Top 3 School Lunch Vendors In Detroit, MI

Finding school lunch vendors in your area that will satisfy your cafeteria’s needs can be a headache. They may not have a website or reviews online, so it can be difficult to source and research these businesses. More importantly, it can be hard to know what the quality of the food will be.

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Ordo works with local commercial kitchens and catering companies to provide fresh food for our partner schools, so we’ve researched and vetted hundreds of vendors across the country. We’re pretty familiar with the vendor landscape in the Detroit metropolitan area, so we’ve assembled the top 3 here. These three consistently exceed expectations with mouthwatering meals that students absolutely love.

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Alia’s Catering

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Based in Southfield, Alia’s Catering offers a great selection of the traditional Mediterranean and American specialties. Even better, almost all of the menu items are made from scratch using locally sourced ingredients. As a result, the father and son company has been servicing catering needs for over 30 years now! This is why we’ve partnered with them at Ordo to bring your school delicious homestyle options.

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Brooklyn Pizza

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Brooklyn Pizza, located in Birmingham, serves up authentic, wood-fired pizzas inspired by those you’d find in Brooklyn, New York. Their pizzas are crafted using the freshest, quality ingredients and cooked in an open-flame wood-burning oven. Yum! Brooklyn Pizza is also incredibly accommodating, with gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options. They are a staple within the community, and in partnership with Ordo, a staple within the schools that we service.

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TruFood Management

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TruFood Management is a full-service, on-site, restaurant company offering new and creative alternatives to classic food items. Drawing from local foods in the area, they provide authentic, nutritional, and culturally diverse foods. We place equal importance on educating and preparing healthy options for students, which is why we’ve partnered up to reimagine the cafeteria as we know it!

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Ordo

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Ordo is the fastest growing school food program in the country. We focus on providing fresh, homestyle meals made from scratch every day in their kitchens. Students and parents place their orders through their ordering app and can choose from seasonal menus with 4 to 6 different options daily like Tex Mex Crunch Salad with Creamy Lime Dressing or Chicken Bacon Wrap with Pretzels, Carrots & Ranch. Our online platform automates compliance paperwork for reimbursable meals, tracks important metrics like daily participation rate, and handles all payment and order processing. Ordo offers both vended meal service and onsite food service management, depending on the size of the school.

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Our company serves a variety of schools in the Detroit metro area and is expanding to many other schools in the coming school year. If you’re interested in providing fresh, healthy food for your school, you can reach out to the school partnerships team here.