Defence Catering Operations
Feeding Forecast System
Book the platoon into the kitchen for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner each day. For Container Meals, Packed Meals, NERTS, or other special requests, use the relevant tab instead.
| Day | Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Remarks / Special Req | |||
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| Type | No. | Type | No. | Type | No. | ||
Set each meal to IN (feeding in camp) or OUT, with the number of personnel. For Container Meals, Packed Meals, NERTS, or pass-outs, use the dedicated tabs above β this grid covers in-cookhouse feeding only.
Orders close every Tuesday at 10:00am for the following week.
Order container meals for one or more days in a single submission. Fill in unit details once, then add a row for each day required.
| Date * | Meal * | Recruits * | Staff | Coll. Time |
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Order packed meals for one or more days in a single submission. Fill in unit details once, then add a row for each day required.
| Date * | Meal * | Recruits * | Staff | Coll. Time |
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NERTS are ordered separately from the weekly mess feeding cycle and can be requested at any time β there is no Tuesday deadline for NERTS. Submitting an order here generates a one-time collection code, which is also emailed to stores along with the order detail. Whoever presents the code collects on behalf of the whole platoon.
Use this tab for anything outside the normal feeding cycle β pass outs, one-off catering requests, or anything requiring higher sign-off. A permissions document confirming authorisation must be uploaded before this can be submitted.
Book an early breakfast for your platoon. Available between 04:00 and 06:00. Submit as early as possible so the kitchen can prepare.
| Date * | Collection Time * | Personnel * |
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List every person on the roll β Name, Rank and Number. Use Apply rank to all to set the same rank down the whole list, then adjust individuals. Add or remove rows as needed.
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| # | Name | Rank | Number |
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On saving you will be asked to confirm the roll is accurate as of this date.
Two quick questions β help us improve the ordering system and the catering service.
Manually trigger reminder emails to all platoons who have not yet submitted their order. These also fire automatically via the scheduler.
Pick a breakdown and kitchen, then export the figures in the Crown claim format β daily rows with Β£ totals per column (priced from your saved Crown Rates) plus the JMCRF claim summary. Rows the app can't source yet (Training DFC, Tier 1 DFC, Commercial tiers, Milk, Medical, Inflight, SUTP, Misc) are left blank for manual entry rather than guessed.
Export Crown Account gives one row per day for the selected period β Breakfast, Meal 1, Meal 2 with the DMA Β£ total, Packed with its Β£, NERTS and the day's Β£ total, with column totals at the bottom β followed by the claim summary in the JMCRF layout. Package adds every nominal roll for the period (uploaded files as-is, registered Feeding Forecast rolls as CSVs) into one ZIP. Container Meals fold into their meal period.
These are the saved totals shown in the Yearly Summary for closed months. Remove one if it was created by mistake β this only deletes the saved figures, the original orders are already cleared.
The Β£ rates used to cost the Crown account, matching your Monthly Rates tab. Update them each quarter β they apply to all kitchens.
Other / Pass Out requests awaiting approval. Tick to approve or decline each request.
Register each Company / platoon here. Set an access code (or leave blank to auto-generate one) β it's emailed to them and locks their login to this platoon only. The kitchen is where they will eat and collect their Packed (PM) and Container (CM) meals. Remove a platoon any time below to de-register them instantly.
Give each kitchen its own login code. A chef who signs in with a kitchen code (on the Chef login tab) gets the Chef View locked to that kitchen only β its orders, summaries and exports. The master CHEF code sees all kitchens.
Manage the list of sites or kitchens available when sergeants submit an order. Add one per kitchen β works for a single kitchen or many.
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