• Policy Name: Guidelines for the Usage of Canteen/Pantry
• Policy Owner(s): Food Manager (FM) - Bhavik Nayak
• Policy Executioner(s): Kitchen & Pantry Team
• Approver: Fm - Bhavik Nayak
• Applicable: Students, Parents and Staff

• To provide a supplement to food that students and staff bring from home or for times when unable to get a healthy and filling meal from home.
• To provide a tasty, filling and nutritious breakfast at an affordable price.
• To make provision for the availability of healthy dry snacks and drinks.

• Responsibility: To provide a substitute healthy snack at an affordable price.
• Sustainability: To take care of the nutritional content of the food provided for maintaining better health of students and staff.

Fountainhead School Malgama provides Pantry / Canteen services to students and staff so that they can have a snack /substitute meal to satiate little hunger pangs. Having a policy in place will help all the stakeholders understand how and when to use the Pantry effectively.

Policy to be reviewed and updated

• At the beginning of each academic year
• As and when Canteen/Pantry service is used by students, staff and parents.

Kitchen and Canteen/Pantry is the service provided by Protego Services LLP to Fountainhead School Malgama.

• 1Canteen/Pantry will serve fresh and healthy food items.
• 2Software team will update the school menu on the last working day of every month on the Lighthouse, Website and Nucleus Parents Portal.
• 3The Events team will send the school menu on the last working day of every month on the Parent’s WhatsApp groups of Grades 1 to 12.
• 4Canteen/pantry services can be accessed at different venues across the school premises during break time.
• 5Canteen/pantry staff wear a cap, safety shoes and hand gloves while serving in the pantry.
• 6Canteen/pantry services will be available for all staff and students. Parents can use the pantry services whenever they visit the school.
• 7For Breakfast, the Ki team will serve two freshly cooked items on students’ working days and one freshly cooked item on students’ holidays as per the menu of the month along with Bhakri in the pantry.

  Note

  Below items are available daily in the canteen/pantry:

  • Mamra
  • Chikki
  • Buttermilk
  • Lassi
  • Lemonade
  • Nariyal Pani
  • Banana
  • Dry Fruits
  • Cheese
  • Popcorn
• 9The Kitchen team will prepare proportionately enough quantities to meet demands without generating excess wastage.

  Note

  It is possible and acceptable that the canteen runs out of one of the items while the other is available.

• 10Sandwiches will be available every Wednesday for students.

  Note

  Sandwiches will be available on every Wednesday for students and on students’ non-working days for staff and parents.

• 11Students will access the canteen/pantry services during their break time
• 12Teachers, Admin and Support Staff will access the canteen/pantry services during their break time in a way that work is not disturbed.
• 13Students of Grades 1 to 12 will use RFID cards for purchasing canteen/pantry items. (Coupons can be used till they last. No new coupons will be issued to the students)
• 14Teachers, Admin and Support staff will purchase the canteen/pantry items using RFID cards only.

  Note

  New joinee staff will make a purchase using coupons until the HR department issues the RFID card.

• 15RFID cards can be recharged from this LINK using a Credit/Debit Card, UPI, or Netbanking.
  • Minimum recharge amount for RFID cards is INR 100/-
  • Maximum recharge amount for RFID cards is INR 10000/-

  Kindly refer to this VIDEO to recharge the RFID Cards.

REFER TO THIS LINK FOR THE MENU OF THE MONTH