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Compare Between School Menu Board Types
Comparing LED Flashing, Digital, Dry Erase and Magnetic School Menu Boards
We are often being asked about the differences between the various types of school nutrition menu board: LED flashing menu boards, digital menu boards, dry erase menu boards and magnetic menu boards.
Bellow are some of the criteria to help select the type of menu boards that would best work for you.
* Positioning of the menu boards
Digital Menu Boards are wall mounted behind serving lines or ceiling mounted above serving lines.
LED Flashing menu boards, dry erase boards and magnetic menu boards can be wall mounted behind serving
lines as well as on stands with or without wheels. Also inside stands with integrated batteries anywhere in your
Cafes and on your counters.
* Power outlet vs. battery operation
Digital menu boards always need a power outlet and available network.
LED flashing menu boards can be battery operated without network.
* Support, cost and annual fees
LED flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards are significantly lower in cost, with no ongoing needed
support and no ongoing annual fees.
* Handwriting
Digital menu boards and magnetic menu boards - menus are printed.
LED Flashing and magnetic menu boards require daily or weekly writing in.
* Integration with POS Systems
The leading digital school menu board providers allow automatic feeding of daily menus from the School
Nutrition POS Systems.
Only daily menus could be automatically updated with no real possibility to present on digital menu boards
weekly menu boards, salad bar menu boards, A-La-Carte boards or Today's Specials that are imported
directly from your POS system.
LED flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards are not allowing automatic feeding from your POS
systems however they allow the display of the popular Weekly, Salad Bar, afternoon meals and
A-La-Carte Menus
* Permanent Menu Board display vs, Slide show display
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards are all dedicated to presenting your school menus.
Student can read them easily without the wait for switching between slides.
Digital menu boards switch the display between slides and students have to wait for a specific slide before
they can get actual menu information. The slide changes often before they can get the menu
information that they are looking for.
* Dedicated School Nutrition Signage vs School Communication Systems
School Communication systems become popular in many schools.
The leading school digital menu board providers started entering the
all school digital signage market for payment systems and information across all school signage will
eventually let to including cafe menu signage as one of the elements of school signage.
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards stay focused on menu info which provide the best use
of your school nutrition funds
* Overhead
Digital Menu Boards require often personal involvement of school nutrition management and IT personnel
while LED flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards require no special daily involvement of school
nutrition management and IT personnel
* Local School Control
With digital menu boards most of the control and information control is done from the district office.
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards allow more involvement in customizing the menu
boards look per school demographics and specific menu item promotion by local managers.
LED Flashing boards allow switching on-the-fly between numerous flashing and non flashing modes.
* Combination Menu Boards
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards allow presentation of multiple menus on single
boards - breakfast, lunch, entrees, daily specials, tomorrow's menu, A-La-Carte, Supper, and more.
Hope this info can help you in making your decision as to which menu board style to use for your district.
For more information and prices for our LED Flashing Menu Boards please visit
http://www.greenedgesystems.com/
For more information and prices for our Dry Erase Menu Boards please visit
http://www.myplatedryerase.com/
For more information and prices for our Magnetic menu boards please visit
http://www.magneticmenuboards.net/
Green Edge Systems is leader in school menu boards, with installations in over 500 Major and other school districts nationwide.
LED Flashing Menu Boards have become the best fit and most affordable and popular digital menu board style adopted by Elementary as well as by Secondary food service directors nationwide.
Our menu boards are available as LED Flashing , Dry erase and magnetic menu boards, for wall mounting, on the counter, inside stands with or without wheels and inside stands with integrated rechargeable batteries (single on double sided).
Bellow are some of the criteria to help select the type of menu boards that would best work for you.
* Positioning of the menu boards
Digital Menu Boards are wall mounted behind serving lines or ceiling mounted above serving lines.
LED Flashing menu boards, dry erase boards and magnetic menu boards can be wall mounted behind serving
lines as well as on stands with or without wheels. Also inside stands with integrated batteries anywhere in your
Cafes and on your counters.
* Power outlet vs. battery operation
Digital menu boards always need a power outlet and available network.
LED flashing menu boards can be battery operated without network.
* Support, cost and annual fees
LED flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards are significantly lower in cost, with no ongoing needed
support and no ongoing annual fees.
* Handwriting
Digital menu boards and magnetic menu boards - menus are printed.
LED Flashing and magnetic menu boards require daily or weekly writing in.
* Integration with POS Systems
The leading digital school menu board providers allow automatic feeding of daily menus from the School
Nutrition POS Systems.
Only daily menus could be automatically updated with no real possibility to present on digital menu boards
weekly menu boards, salad bar menu boards, A-La-Carte boards or Today's Specials that are imported
directly from your POS system.
LED flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards are not allowing automatic feeding from your POS
systems however they allow the display of the popular Weekly, Salad Bar, afternoon meals and
A-La-Carte Menus
* Permanent Menu Board display vs, Slide show display
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards are all dedicated to presenting your school menus.
Student can read them easily without the wait for switching between slides.
Digital menu boards switch the display between slides and students have to wait for a specific slide before
they can get actual menu information. The slide changes often before they can get the menu
information that they are looking for.
* Dedicated School Nutrition Signage vs School Communication Systems
School Communication systems become popular in many schools.
The leading school digital menu board providers started entering the
all school digital signage market for payment systems and information across all school signage will
eventually let to including cafe menu signage as one of the elements of school signage.
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards stay focused on menu info which provide the best use
of your school nutrition funds
* Overhead
Digital Menu Boards require often personal involvement of school nutrition management and IT personnel
while LED flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards require no special daily involvement of school
nutrition management and IT personnel
* Local School Control
With digital menu boards most of the control and information control is done from the district office.
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards allow more involvement in customizing the menu
boards look per school demographics and specific menu item promotion by local managers.
LED Flashing boards allow switching on-the-fly between numerous flashing and non flashing modes.
* Combination Menu Boards
LED Flashing, dry erase and magnetic menu boards allow presentation of multiple menus on single
boards - breakfast, lunch, entrees, daily specials, tomorrow's menu, A-La-Carte, Supper, and more.
Hope this info can help you in making your decision as to which menu board style to use for your district.
For more information and prices for our LED Flashing Menu Boards please visit
http://www.greenedgesystems.com/
For more information and prices for our Dry Erase Menu Boards please visit
http://www.myplatedryerase.com/
For more information and prices for our Magnetic menu boards please visit
http://www.magneticmenuboards.net/
Green Edge Systems is leader in school menu boards, with installations in over 500 Major and other school districts nationwide.
LED Flashing Menu Boards have become the best fit and most affordable and popular digital menu board style adopted by Elementary as well as by Secondary food service directors nationwide.
Our menu boards are available as LED Flashing , Dry erase and magnetic menu boards, for wall mounting, on the counter, inside stands with or without wheels and inside stands with integrated rechargeable batteries (single on double sided).
Inspired by a menu board you saw on our website? A template on this page bellow? Another menu board you saw elsewhere? A menu board that you have and want to transform into a Dry Erase, Magnetic of Flashing LED Write-On board? Any custom menu board you may be interested in?