School Lunch Program
Promote Healthy Eating Habits With Our Ready-To-Eat Lunch Boxes
Our lunch program increases the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat milk in school meals, reduces the levels of sodium, saturated-fat and trans-fat, and meets the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requirements.
These improvements to the school meal programs are largely based on recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and are expected to enhance the diet and health of school children and help mitigate the childhood obesity trend.
Our food plan is aligned with NFLP, CACFP, SBP, CDENSD.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Pick your plan: Choose from 6, 12, or 18 meals per week.
2. Choose your weekly meals: We have a wide variety of gourmet meals to choose from that is updated regularly
3. Get chef-crafted meals at your door: All meals are delivered chilled in recyclable containers.
4. Heat, plate, and enjoy: Meals are ready-to-eat when you are. Just follow the simple instructions to eat and plate — then enjoy!
Since we don't use artificial or chemical preservatives, the meals have a refrigerated shelf life of about 4-7 days. Every meal has a “use by” date on the label.
No. Gourmet Food Kitchen's meals are delivered fresh and chilled, so that they're ready to heat-and-eat when you are. If you aren't able to finish meals by their “Enjoy Before” date, you can freeze them beforehand. Just be sure to thaw them completely in the fridge before heating.