Top 3 School Meal Vendors in Cincinnati

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 Cincinnati 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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Raffel’s Catering

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Raffel’s Catering is a family-owned-and-operated company that has been in Cincinnati since 1973. The company started as a small family catering company in Roselawn and expanded steadily throughout the years, growing to a bigger storefront and adding banquet halls to their operations over time. They pride themselves on offering not “catered food” but good food–the family still makes their sauces from scratch, roasts their own beef, make their macaroni and cheese with real milk and cheese. They are a staple within the community, and in partnership with Ordo, a staple within the schools that we service.

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Delightmore

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Based in Cincinnati, Delightmore–formerly known as Funky’s Catering–started in 2004 under Michael “Funky” Forgus. With 30+ years of restaurant and fine dining experience, the chef started his company to change the landscape of catering in Cincinnati. They were the first in the city to offer private tastings, which set them apart from the other catering companies in the special event industry there. Customers try every food item on the menu and learn about the origin of the ingredients and recipes.

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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 Cincinnati 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.