Prep Station
For senior center kitchens
Plan every meal When you are the whole kitchen
Calendar meal plans, cost per person, shopping lists, allergens, and nutrition labels—built for a single chef feeding residents, not a banquet hall.
No credit card · Plan a week in minutes · Cancel anytime
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Week of Jul 13
Harbor View Senior Center · 48 residents
Mon
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B
Oatmeal bar
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L
Chicken rice
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D
Baked fish
Tue
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B
Eggs & toast
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L
Turkey chili
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D
Meatloaf
Wed
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B
Yogurt bowls
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L
Soup & salad
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D
Pasta primavera
Thu
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B
Pancakes
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L
Pork loin
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D
Chicken stew
Fri
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B
Fruit & muffin
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L
Fish tacos
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D
Roast beef
Plan total $1,156.80
Shopping list ready
Why Prep Station for senior centers
01
The week is on the calendar
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with headcount—drag meals into place instead of rewriting a whiteboard every Sunday night.
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Cost before you buy
See plan total and cost per person from live recipe costs so the food budget isn’t a surprise at receiving.
03
Allergens that roll up
Ingredient allergen tags flow through recipes and menu items so resident safety isn’t buried in a binder.
No credit card for the live demo
Built for one kitchen, not a chain HQ
Cancel anytime
One chef. Forty-eight plates. Zero spare hours. Spreadsheets and sticky notes don’t protect the budget or the residents.
Rewriting the week by hand. Guessing how much chicken to order. Digging for allergen notes when a new resident arrives. That isn’t a catering ops problem—it’s a solo kitchen problem.
Senior kitchen reality
You don’t need event staffing software. You need a week of meals planned, costed, and shoppable before the delivery truck shows up.
From week plan to shopping list
Four moves that replace the whiteboard, the cost guess, and the last-minute vendor call.
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Plan the week
Drop menu items onto breakfast, lunch, and dinner with servings needed for your headcount.
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See the cost
Live recipe costs roll into plan total and cost per person before you spend a dollar.
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Build the list
One shopping list flattens prep recipes into buyable ingredients with vendor package hints.
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Cook & track
Mark meals planned → prepped → cooked, and pull FDA-style nutrition labels when you need them.
Meal plans
Breakfast through dinner without rewriting the board
Build a meal plan with start and end dates, people count, and sections for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Schedule menu items with servings needed, then reuse a plan as a template when the rotation repeats.
- Month, week, and day calendar views
- Drag meals onto the schedule
- Save plans as templates for the next cycle
Wednesday · Jul 15
48 residents · 3 sections
Breakfast
7:30 AM · 48 servings
- Steel-cut oatmeal
- Seasonal fruit
- Whole wheat toast
Lunch
12:00 PM · 48 servings
- Herb roasted chicken
- Rice pilaf
- Garden salad
Dinner
5:30 PM · 48 servings
- Baked cod
- Roasted carrots
- Rolls
Shopping list
From week meal plan · estimated $1,156.80
Chicken thigh, bone-in
Sysco · 2 cases
42 lb
$168.00
Atlantic cod fillet
Local Seafood · 1 case
28 lb
$196.00
Long grain rice
Sysco · 1 bag
25 lb
$32.50
Carrots, fresh
Produce Co · bulk
40 lb
$48.00
Costing & purchasing
Know the spend before the truck arrives
Recipe costs feed the meal plan. The shopping list expands prep recipes into what you actually buy, estimates spend, and suggests vendor package quantities. Create purchase orders and track inventory par levels in the same kitchen.
Dig into yield-aware recipe costing when you need plate-level detail.
Allergens & nutrition
Resident safety lives on the recipe, not in a binder
Tag allergens on ingredients once. They roll up through recipes and menu items. Pull USDA-backed nutrition and export an FDA-style nutrition facts label when compliance asks.
Herb roasted chicken
Allergens from ingredients
Nutrition facts
Per serving · export HTML or PDF
Plan a resident week and open the shopping list in the live demo.
Related kitchen workflows
Same product stack—different day of the week.
You are here
Senior center kitchens
- Weekly resident meal plans
- Cost per person + shopping lists
- Allergens and nutrition labels
Also a fit
Churches & fellowship kitchens
- Sunday service meal rotations
- Prep sheets for volunteers
- Recipe Player step-by-step cooking
Questions senior center chefs ask
Is Prep Station built for a one-chef senior center kitchen?
Yes. Plan breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a calendar with headcount, see cost per person before you shop, and build a shopping list from the same meal plan—without catering banquet software.
Can I see food cost before I place vendor orders?
Yes. Meal plans roll up recipe costs into a total and cost per person. Shopping lists estimate ingredient spend and suggest vendor package quantities so you know the budget before purchasing.
How do allergens work for resident meals?
Tag allergens on ingredients. They roll up automatically through recipes and menu items so you can see definite, potential, and trace allergens on the dishes you serve.
Can I print nutrition labels for recipes?
Yes. Recipes calculate nutrition per serving from USDA-linked ingredients and export an FDA-style nutrition facts label as HTML or PDF.
Does this replace my inventory and purchase orders?
Prep Station includes one-kitchen inventory with par levels and purchase orders. Build the shopping list from the meal plan, then create POs with your vendors in the same system.
Do I need a credit card for the live demo?
No. The live demo does not require a credit card. Explore meal planning and costing, then cancel anytime.
Prep Station
Plan the week before the delivery arrives
Spin up the demo and walk meal plan → cost per person → shopping list.
No credit card required · Cancel anytime