"Fast food close to school? Greater chance of overweight pupils," headlines De Standaard on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. But De Morgen also gives the topic due attention.

It is true that the offer around the school gates often focuses on a quick bite to eat, as the students only have a limited break during the afternoon. Extensive meals are not really an option for them.

Then quickly to the snack bar, the students automatically think. But there they are not alone, waiting their turn, ordering, waiting for the preparation and then paying. The snack has to be taken while walking back to school. Not very healthy either. To avoid this, students then buy their sandwich as early as 8 a.m. - just before entering the school gate - and let it warm up in the book bag for several hours...

However, there is a much better and especially healthier alternative, in which the school makes arrangements with some local suppliers, putting together an offer that focuses mainly on healthy food ingredients, delivered and distributed at school. In this way, schools can also conform to the Guidelines for Healthy Food in Schools.

An ideal platform to use here is Sendwich.be

This platform unites the 3 parties ; the suppliers (sandwich stores, soup workshops, dark kitchens etc..), the schools and the students and it is a win-win-win for all parties. This allows the school to put together a balanced supply from the affiliated suppliers and to do so for the days they want to be supplied. If - because it is Friday - they want to be able to offer a "smoske," for example, they can do so. A personalized, dynamic offer is called that.

Sandwich stores are also experiencing better times thanks to Sendwich. They receive real-time orders and have to make fewer ad hoc sandwiches behind the counter. As a result, they can put more energy into making healthier meals that are less "spreadable." For example, if the ingredients for a particular dish are dwindling, the supplier can enter this in real time on the platform and from then on, these dishes will automatically disappear from the offer.

And for students, it's even more TOP, as they easily order through the Sendwich app, choosing from the healthy offerings the school has put together for them, complete with their set allergens. Only those dishes that are compatible with their choice are offered in the student's app.

And from now on, playtime is back to being a relaxing time. Just quickly collect the meal at the agreed place in the school at the beginning of the afternoon playtime. Thanks to the scanning of the student's personal QR code, by the way, this goes smoothly and error-free. And at the schools where a smartphone is not allowed, this personal QR code can also simply be read from a piece of paper. Ordering is done just before entering the school gates.

Payments are made contactless by loading money into their personal account. This can be done through Payconiq or by scanning in QR checks that can be purchased at school.

And at school, more time is now freed up as well. No more collecting the orders, counting the money, listing and communicating with the supplier.

So only winners, and the problem is so addressed.

The road is already there. Now the will is there.

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