At Bidfood, we take immense pride in playing a pivotal role in supporting schools (Kura) and food manufacturers involved in the Healthy Schools Lunches programme. As a leading New Zealand food service business, we've been providing and delivering nutritious food products to schools and caterers across Aotearoa since 2020. Feeding Kiwi kids is not just our mission; it’s our passion and our daily commitment
Since the inception of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | healthy school lunches programme in February 2020, Bidfood has been a preferred supplier. Our journey has been one of continuous learning, improvement, and adaptation to better serve New Zealand’s tamariki. We've achieved significant milestones and have been dedicated to enhancing our services every step of the way.
To support the Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch programme effectively, we've developed several tools to help schools maximize their lunch budgets while ensuring nutritious meals:
Bidfoods efficient online ordering submission system at MyBidfood offers a centralized platform for kura to purchase fresh food. This system streamlines weekly meal planning, making it seamless to create easy and nutritious recipes on a budget.
With Bidfood’s menu costing library this allows you to accurately food cost it is a crucial tool for managing food costs. It provides cost-effective, healthy meal ideas to help kura stretch their budgets without compromising on nutrition.
The MyRecipes Tool also helps in creating safe meal plans for ākonga by identifying allergens and calculating nutritional information. Schools can access Ministry-approved recipes with detailed nutritional content, ensuring meals are both healthy and safe.
Bidfood provides diverse meal solutions for various industries, including hospitality, healthcare, education, and more. Working with customers to develop menus that meet your specific needs, whether it's creating meals that cater to specific dietary requirements or designing menus for different occasions. We offer support, cost-saving tools, and efficient ordering systems, like Standard Order forms to make product ordering quick and easy. These Master order forms are also consist of products that have been approved by Ka Ora, Ka Ako.
Bidfood operates a comprehensive National network across New Zealand, offering online ordering and delivery from Whangarei to Invercargill. With 31 distribution centres in 17 different regions (soon to be 19) and over 550 trucks, we provide responsive and flexible service to schools and other industries. Our commitment includes sustainable, healthy solutions for schools, early childhood centers, hospitals, aged care homes, and more. Delivering six days a week, our local teams have the resources to support communities, ensuring efficient and reliable service. Bidfood optimizes processes by consolidating shipments into multi-temperature controlled vehicles, reducing carbon emissions. Our modern fleet, featuring low-emission vehicles and advanced technology for enhanced efficiency and safety, ensures reliable and environmentally responsible.
Bidfood’s mission is to be the one-stop-shop for all participating organizations in the Healthy Schools Lunches programme. We are dedicated to supporting kura through our hassle-free online order submission system and our extensive range of products. Our loyal customers, who have partnered with us over the years, are instrumental in helping us grow the school lunch programme on a national level.
We look forward to continuing our support more broadly on ākonga, whānau, hapū, and iwi and the impact, through the Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme, ensuring that all tamariki in New Zealand has access to healthy, nutritious meals every day.
For more information or to place an order, visit MyBidfood or contact your local Branch Sales Manager to find out how to use our suite of tools. Each branch has a dedicated Regional Account Manager, supported by a customer service and telesales team, as well as a national account coordinator. Let's nourish the future of New Zealand together.
Other:
kura - (verb) (-ina,-ngia) to be educated, schooled, attending school. (noun) school, education, learning gathering.
ākonga - (noun) student, pupil, learner, protégé.
Whanau - extended family, family group, a familiar term of address to a number of people - the primary economic unit of traditional Māori society.
tamariki - children - normally used only in the plural.
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