Yay Lunch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone familiar with Wholesome Food Services?

Our school uses Wholesome Food Services. I'm not sure how they get away with using "Wholesome" in the name, as it's regular fast casual options in the area like Chick-Fil-A, Moby Dick, Pete's Pizza, etc., but if your kid likes those places then they'll like it. I'm pretty sure the menu items are the regular sizes of things, so cost is $10-18/day depending on what your kid orders. Not sure if the vendors have smaller sizes for elementary schools.

Never heard of them? Where are they based?

[Anonymous]

Hot Lunchbox might an alternative for school lunches. Check them out. They have picked up 7 of the 17 school Yay provided lunch to in Richmond VA

[Anonymous]

Did any of you manage to get a refund for pre-paid credits?

[Anonymous]

This service is a total scam. All they do is pick up fast food and deliver it with a hefty upcharge. They used to also stop at a grocery store for some fruit, but can't be bothered anymore. How they are rolling up schools and replacing real caterers, I have no idea.

[Anonymous]

Yay lunch is all cheap carbs and cheese. I couldn't believe their "side" was not even always applesauce but more often a huge snack bag of veggie chips. What were we paying for?!

[Anonymous]

Which schools have actual kitchens/cafeterias where lunch is made on site?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This service is a total scam. All they do is pick up fast food and deliver it with a hefty upcharge. They used to also stop at a grocery store for some fruit, but can't be bothered anymore. How they are rolling up schools and replacing real caterers, I have no idea.

It was a good solution during the height of covid, but I'm surprised schools hung on to them afterward. Our school went back to a caterer last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which schools have actual kitchens/cafeterias where lunch is made on site?

NCS. STA and presumably any school that has students boarding. SSSAS did before covid and will again next year once the construction that includes the dining hall is complete.

[Anonymous]

Total scam. They pushed prepaid credits on us weeks before shutting down. They knew what they were doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Total scam. They pushed prepaid credits on us weeks before shutting down. They knew what they were doing.

Didn’t you get your money refunded? There’s a difference between a failing company trying to eke out a solution, even if it fails, and a scam.

[Anonymous]

I was told they are processing refunds for those who purchased credits, in alphabetical order. This is a lengthy process and may take some time

[Anonymous]

Only a lengthy process if they choose to make it so. Believe me, refunds can be processed quickly if they have the money and want to refund it.

[Anonymous]

Agree, and i followed up on that as i told them i cant wait indefinitely and here is their response: We plan to have the refund done as quickly as we can, the current timeline is to hopefully have all refunds processed by end of January...

[Anonymous]

It’s Just Lunch

[Anonymous]

Even worse than the schools Yay bailed on is our school still has this crap service.