A New Revenue Stream for Café Owners: How Smart Operators Are Adapting in 2026
The hospitality industry has always been resilient, but right now, it’s being tested like never before. Rising costs, tighter margins, and increasingly cautious consumer spending are forcing café owners to rethink how they operate, grow, and survive. Foot traffic isn’t as predictable. Average spend is…
Healthy Christmas Food Ideas for Kids: Fun, Festive & Feel Good!
The countdown to Christmas is officially on and with it comes the whirlwind of end-of-year parties, class celebrations and so many sugary treats. While a little festive indulgence is part of the fun, many parents find themselves looking for healthy Christmas food ideas that still…
The Ultimate Guide to Packing a Healthy School Lunch
Packing a healthy school lunch that your child will actually eat can feel like a daily challenge, especially when you’re short on time, ideas, or inspiration. As parents, we want to make sure our kids are getting the right mix of nutrients to keep them…
The Truth About Processed Food in School Lunches
As parents, we all value (and strive for) healthy school lunches. But between fussy eaters and the daily rush, it’s no wonder we reach for quick, packaged options we know they’ll eat. After all, an empty lunchbox feels like a win, right? But here’s the…
Are Healthy School Lunches on Your Back to School Shopping List?
A staggering 76% of parents plan to spend money on school lunch orders each year. This is according to Microsoft’s ‘Back to School Advertising Insights’: a credible source, indeed! In addition to this, it states that ‘school lunch ideas’ is ranked seventh in the list…
School Canteens: a Healthy, Relevant & Sustainable Solution?
Are school lunch services changing with the times? How healthy is the food and can schools actually afford to run them?
A Year of Wins for LunchFox
This time last year, it was ‘All Systems GO’ at LunchFox HQ! We were getting ready to launch in our first school: squeezing in a final few days’ worth of user testing, tweaking our menus, choosing eco-friendly delivery bags, crunching numbers …! It’s been quite…
Five Minutes More…
Five minutes. It’s nothing. A tiny little time frame in the grand scheme of things. However, new research shows that in just five minutes we could dramatically improve a child’s daily nutritional intake. How? Well, a study from Deakin University found that children need around…
The Secret to a Perfect Lunchbox
If you’re anything like me, half the problem with making school lunch is a complete lack of inspiration. I often find myself standing in front of the pantry, lunchbox in hand, not knowing where to start. Which is ridiculous, really! It’s just a bit of…
We know we SHOULD eat the rainbow, but do we know WHY?
I read a quote the other day that stuck: “The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher…” Arthur C Clarke Broken down, this means we teach our children life skills, knowing that one day they will…
… Because All We Really Need is Time
I would often joke, in the early days of LunchFox, that I was creating this service for purely selfish reasons! Our eldest daughter was starting school, we had a newborn, two high pressured jobs and all of our family overseas. Life was busy and the…
The LunchFox app is designed specifically for schools, enabling busy parents to order healthy lunchboxes, prepared by local cafes and delivered to your children at school.