Patent ID: 8690577

Claim:
A method for providing meals to consumers in a school district, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a first food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a first meal offering; responsive to obtaining the first meal offering, automatically determining whether the first meal offering complies with predefined guidelines executed by the processor; obtaining, by a processor, a submission from a second food service supplier wherein the submission comprises a second meal offering; responsive to obtaining the second meal offering, automatically determining whether the second meal offering complies with the predefined guidelines executed by the processor; responsive to determining that the first meal offering and the second meal offering meet the predefined guidelines executed by the processor, automatically assigning the first meal offering and the second meal offering to a first population for a first predefined period of time, wherein the first meal offering and the second meal offering are available to the first population during the first predefined period of time; displaying the first meal offering and the second meal offering on a client, for selection by a user in the first population during the first predefined period of time, wherein the user can select either the first meal offering or the second meal offering during the first predefined period of time; and obtaining, via user input, an order for one of the first meal offering or the second meal offering.