Early learning centres
Smarter, healthier food solutions for early learning centres.
Providing nutritious meals to children is an important responsibility of any early learning centre. However, managing food programs in a transparent, effective manner can be time-consuming and administratively challenging when balancing external suppliers, nutrition requirements, family expectations and compliance obligations. That’s where Nourishubs comes in.
Nourishubs is a free-to-use ordering platform designed to meet the challenges faced by the Australian education system. By connecting early learning centres, families, approved food providers, and nutrition professionals in a single system, Nourishubs facilitates the delivery of healthy meals while simplifying administration work.
How does it work?
Early Learning Centres schedule their caterers from our roster of pre-approved caterers. Parents and carers jump on our app or website to browse the nutritionist-certified menus and place their orders. On the day of their order, the caterer delivers the food straight to the learning centre. No shopping or chopping needed.
Choose with confidence
Select from trusted, approved local food providers.
Make ordering easy
Parents and carers order from nutritionist-certified menus via the app or website.
Enjoy hassle-free delivery
Meals arrive straight at your centre’s doorstep.
Save time every day
Less administration, healthier meals and complete nutrition transparency.
Every meal meets the standard
With a platform built with accountability, transparency and nutrition at its core, all meals supplied through the platform are:
- Classified as GREEN under the national nutritional framework’s traffic light system
- Reviewed and verified by our nutritionist partner, Oscar Care Group
- Made by vetted and approved caterers
- Supported by detailed nutritional and allergen information
This gives educators, administrators and families greater confidence that children are receiving nutritious meals that support their growth, wellbeing and development.
Built-in wallet and funding management
Our integrated digital wallet simplifies meal payments and funding management for families and centres. Parents can securely load money into their wallet for easy meal ordering, while centres can allocate government-funded meal allowances directly through the platform.
Funding can be distributed in a way that best suits your learning centre, whether it’s allocated daily, or the full term allocated upfront.
Healthier, smarter, easier
- Streamline meal ordering, supplier management and meal tracking
- Minimise manual processes and paperwork
- Simplify communication around meals and dietary needs
- Significantly reduce on-the-day work for educators
Meet compliance objectives
- Increases availability and variety of healthy meal choices
- Aligned with National Quality Standards (NQS) expectations around nutrition and children’s wellbeing
- Designed to consider children of different ages and dietary requirements
Improve family confidence
- Transparent ingredients, nutritional information, allergens and dietary requirements
- Clear visibility of meal offerings
- Secure payment via our payment partner, Hello Clever (PCI DSS Level 1 v4.0.1 certified)
- Access trusted food providers
- Approved vendors with quality assurance processes and strict KYC checks
- Local-first vendor matching
Supporting better outcomes for children
With a dedicated local support team on the ground to assist your team, Nourishubs allows educators to spend less time managing food administration and more time focusing on supporting children’s learning and development. Nourishubs delivers more than just meals. We bring a trusted, nutrition-focused solution.
Why choose Nourishubs?
Use it how you want.
- Have your choice of caterers
- Set your own catering schedule
- Manage and track orders from your own dashboard
- Use the built-in wallet function to assign government-funded meal allowances in a way that suits your centre, whether daily limits or a full term’s allocation upfront
- Reduce administrative workload
Ready to make food management easier?
Contact the Nourishubs team to learn more, arrange a demo, and receive a complimentary staff meal tasting to try it out. Discover how Nourishubs can help early learning centres like yours provide healthier, simpler and smarter food solutions.