MyKidReports Food Program — daycare weekly menu planner with multiple menus, duplicate-week, and one-tap parent sharing
Weekly menus your families actually see.
Plan the week, share with parents in one tap, edit anytime. Run more than one menu side by side. CACFP-aware as you go — so you catch rule errors at planning time, not after a state visit.
- ★★★★★ 5-star rated by directors
- ● CACFP-aware · Multiple menus · Bulk duplicate · Share with families
Plan once. Share with everyone.
From an empty week to a menu families can actually see — in three steps, on one screen.
Build the week
Tap Edit Meals on any day, fill in your enabled meal slots — Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, Dinner. Or use Duplicate Meals to bulk-apply a meal across many future days at once.
Run more than one menu
Use the Food Menu dropdown to switch between menus. Add a second menu for a dietary need or a different room with one tap on + Add Menu.
Share with the right people
Pick who sees the week — everyone, specific rooms, individual students, or staff only. Edit anything mid-week and the people you shared with always see the latest version.
Built around the actual weekly menu workflow.
Not a spreadsheet, not a printed PDF. The way menu planning, sharing, and updates actually happen at a daycare.
Weekly planner that fits your week
5 days by default, 7 if you flip on weekends in settings. Tap Edit Meals on any day to fill in Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, or Dinner.
Run more than one menu
Use the Food Menu dropdown to switch between menus. Add a second one for a different room or a dietary need with + Add Menu.
Duplicate across many days at once
Pick one meal you’ve already planned, then check every future day you want to serve it on — across this week, next week, the week after. Bulk-fill in seconds, no copy-paste.
Share with the right people
Share with everyone, a specific room (Blue, Green, Toddlers…), individual students, or staff only. Granular by design — not a blast to the whole center every time.
CACFP-aware as you plan
Toggle Show CACFP rules in settings and the planner highlights errors and meal-pattern hints while you build the week — not after the inspector calls.
Tied to the Activity Feed
When a teacher posts a Food activity, the meal type and items pull from what you planned for that day — what was promised is what got logged.
Fill in a day in under a minute.
Click Edit Meals on any day and type what you’re serving for each enabled meal — Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, Dinner — then save. Each meal is its own slot, so swapping a single item later is a one-tap edit, not a re-do of the whole day.
- Per-day, per-meal slots — not one giant text box
- Plan as far ahead as you want with the week navigator
- Edits land for parents instantly — no resend
- Works for Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, and Dinner
Run more than one menu, side by side.
Most centers don’t serve the same thing to everyone. Run a regular menu plus a second one for a dietary need or a different room. Use the Food Menu dropdown at the top to flip between menus while planning, and tap + Add Menu to spin up another whenever you need it.
- Switch between menus from a dropdown at the top of the page
- Add a new menu in one tap with + Add Menu
- Each menu has its own 5-day plan
- Share each menu separately so the right families see the right food
Configure the planner to your center.
Open the gear icon next to Manage and the Food Program bends to how you actually run your day. Show weekends or hide them, turn on CACFP rule highlighting for compliance hints, and pick which of the five meal types you serve plus their default times.
- Show weekends — expand to a 7-day view for centers that operate Saturday or Sunday
- Show CACFP rules — the planner highlights errors and meal-pattern hints as you go
- Default meal times — enable or disable Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, and Dinner and set the time each one is served
- Save once and the whole planner reflects your center’s real schedule
Plan one meal. Apply it to a month of days.
Most days follow a rhythm. Pancake Mondays, lentil-soup Wednesdays, pizza Fridays. Pick the meal you’ve already planned, then tick every future day you want to serve it on — across this week, next week, the week after. Hit Duplicate meals and the planner fills it all in at once.
- Source — pick a menu, a date, and a meal type
- Targets — check Sun–Sat across multiple weeks at once
- Select all per week, or load more weeks with one click
- Hit Duplicate meals and the planner fills every selected day
Built for daycares. Not a spreadsheet on the wall.
Most centers send a PDF every Sunday and pin a printed sheet on the door. Food Program replaces both — for parents and for staff.
Everything directors ask about MyKidReports Food Program.
