Stillwater Launches Smartphone App for School Lunch Menus

Stillwater Area Public Schools is one of the first districts in the country to launch a smartphone app for school menus.

The free app, called School Lunch by Nutrislice, is available in the Apple App Store for iPhones and in Google Play for Android phones. The district’s app also connects to the interactive website, http://stillwater.nutrislice.com

The smartphone app will replace printed lunch menus for each school.

The app shows each day’s menu, including pictures, descriptions, nutritional information for each food, and according to the district's news release, makes finding common allergens simple.

“Many of our parents and students are using smartphones and we wanted to make our menus and nutritional information convenient for them to access," Linda Nordgren, Supervisor of Nutrition Services, wrote in the release. "This new app and website will help us communicate in real-time about menu options and will also be a great way to show parents and students the district-wide emphasis we’ve put toward serving more fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.”

According to this KSTP report, the St. Paul and Eden Prairie school districts have also launched school lunch apps.