Your local school hot lunch provider for Windsor/Essex and Chatham/Kent County. We offer an organized healthy meal program that is reliable and dependable. Did we mention also delicious?
Our promise is to be committed to you and your family, doing all that we can to put a smile on your face and make your life just a little bit easier.
PRICE OF MEALS
We offer different pricing depending on what your child likes. Not all meals are one price, nor should they be. Along with each meal you can add options such as juice and cookies. If your child is a bit picky, no problem at all, we have you covered. Under options you choose what to eliminate from the meal so that your child knows the meal is special just like they are.
REGISTERING YOUR CHILD ONLINE
Once you register your child online you will be able to see credits you have remaining in your account. Please use the same email for the account as last year since it is based on your email. NOTE: Please register your child in the correct classroom - this is where their lunch will go and if the classroom is wrong then your child will not receive their lunch on time.
We send out email reminders so please add "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." to receive all reminders and updates.
WHAT IF THE SCHOOL IS FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO COVID?
If a school closes due to COVID we will apply a credit to your account for the cancelled meal. If a school closes for over 3 weeks due to COVID we will issue you a refund upon request.
CANCELLATIONS?
Yes, we have you covered! We accept cancellations by email only and will cancel the meal and provide a credit on your account as long as we receive notification before 6:30am on the day of delivery. If after that time, you can call the school to pick up the lunch, have it sent home with a sibling or choose to donate it to another child who does not have a lunch that day. There are a number of children in our schools that would love a hot meal.
WHO IS HARVEST FRESH?
Harvest Fresh is owned and operated locally in beautiful Lakeshore, Ontario. No franchise fees or money leaving the Windsor/Essex/Kent area - we are TRULY LOCAL. Because of this, we can support local community professionals, agencies and charities in this trying time who need our support. Harvest Fresh supports your school, we donate 5% of each sale back to the school. We also donate meals and accept donations from parents who want to buy lunches for other children in the community. We service Windsor, Essex County and Chatham/Kent counties.
We will prioritize Health and Safety
The measures outlined below are followed in accordance to Windsor/Essex Health Unit food safety upon announcement of any pandemic.
Thank You for your continued loyalty.
Tammy Mailloux
Kid-Friendly
We believe that a good caterer offers a variety of kid-friendly options for parents and children to choose from.
Healthy
Harvest Fresh is approved in all School Boards and is fully compliant with the PPM 150 Policy, which requires 80% of the meals have less than 10g of fat.
Convenient
For delivery, we use insulated totes and our meals are temperature monitored to ensure that health and safety standards are maintained.
Community
Harvest Fresh donates 5%s of each sale to the schools. In 13 years, we have donated over $400,000 to local schools and provided more than 2000 free lunches to children in need.
Parents can contact us to donate directly to children in need at local schools.
Call or email us. Ultimately, the decision lies with your Parent Council and the Principal at your school. We would be happy to offer a presentation at your next PAC meeting to explain how the process works and answer any questions you might have.
We sure can. We offer vegetarian, gluten-free, organic, Halal and lactose-free meals that can meet your child's allergy needs. Please contact us and we can set up a meal plan for your child.
Harvest Fresh is locally owned and we believe in supporting the community we live in so all of our suppliers are local companies.
Harvest Fresh requires an email from the parent to cancel a meal and provide you with a credit for a future meal, this includes COVID dismissal. The email must be sent by 7:00 am on the day of delivery. If a credit cannot be used and a refund issued, we deduct the 5% donation that we have already provided to your school and the cost of any postage, handling or bank charges (etransfer). Refunds will be issued if you school closes down for more than 3 weeks due to COVID this school year (2021/22) and we will cancel all meals for that particular school.
If you would like to cancel a meal with more than 7 days notice log onto your account and go to My Orders. Find the desired meal listed under My Upcoming Meals and click the yellow X. A credit will automatically be credited to your account.
If you would like to cancel a meal with more than 24 hours and less than 7 days, please email customerservice@harvestfresh.ca
No credits will be issued for cancellations after 7:00 am on the day of lunch.
Harvest Fresh offers Online Ordering which is available to all schools using Visa, MasterCard, Visa Debit or E-transfers.
