Menus/Attendance
      Back to home
      1. Centers and Center Sponsors
      2. Sponsors of Centers
      3. Menus/Attendance

      Review Center Menus and Menu Production Records

      Table of Contents

      In This Article

      We recommend you periodically review your sites’ planned menus to ensure that they meet meal pattern requirements each day.

      Printing the Center Monthly Menu Report

      1. From the menu to the left, click Reports.

      2. Click the Select a Category drop-down menu and select Menus.

      3. Click the Select a Report drop-down menu and select Center Monthly Menu plan.

      4. Click the Date box and select the month for which to run this report.

      5. Click the Select Center drop-down menu and select the center for which to run this report. You can select All Active Centers to print this report for all active centers, or you can click Select Multiple Centers and set filters for the centers to include.

      6. Click Run. The report downloads as a PDF.

       

      Reviewing the Center Monthly Menu Report

      When reviewing center menus, make sure that:

      • Juice is only planned for once per day.

      • There is a vegetable planned at each lunch and dinner.

      • A whole grain-rich food is planned for at least once per day.

      • There are no grain-based desserts present.

       

      Print the Menu Production Record

      The Menu Production Record lists the amount of food centers need to serve and purchase to adequately serve children in their care. It may also include actual quantities served and leftover quantities, if recorded (subject to policy M.01 and policy M.01f). Before printing this report, centers/sponsors should record center menus and estimate attendance (at least). Estimating attendance allows centers to plan ahead of time so they can purchase the appropriate quantities of food (as listed on the report). If you print this report after recording actual attendance and/or actual quantities served, the quantities needed based on actual attendance display on this report, as do the actual quantities prepared.

      Sponsors can use this report when auditing centers to ensure that the correct amounts of food are being prepared and served.

      Sponsors should ensure that they have selected the correct Food Quantity Type in the Food Tool, as this affects the units of measure used on the Menu Production record when calculating quantities. If you are recording individual infant menus, the Menu Production Record for infants only shows quantities for the default infant menu. Ensure that centers have either recorded or estimated attendance.

      1. From the menu to the left, click Reports.

      2. Click the Select a Category drop-down menu and select Menus.

      3. Click the Select a Report drop-down menu and select Menu Production Record.

      4. Click the Select Center drop-down menu and select the center for which to print the report. You can also select All Active Centers to print this report for all centers.

      5. Click the next drop-down menu and choose from the following: Both, Non-Infant, or Infant.

      6. Click the From box and select the report start date.

      7. Click the To box and select the report end date.

      8. Click Run. The report downloads as a PDF.