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School catering & cafeteria

Keeping an eye on school catering and canteen servicesim Blick

Cooling, temperature retention, and HACCP documentation – automatically in the control center, across all canteens.

  • HACCP-konform
  • Herstelleroffen
  • Made in Germany
Connected refrigeration and hot-holding technology in school catering kitchens – monitored via Kibi Scada Mit künstlicher Intelligenz erzeugt – EU-Kennzeichnung für KI-generierte Inhalte
The challenge

Multiple locations, sensitive supply chains, strict compliance requirements

School catering means hot and cold at the same time: Cook-and-chill meals must be kept refrigerated at all times, while hot meals must be kept sufficiently warm—often across multiple canteens and serving points. At the same time, food safety regulations and school authorities demand seamless documentation. Manual temperature logs are time-consuming, prone to gaps, and difficult to verify during audits.

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Distributed points of issue

Refrigeration and hot-holding technology is spread across multiple canteens, buildings, and cook-and-chill kitchens—without a central overview, every serving point remains an island.

02

Reliable Temperature-Controlled Supply Chains

Maintaining temperatures below the recommended +65 °C or interrupted cooling compromises hygiene and quality. With visual inspections alone, deviations are often detected too late.

03

Proof of compliance for funding bodies and authorities

School authorities, parents, and food safety inspectors expect seamless HACCP documentation. Paper lists are time-consuming to maintain and vulnerable during audits.

Central dashboard for school catering with temperatures from all canteens and serving points
Central Monitoring

A dashboard for your entire school catering

Kibi Scada consolidates all your school catering equipment in one central control system: refrigeration and freezer cells, combi steamers, as well as food distribution and hot-holding trolleys. Sensors and compatible devices automatically report temperatures—you see the status of every cafeteria at a glance and are immediately alerted to any deviations from set limits.

  • Echtzeit-Temperaturen für Kühlung, Tiefkühlung und Warmhaltung
  • Grenzwertalarme per E-Mail und Push an die richtigen Personen
  • Standort- und Geräteansicht über alle Mensen hinweg
  • Herstelleroffen per Sensor, Gateway oder Schnittstelle angebunden
Areas of Application

Kibi Scada in School and Educational Catering

Whether it's all-day schools, central kitchens, or caterers – Kibi Scada adapts to your catering model.

Full-day & canteen operations

Reliable monitoring of cooling and warming for cafeterias serving hundreds of meals daily.

Cook & Chill / Central Kitchens

End-to-end cold chain from production through delivery to on-site regeneration.

School caterers

All supplied schools and devices in one control center – with proof per location.

Local school authorities

Cross-location transparency on canteens, risks, and service needs for public authorities and providers.

Your benefits

Why school catering relies on Kibi Scada

Kibi Scada is tailored to the daily operations of community catering – robust, easy to use, and manufacturer-independent. This turns the mandatory task of HACCP into a reliable, automated part of your operations.

  • Weniger Dokumentationsaufwand: automatische Erfassung statt handschriftlicher Temperaturlisten.
  • Lückenlose HACCP-Nachweise: revisionssichere Berichte je Mensa und Zeitraum, mind. 3 Jahre nachvollziehbar.
  • Frühwarnung statt Schadensfall: Alarme bei Abweichung, bevor Ware oder Kühlkette kippt.
  • Herstelleroffen: bestehende Geräte verschiedener Hersteller lassen sich einbinden – ohne Neuanschaffung.
  • Made in Germany, DSGVO-konform: Hosting in der EU, verschlüsselte Kommunikation, Rollen und Audit-Logs.
Team in school catering with digitally recorded temperatures at the serving counter Mit künstlicher Intelligenz erzeugt – EU-Kennzeichnung für KI-generierte Inhalte

Frequently Asked Questions About School Meals with Kibi Scada

Is Kibi Scada HACCP-compliant for school catering?

Yes. Kibi Scada automatically records temperatures, stores them in an audit-proof manner, and provides seamless HACCP documentation in compliance with EU hygiene regulations (Regulation (EC) 852/2004). Reports can be exported by cafeteria and time period—ideal for audits, school authorities, and food safety inspections.

Which devices in school kitchens and cafeterias can I connect?

Refrigeration and deep-freeze cells, combi steamers, food distribution and hot-holding trolleys, and many other devices. Thanks to open protocols and sensors, Kibi Scada is manufacturer-independent—even existing equipment can be integrated without new purchases.

Can I manage multiple canteens and schools from a central platform?

Yes. Kibi Scada consolidates all locations into a single control center. Caterers and municipal school authorities can view every cafeteria, every device, and every record in one place – with roles and permissions per location.

Does Kibi Scada also record holding temperatures?

Yes. In addition to refrigeration and deep-freeze temperatures, Kibi Scada also monitors hot-holding—such as at serving stations and hot-holding trolleys. If predefined thresholds, like the recommended +65 °C, are not met, the right people are alerted immediately.

How quickly can Kibi Scada be deployed in a cafeteria?

Typically fast: Sensors or gateways are connected to the devices and automatically report temperatures to the control center. Setting up a location usually takes less than a day.

Where is the data stored?

Hosted on servers in the EU, GDPR-compliant. Communication between devices and the cloud is encrypted, access is role-based, and changes are traceable in the audit log.

Does Kibi Scada replace manual temperature checks?

Kibi Scada automatically and continuously records temperatures, replacing handwritten lists as the standard documentation. Your team stays in control and only needs to act when deviations occur.

Ready for school catering without temperature logs?

In a personal demo, we’ll show you how Kibi Scada keeps track of cooling, heat retention, and HACCP documentation for your canteens—all in one central platform.

Christofer Wesseling, founder and managing director of Weslink GmbH

Persönlicher Ansprechpartner

Christofer Wesseling

Founder & Managing Director · Weslink GmbH

We show Kibi Scada live on your equipment, advise you personally on integration and onboarding, and support the rollout in your operation.

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