Y’all, let’s talk about money walking right out your back door. Say you get paid $8 for a meal that costs you $8.15 to make. You lost 15 cents. No big deal, right? Wrong. Watch this: 🍽️ 15 cents x 500 meals = $75 lost in one day 📅 $75 x 5 days = $375 lost in one week 📆 Over a year = $19,500 gone That’s a part-time employee. For some of us, that’s a full-time one. And most programs don’t even know it’s happening. But here’s the one that really hurts. 👇🏾 I worked with an organization that was expecting a $100,000 reimbursement check. They’d already cooked the food and served the meals. But for about 90 days, the paperwork wasn’t done to prove those meals were served. So that check never came. We worked together for about 90 days and recovered around $33,000 of it. That’s a win. But that still left a whole lot of money on the table, all because of a gap in their system. Here’s the lesson: being promised the money doesn’t mean you’ll get it. Your paperwork has to prove every single meal you served. 🎥 I break it all down in the full video here in our classroom: "The Money is on the Table Free Replay" Now tell me in the comments 👇🏾 Have you ever served meals you never got paid for? What happened? — Alana, the Lunch Lady CFO

I get emails every week full of RFPs (that’s “request for proposals”). It’s when a school district or program says, “We need help with something. Who can do it?” Some of y’all might want to bid on these jobs. Some of y’all are the ones writing them. Either way, here’s where to look for free: ✅ The district’s own purchasing page. Most schools post bids right on their website. Search “[district name] purchasing bids.” ✅ Your state’s buying website. Every state has one where agencies post bids. ✅ SAM.gov. This is for federal jobs, and it’s free. ✅ Free sign-up sites. A lot of districts use systems like IonWave or BidNet. You can sign up to see the bid papers at no charge. 💡 Tip: Don’t pay for bid papers a district posts for free. Go straight to the source. Now help me help YOU. Which one sounds like you? 👇 Drop a comment and tell me what kind of bid you’d want me to break down next. 💬

Food prices are still high. If you haven't re-costed your menu, products, and payroll lately, you're not ready for more business. Question 2 of 3. See the full conversation in our free masterclass in the classroom The money is on the table! : https://www.skool.com/foodservice-money-operations-3953/classroom/68a2cdb6?md=2cdaba4162594cd78c60df46a088b2d5