Top 3 School Meal Vendors in Philadelphia

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 Philadelphia 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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Foods from Heaven

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Headquartered in Philadelphia, Foods from Heaven specializes in southern comfort food for corporate and promotional events and other clients in Philadelphia and South Jersey. They are also an approved vendor with the Philadelphia Department of Education and provide school lunches for schools across several PA counties. Since 1997, the company has been owned and operated by Chef Gerard, who has a long history of providing excellent service for the schools he serves. This is why we’ve partnered with Foods from Heaven at Ordo to bring delicious, fresh meals to schools in the area.

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BTC Foods

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BTC Foods is a local family-owned company based in Philadelphia. Originally founded in 2004, they provide meals to senior centers, adult day and child care centers, and meals on wheels programs throughout Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery counties. They also have CACFP approved menus for the childcare centers they serve. Their facility in Logan produces tens of thousands of meals every week, delivering high-quality, nutritious food to their clients across the metro.

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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 Philadelphia 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.