Flexischools news
News and information about Flexischools and our industry.
Please send any media enquiries to media@flexischools.com.au
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Feature Updates
We've been working on a better user experience for certain features in your Supplier Portal!
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Benefits of Moving Your School Canteen Online
Explore the advantages of transitioning to an online canteen app for your school. Learn how it saves time, reduces food waste, and enhances flexibility - improving operations and parent satisfaction.
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Flexischools: Australia’s Favourite School App
Discover how Flexischools streamlines school life with a convenient online canteen portal, easy uniform ordering, and integrated fundraising. Simplify admin, save time, and keep parents connected in one app.
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CDF Partners with Flexischools
Flexischools has been chosen by CDF to deliver a best-in-class online payments and ordering solution for Catholic communities across Australia.
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Flexischools in the News - Term 1 2024
School News Australia takes a look at the issue of cash handling in schools, and the benefits of online ordering and cashless payment solutions like Flexischools, in its Term 1 2024 edition.
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Back to the Tuck Shop for Queensland students
Tuck Shop ordering is back for thousands of students across Queensland.
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Are you Right Bite Ready?
Flexischools is here to help South Australian canteens meet the requirements of the Right Bite traffic light standards at your school canteen.
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What is Your Tuck Shop’s ‘Away for the Day’ Plan?
With mobile phone bans in place at Queensland state schools, is your tuck shop ready to take phone-free payments?
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Flexischools in the News - Term 4 2023
The Daily Telegraph’s Eilidh Sproul-Mellis reported on the impact that mobile phone bans have had on over-the-counter sales at NSW school canteens, since the beginning of term 4 2023.
Flexischools CEO Rachel Debeck was interviewed by Eilidh for the story.
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Fresh look for Flexischools app
The latest release of the Flexischools app brings a smoother, more modern-looking ordering experience to parents’ busy mornings.
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Flexischools in the News - Term 3 2023
9Honey and Channel 7’s The Morning Show took a look at lunch order trends across Australia, covering Flexischools’ annual Digital Lunch Box report.
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A new era for Flexischools
Flexischools welcomes Rachel Debeck as CEO, who takes over the Australian-owned and operated technology platform from founding managing director, Geoff Austen after more than 15 years.
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Create new services in the Flexischools Supplier Portal
We’ve loved hearing that many canteen managers are appreciating the flexibility of being able to 'create new food services’ themselves in the Supplier Portal. Now you’re able to create any new service yourself - across your shop, payments, and events - at a time that suits you.
This exciting new Flexischools feature is now available under the ‘Services’ tab in the Supplier Portal.
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Get a bespoke menu review
We’ve analysed over 77,000 menu items in the Flexischools database to identify how the price of the most common food categories has changed over the last 12 months.
If you’re considering changing your menu prices, we are now offering custom menu reviews comparing your service to the average across Australia. Get a bespoke menu review here
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Friends of Flexischools Facebook group
Flexischools canteen managers and operators are invited to join our private Facebook group.
It’s a place for service managers, schools, and P&Cs to share tips, ask questions and hear more about the latest Flexischools features! Flexischools staff will be in there to help wherever they can.
Search for “Friends of Flexischools” in Facebook.
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Flexischools Launches Monthly FlexiFeed Newsletter
Each month, we’ll send all our schools and suppliers a newsletter with tips, updates, and announcements, to help them get the most from Flexischools.
If you’d like to receive our monthly newsletter, sign up here
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Social media resources
We’ve put together some free resources you can post on your school's social media channels to help guide your parents to start using Flexischools!
Download social media resources here
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Traffic light system for healthy eating
Flexischools partners with QAST to drive healthier eating in Queensland schools. The QAST Menu Health Check uses the traffic light system to rate tuckshop menus on availability of healthy choices.
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Supplier Portal Calendar Feature
This awesome new feature gives schools and suppliers the ability to manage service dates themselves for the first time ever!
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Placing orders with Flexischools just got 10x faster
Our new fast ordering feature allows parents to place a repeat lunch order in just a few seconds!
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Flexischools launches FLX
FLX is an awesome savings and spending app for kids! Find out more about FLX here.
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