Age-Specific Nutrition — Three Groups
Children's nutritional requirements change significantly between ages 1 and 16. A single menu across all ages produces either an overfed toddler or an underfed teenager. LKT designs meals per age group, not per school.
The Finish Rate — Our Primary Quality Signal
Most school tiffin programs measure inputs — what went in the box. RICHS LKT measures outputs — what was actually eaten. We call this the finish rate: the percentage of the tiffin a child consumes.
Finish rate is logged daily by teachers via the LKT app (or by direct observation for younger children), and periodically cross-checked against wastage weight measurements. The data feeds directly into the following week's menu decisions.
- Dishes with <80% finish rate for 3 consecutive days are flagged and reviewed
- Dishes with >95% sustained finish rate are marked as "star dishes" and maintained
- Menu changes are driven by finish rate data, not by assumption or chef preference
The result: children actually eat what is served, rather than sending the box home half-full.
Two Delivery Sessions per School Day
LKT delivers across two school breaks, matching natural hunger patterns:
- Short Break (10:00 AM) — lighter snack-format tiffin: a dry item, fruit, and a small drink. For toddlers and juniors primarily.
- Long Break (12:00 PM) — main meal tiffin: sabzi, dal, rice/roti, salad. All age groups.
Families can subscribe to one or both sessions. Menu for both sessions is published to parents two weeks in advance via the portal.
School Coverage — PCMC Belt
LKT serves private, government, and ashram/residential schools across five zones:
- Ravet — primary zone · multiple schools enrolled
- Nigdi — full coverage
- Chinchwad — full coverage
- Akurdi — full coverage
- Pimpri — expanding
If your child's school is not yet enrolled, submit an enquiry at richsglobal.in/lkt. RICHS adds schools when sufficient parent demand exists in a zone.
Government and ashram schools with BPL-category students are eligible for partnership pricing. RICHS works with school management to structure partial-subsidy MOU arrangements.
Quarterly Health Tracking
Enrolled children receive a quarterly health record update covering BMI, hemoglobin levels, and energy level observations — conducted by the school's health staff using the LKT portal. Parents receive the report and can compare against age-specific benchmarks.
This is not a medical service. It is a nutrition monitoring signal — intended to give parents visibility into whether the meal program is having a measurable impact on their child's health indicators over time.