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Food Service Professionals

The module Food Service Professionals use is called Lunch. The Lunch module services both breakfast and lunch. Included with the Lunch module is the Point of Sale (POS) Software. In general, Food Service Professionals set up JMC in the following way:

1. The lead Food Service Professional has the JMC Office program on their office computer to complete the following steps:
   • Review family and student lunch account information.
   • Determine Free or Reduced Status for students and print the reply letter with all federally mandated information.
   • Set up Breakfast, Lunch, and A La Carte prices.
   • Send low balance notices home to parents/guardians via email, USPS, or the student.
   • Run reports for end of the month reporting and analyze lunch information.
2. Any computer in the “lunch line” must have the Point of Sale (POS) software loaded onto it to record Breakfast and Lunch transactions. The POS software can be loaded onto as many computers as you would like, but each user will need their own user name and password. When customers enter the “lunch line” there are a variety of way to identify who the customer is. Customers are able to:
   • State their last and first name. This process is free but is the slowest way to identify the purchaser.
   • State or type in their Student number (or ID Number). This process is free and is a very quick and easy way to determine who the customer is. Schools have had students from ages 4-18 remember their student numbers successfully and easily.
   • Pass a bar code under a bar code scanner. Customer bar codes can be printed, at no cost, from the Lunch module. A 3rd party bar code scanner must be purchased for this option to work.
   • Various other methods of identification can also be used including finger print scanners. These are 3rd party hardware options. Contact us if you are interested in these other options.
3. Online Parent Access allows parents/guardians to view family balances, their students’ up-to-date balances and what they have eaten on a daily basis throughout the year. In addition, we do work with 3rd party software to allow parents to deposit money into their accounts with a credit card.

Do you have the Office Program or Point of Sale (POS) program loaded onto your computer? If so you would have the icon below on your desktop or in your applications folder.

Double click the icon to start.