease or insure the machines
- Stock, count or reconcile anything
- Handle refunds, which go to our line and get paid in cash on the next visit
- Screen products for compliance
- Chase a repair, since the machines report their own faults
Getting installed before a school year
Work back from the first day. Six weeks is comfortable, four is possible, two is not.
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Six weeks out, walk the buildings
We measure, check outlets and doorways, and agree where each machine goes with the building contact rather than with the district office.
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Five weeks out, agree the lineup
You get the screened product list. Strike anything you do not want. Districts usually cut two or three items and add one.
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Three weeks out, sign and schedule
One page agreement, thirty days notice either side. We book the delivery and send the bell schedule programming for you to check.
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One week out, install and test
Delivered, levelled, loaded and tested selection by selection with your contact watching. Lockout tested against the real schedule.
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First month, adjust
We review sales at four weeks and swap out what is not moving. The first lineup is always a guess, and the second one is not.
Questions from districts
The ones that come up in every procurement conversation.
Who is responsible if an item turns out not to be compliant?
We are, in writing. If a state or federal reviewer flags an item we supplied, we pull it that week, cover any penalty tied to it and send a corrected product list. It has happened once, in 2022, over a reformulated granola bar whose recipe changed without notice.
Can we set our own standard that is stricter than the federal one?
Yes, and about a third of our districts do. Send us the policy and we will build the lineup to it. The most common additions are a nut-free building rule and a lower sodium cap.
What happens during meal service?
Machines in the food service area lock automatically on your bell schedule, so they cannot sell during the meal period. You give us the schedule once and we program it, including early release days.
Do we have to buy or lease anything?
No. We own the machines, deliver them, service them and repair them. The district provides floor space and a standard outlet.
How is the revenue share paid?
One check per building per quarter, with a sales report showing what sold and what it earned. Districts with five or more machines can consolidate it into a single district-level payment instead.
Can students with allergies see ingredients?
Every shelf tag carries the allergen line, and a QR code on the machine opens the full ingredient list for that building's current lineup. We update it whenever an item changes.
Send us your wellness policy and enrolment
We will come back with a screened product list built to your standard, a realistic revenue figure for your schedule, and the buildings we would start with.