System and method for providing an institutional nutrition service
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1. A method for providing meals to consumers in a school district, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a first food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a first meal offering;
responsive to obtaining the first meal offering, automatically determining whether the first meal offering complies with predefined guidelines executed by the processor;
obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a second food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a second meal offering;
responsive to obtaining the second meal offering, automatically determining whether the second meal offering complies with the predefined guidelines executed by the processor;
responsive to determining that the first meal offering and the second meal offering meet the predefined guidelines executed by the processor, automatically assigning the first meal offering and the second meal offering to a first population for a first predefined period of time, wherein the first meal offering and the second meal offering are available to the first population during the first predefined period of time;
displaying the first meal offering and the second meal offering on a client, for selection by a user in the first population during the first predefined period of time, wherein the user can select either the first meal offering or the second meal offering during the first predefined period of time; and
obtaining, via user input, an order for one of the first meal offering or the second meal offering.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product is described for providing meals to consumers in a school district. The method includes utilizing a computer processor to obtain meal offering submissions from food service suppliers, determining whether the meal offering comply with predefined guidelines and displaying the meal offerings that meet the guidelines on a client for selection by a user, and obtaining via user input, orders for the meal offerings.
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1. A method for providing meals to consumers in a school district, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a first food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a first meal offering; responsive to obtaining the first meal offering, automatically determining whether the first meal offering complies with predefined guidelines executed by the processor; obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a second food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a second meal offering; responsive to obtaining the second meal offering, automatically determining whether the second meal offering complies with the predefined guidelines executed by the processor; responsive to determining that the first meal offering and the second meal offering meet the predefined guidelines executed by the processor, automatically assigning the first meal offering and the second meal offering to a first population for a first predefined period of time, wherein the first meal offering and the second meal offering are available to the first population during the first predefined period of time; displaying the first meal offering and the second meal offering on a client, for selection by a user in the first population during the first predefined period of time, wherein the user can select either the first meal offering or the second meal offering during the first predefined period of time; and obtaining, via user input, an order for one of the first meal offering or the second meal offering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system for providing meals to consumers in a school district, the computer system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method comprising; obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a first food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a first meal offering; responsive to obtaining the first meal offering, automatically determining whether the first meal offering complies with predefined guidelines executed by the processor; obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a second food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a second meal offering; responsive to obtaining the second meal offering, automatically determining whether the second meal offering complies with the predefined guidelines executed by the processor; responsive to determining that the first meal offering and the second meal offering meet the predefined guidelines executed by the processor, automatically assigning the first meal offering and the second meal offering to a first population for a first predefined period of time, wherein the first meal offering and the second meal offering are available to the first population during the first predefined period of time; displaying the first meal offering and the second meal offering on a client, for selection by a user in the first population during the first predefined period of time, wherein the user can select either the first meal offering or the second meal offering during the first predefined period of time; and obtaining, via user input, an order for one of the first meal offering or the second meal offering. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for providing meals to consumers in a school district, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to obtain a submission from a first food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a first meal offering; responsive to obtaining the first meal offering, computer readable program code configured to automatically determine whether the first meal offering complies with predefined guidelines executed by the processor; computer readable program code configured to obtain a submission from a second food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a second meal offering; responsive to obtaining the second meal offering, computer readable program code configured to automatically determine whether the second meal offering complies with the predefined guidelines executed by the processor; responsive to determining that the first meal offering and the second meal offering meet the predefined guidelines executed by the processor, computer readable program code configured to automatically assign the first meal offering and the second meal offering to a first population for a first predefined period of time, wherein the first meal offering and the second meal offering are available to the first population during the first predefined period of time; computer readable program code configured to display the first meal offering and the second meal offering on a client, for selection by a user in the first population during the first predefined period of time, wherein the user can select either the first meal offering or the second meal offering during the first predefined period of time; and computer readable program code configured to obtain, via user input, an order for one of the first meal offering or the second meal offering. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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