Finding school lunch vendors in your area that will satisfy your cafeteria’s needs can be a headache. They may not have a website or reviews online, so it can be difficult to source and research these businesses. More importantly, it can be hard to know what the quality of the food will be.

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Ordo works with local commercial kitchens and catering companies to provide fresh food for our partner schools, so we’ve researched and vetted hundreds of vendors across the country. We’re pretty familiar with the vendor landscape in the Columbus metropolitan area, so we’ve assembled the top 3 here. These three consistently exceed expectations with mouthwatering meals that students absolutely love.

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Arlene’s Cuisine

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Arlene’s Cuisine is a school lunch vendor that offers healthy, nutritious catered meals to community schools, charter schools and private schools throughout Ohio. Founded in Columbus in 1955, Arelene’s is renowned for their taste, freshness, quality, and above all, nutrition. Similar to Ordo, they are a complete food service solution, built around the unique needs of your cafeteria.

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Normandy Catering

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Normandy Catering’s is one of the most respected school food services in all of Northeastern Ohio. With their award-winning cuisine, they exceed expectations by a far! Their cross-functional staff of culinary, marketing, design, merchandising, and promotional experts can take care of almost anything! We know what that takes, which is why we’ve listed Normandy Catering as one of the best in your area.

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Ordo

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Ordo is the fastest growing school food program in the country. We focus on providing fresh, homestyle meals made from scratch every day in their kitchens. Students and parents place their orders through their ordering app and can choose from seasonal menus with 4 to 6 different options daily like Tex Mex Crunch Salad with Creamy Lime Dressing or Chicken Bacon Wrap with Pretzels, Carrots & Ranch. Our online platform automates compliance paperwork for reimbursable meals, tracks important metrics like daily participation rate, and handles all payment and order processing. Ordo offers both vended meal service and onsite food service management, depending on the size of the school.

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Our company serves a variety of schools in the Cincinnati metro area and is expanding to many other schools in the coming school year. If you’re interested in providing fresh, healthy food for your school, you can reach out to the school partnerships team here.