E-Transfer Instructions
Be sure to use YOUR NAME as the "Recipient Name" when adding us as a Payee in the E-transfer section of your bank account. This makes it possible for us to find and process your order quickly and efficiently when we receive your email.
If you have already added us a Payee with a different name please delete this recipient and re-add us with YOUR NAME.
Send the E-transfer payment for the total of your order to customerservice@harvestfresh.ca
We are parents here at Harvest Fresh and understand children can get sick on very short notice. If you email us prior to 7 am on the day of the delivery, we will cancel and credit the meal. If not, you can arrange to have your child's lunch picked up from the school or donated to another student in need. We deliver all lunches to the school and leave them there.
Our delivery staff travel with spare meals just in case. It is very important that our Lunch Aide delivery person KNOWS if there are any delivery issues or problems with their lunch. Look for our staff, usually set up with a table, or ask the office to help find us. We never want your child to go hungry.
We call these UNCOLLECTED LUNCHES. An uncollected lunch is not the same as cancelled lunch and is NOT credited. Each school has different policies for these meals. Some schools will hold them in the fridge if they can while others cannot keep the meals due to their Board regulations and will donate them to other children.
A parent can also arrange with the school to have the meal picked up. Any remaining meals are donated to other children and/or families in need.
If we are able to deliver lunches, no credits will be issued. Each school has different policies for absent children meals. Some schools will hold them in the fridge if they can, while others cannot keep the meals due to their Board regulations and will donate them to other children.
A parent can also arrange with the school to have the meal picked up. Any remaining meals are donated to other children and/or families in need.
In the event of a bus cancellation, due to a Snow or Fog Day but the schools are still open, we will make every effort to deliver lunches to the schools. If the weather puts our staff at risk we will cancel lunches and provide families with a credit. An email will be sent to all parents if we cancel lunches (please make sure we have an accurate email address on file), it will also be posted to Facebook and our website under announcements.
We will post our status on our website and Facebook by 7AM on a Fog or Snow Day to let parents know if we will be delivering or not. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram to be updated on our status.
To be safe, please pack your child with snacks on bus cancellation days.
Yes, you can always place a late online order, the meals must be placed 5 days in advance.
Sign into your Harvest Fresh account and go to your Dashboard. Click the Printable Menu icon under the My Students section at the top of the page.
My girls are loving the meals!! They were very excited to be able to pick their meals out themselves!! I think the choices are great!! I love having the break from packing 4 different lunches once a week, I get so tired of having to try and figure out what to send the kids!! Its definitely a great program!!
Our daughter's favourite meal is Chicken Caesar in a Pita. As a parent, I love the fact that she can have a hot, nutritious lunch at school that is healthy. It's a great way to break away from the regular boring 'sandwich' lunches and I love only having to pack a snack on Wednesday evenings!
I have been ordering from you for 4+ years and have come to love the quality of food you provide.
We really appreciate the meals the kids get and they look forward to their Friday lunches.
As a parent of a graduating student, I can honestly say that I am going to miss Harvest Fresh Days. I think what you are doing is great and I hope you continue with your success.
I love as a Mom not having to pack a lunch once a week and when my kids come home saying they "LOVED" their lunch from Harvest Fresh!
I am so grateful for your generosity and compassion for my sad little boy who thought his mommy forget about his lunch :-(. I have always spoke highly of this program but will make sure to pass on how happy I am with your customer service as well.
We very much enjoy these lunches. Our son counts down the days to Friday and can't wait for his hot lunch. And as a member of the parent council thank you for providing this great opportunity to our school.
Everyone is loving the meals. I keep telling the parents who haven't tried it out to order. They have and they said their kids love it.
Great new additions to the menu btw. My daughter is loving her Thursday lunches. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you for everything...My daughter loved your meals!! Wishing she had them in high school but unfortunately not.
Your team never disappoints.
I just wanted to thank-you for all the wonderful meals you provided for my daughter throughout the years. Today is her last one since she is a Grade 8 student and has a field trip next week. We were talking this morning about it and we will both miss the weekly treat of not having to make a lunch and knowing that you will be bringing her a great one. Thank you and keep up the amazing work.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments.
