Overview

My Hot Lunchbox wanted to create the most complete, user-friendly and budget-effective system for US schools wishing to offer a daily hot lunch option.

The system needed to connects parents, schools and local restaurants (stores), be fast and very easy-to-use.

The lunch menus are created by approved local restaurants with meal options carefully selected by staff nutritionist. The parents are enabled to choose, manage, order and prepay lunches for their children's.

All ordered lunches are individually packed and delivered to school or camp.

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Industry
e-Commerce / Food delivery
Team
5 specialists
Timeline
Mar 2018 - ongoing
Tech Stack
.NET Core, Vue.js, JS / ES6+, Webpack, SQL Server, Azure

Parent features

Lunch calendar

The lunch calendar enables parents to plan and manage lunches for their kids.

Lunch calendar

The lunch calendar enables parents to plan and manage lunches for their kids.

We use color-coding of each lunch to indicate whether the order is open, pending, paid or subscribed. The total number of pending orders is also displayed in the left sidebar.

Order creation

Parents create an order by choosing among available meals from different restaurants (stores) for a given date. Each meal can be furtner customized by choosing size, quantity and available add-ons.

A special set of bespoke icons indicate allergens and dietary restrictions. The navigation controls are specifically designed to easily switch between restaurants, kids and dates.

Meal customization

Each meal is fully customizable by selecting size, quantity and add-ons.

My orders

Parents can pay for pending orders, see paid orders' details and transaction history, activate subscription or treat someone to lunch by transferring some amount to their balance.

Restaurant features

Meal editor

Creating or editing a new menu item is very easy, thanks to the comprehensive meal editor. The editor supports entering of allergens, sizes, amounts, prices, add-ons and customizations. Everything can be easily reordered by drag-n-drop.

Admin features

Vendor matching

By using vendor selection page, managers can assign restaurants (stores) to a school, finding the best matches by distance, preferred days of delivery, minimum number of orders and other parameters.

School management

The system allows to enter all kind of preferences, create roaster for each student, add lunch times and delivery instructions, assign restaurants (stores), add menu or organization-related events to the calendar, etc.