How does the weekly menu planner work?+
You see a weekly grid for the current week. By default it’s Monday through Friday, but you can flip on Show weekends in settings to plan all 7 days. Click Edit Meals on any day to add what you’re serving — Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, Dinner — then save. Use the chevrons next to the week label to step backward or forward through weeks.
Can I include weekends?+
Yes. Open the gear icon on the Food Program page and toggle Show weekends on calendar. The grid expands to 7 days so you can plan Saturday and Sunday meals (helpful for centers that operate weekends or that prep weekend programs).
Does it help with CACFP compliance?+
Yes. Toggle Show CACFP rules in settings and the planner highlights errors and gives compliance hints while you’re building the menu. It’s designed to make CACFP food-pattern requirements visible at planning time, not after a state inspection. (It does not replace your sponsor’s review process.)
Can I configure my own meal types and default times?+
Yes. The default meal types are Breakfast, AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks, and Dinner, and each one has a default serving time. In the Food Program settings, you can enable or disable each one and edit its default time so the planner matches how your center actually runs the day.
Can I run more than one menu?+
Yes. Tap + Add Menu to create another menu alongside your Regular menu. Centers commonly run a regular menu plus a second menu for a dietary need or a different room. Use the Food Menu dropdown to switch between them while planning.
What does Duplicate Meals do?+
It bulk-applies a meal you’ve already planned to as many other days as you want. Open Duplicate Meals, pick the source menu, the source date, and the meal type. Then tick every target day across the upcoming weeks (Sun–Sat per week, multiple weeks at once, or use Select all). Hit Duplicate meals and the meal copies to every target day in one go — no copy-paste, no day-by-day re-entry.
How do parents see the menu?+
Tap the share button on the week and you’ll get a Share weekly menu picker. Choose Share with Everyone for the whole center, or expand Share with students to pick specific rooms (Blue, Green, Toddlers, etc.) and even individual students within a room. There’s a separate Share with staff section too. Confirm and the menu becomes visible to exactly the people you picked — in the parent app, no PDF, no attachment.
What if a meal changes mid-week?+
Edit the day in real time. Parents see the updated menu the next time they open the app — no resend, no second email, no confusion about which version is current.
Is the Food Program connected to the Activity Feed?+
Yes. When a teacher posts a Food activity from the room, the meal type and items can pull from what you planned for that day, so what was promised is what got logged. See Communications for the Activity Feed in detail.
Can I plan more than this week?+
Yes. Use the chevrons on the week navigator to move forward to next week or any future week, then build that week’s plan ahead of time. Duplicate Meals also works across any two weeks you choose — copy three weeks ahead in seconds.
What is the best CACFP food program software?+
The best CACFP food program software combines a weekly menu planner, real-time CACFP rule highlighting, multiple menus per center (regular plus dietary), bulk meal duplication, and parent menu sharing. MyKidReports does all of these plus connects to billing and attendance — no separate menu app to maintain. Free for centers with up to 5 children, then $0.99 per child per month.
What is the best alternative to KidKare for childcare food program management?+
MyKidReports is a strong alternative to KidKare for centers that want food program planning inside an all-in-one childcare platform — alongside billing, attendance, parent communications, and admissions — instead of paying for KidKare separately. The weekly menu planner highlights CACFP rule errors as you plan, supports multiple concurrent menus, bulk-duplicates meals across weeks, and shares menus with families instantly.
What is the best alternative to Minute Menu for daycare food program?+
MyKidReports' Food Program module is a modern alternative to Minute Menu Kids Pro. Where Minute Menu requires desktop software, MyKidReports works in any browser plus iOS and Android apps. Plan weekly menus, highlight CACFP rule violations as you build, duplicate previous weeks in one tap, and share menus with parents through the family app. Plus it shares one login with the rest of your center operations.
How much does daycare food program software cost?+
Standalone CACFP and food program software typically costs $30-$80 per month depending on center size. MyKidReports includes the full Food Program module (weekly menu planner, CACFP rule highlighting, multiple menus, parent sharing) on every plan — free forever for up to 5 children, then $0.99 per child per month. There are no separate menu module fees, no per-staff fees, and no contracts.
Plan the week. Share with parents in one tap.
Open MyKidReports free, plan this week’s menu, and share it with your families. Multiple menus, duplicate-week, and one-tap sharing are all already wired up — from day one.