Today's Serving puts the newest episode up front. Scroll for the recipe of the day, stories, new episodes, this month's challenge and upcoming events.
Today's Serving
Recipe of the day
Stories
Coming up
Videos
Watch and listen.
Next Up, #THISisschoolmeals, Indulge and The Reluctant CEO, plus From the Show Floor. New episodes show up here the day they drop.
Full episodes
Podcasts
Show pages
Digizine
Every issue of Served.
The full Served Digizine library, newest first. Tap a cover to read the real edition, and earn NxtGen Bucks while you read. Short on time? Tap Listen and Served reads the article to you.
Full archive
Read and earn
Listen
Issue quizzes
Kitchen
Recipes that fit your program.
Browse by manufacturer or by meal. Every recipe lists yield, serving size and crediting. Save it, print it, or tap Made it to show your crew pulled it off.
Breakfast
Lunch
À la carte
Crediting
Store
Spend your NxtGen Bucks.
The points you earn turn into real rewards through scheduled Drops. Each Drop has a set number of items, a claim window and a delivery date. A leaderboard shows the top districts.
Drops
How to earn
Leaderboard
Community
K-12's social feed.
Post photos, share stories, add friends, join groups and send messages. Official brand accounts post here too, so you hear straight from the companies behind your menu.
Posts and stories
Friends
Groups
Messages
Profile
Your page. Your progress.
Your posts, friends and points in one spot. Climb levels, keep your streak going and collect badges like Recipe Collector and Binge Listener, plus a badge for every NxtGen event you attend.
Levels
Streaks
Badges
Event badges
Events New
Every NxtGen event lives in the app now.
IGNITE, NxtGen Masterclass, Immersion and our Summits are all in Served. See what's coming up, save your spot, then keep the people, photos and recaps long after the lights go down.
Upcoming events, your events and recaps in one place.
Register for IGNITE right from the event page.
Private spaces for the people on the list.
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Register or raise your hand
Tap Register for IGNITE. For private events like NxtGen Masterclass and Immersion, tap I'm interested and our team follows up.
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Your private event space
On the list for NxtGen Masterclass, Immersion or a Summit? Your space has the agenda, slides, photos, videos, presenters, sponsors and who's going.
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Class chat, then alumni
Each incoming NxtGen Masterclass class gets its own group and chat. After the event, everyone who checked in joins the alumni group with every year's content.
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Check in and earn
Scan the check-in QR code at the event and NxtGen Bucks land in your account.
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Badges that count the years
Every event you attend adds its badge to your profile, with a number for each year you've been there.
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Relive the night
Watch the recap, flip through every IGNITE recap Digizine back to 2023, and add your own photos to share on your feed or story.
NxtGen Bucks
Show up. Earn Bucks.
NxtGen Bucks only come from things you actually do in Served. Stack them up, climb the levels, then spend them in the Store.
Watch and listen. Earn as you watch NxtGen shows and listen to podcast episodes, with a bonus when you finish one.
Read the Digizine. Earn for reading pages and finishing issues, plus quick reading quizzes.
Join the conversation. Comment, ask guests questions, answer polls and post photos.
Challenges. Daily, weekly and monthly challenges, some presented by industry partners. The bonus lands on its own when you finish.
Walk. Hit your daily step goal and earn. More on step challenges below.
Events and invites. Check in at NxtGen events, and earn a bonus when a colleague you invite joins and gets started.
How Drops work. Rewards come out in Drops that open at a set time with a limited number of items. Tap Notify me, claim when it opens and confirm your shipping address. If your hold runs out, your Bucks come right back.
Step challenges
All those steps on the serving line? They count now.
Connect Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android, and your daily steps start working for you.
Daily goal. Earn NxtGen Bucks every day you hit your step goal.
Step challenges. Take on challenges like 50,000 steps in a week, some presented by industry partners, with a bonus at the finish.
Weekly leaderboard. See this week's top 10. Rather walk quietly? Turn off Show me on leaderboards.
Your data stays yours. Served reads only your daily step total. It's never shared with sponsors, and you can delete it anytime.
Listen
Hands full? Served will read it to you.
Tap Listen on a Served Digizine page and the article is read aloud. It keeps playing with your ringer on silent, so it works on the drive in, during prep or between lunch waves.
Listen is available on issues built on our new NxtGen Digizine platform.
Mentions New
In the Digizine? It's on your profile.
When a Served Digizine article talks about you or your organization, we tag you in it, the same way we credit authors. The article lands on your Served profile, you get a push notification, and sharing it with your peers takes one tap.
You get a push notification when the issue goes live.
Readers see who's mentioned and tap through to your profile.
The notification opens the article with Share ready to go.
The article stays on your profile, marked Mentioned.
From the latest issue. In "The Empty Cafeteria Effect" (Lead. Support. Inspire., page 15), Tracie Samp, SNS, writes about Anji Branch, Child Nutrition Director in Gooding, Idaho. Anji turned a dry storage room into a market and bistro, and participation jumped from 26% to 58%. Tag Anji once and that story follows her: onto her profile, onto her phone and out to her peers.
Organizations can be mentioned too. When a company or district page is tagged, its page admins get the push notification.
Home screen widgets
Served on your home screen.
Add the Served Shelf widget and the newest Served Digizine issue and latest episodes sit right on your phone's home screen. One tap opens them in the app.
iPhone: small, medium and large
Android: resize to fit
Updates on its own
The Served Shelf widget, medium size
For industry partners
Show up where operators scroll.
Official brand profiles put you in the feed next to the people buying and serving your products. Sponsor a challenge, fund a Drop, present an episode, or get your recipes into the Kitchen.
Served is NxtGen Network's mobile app for K-12 school nutrition. It combines a social community with every NxtGen show, the Served Digizine and a recipe library.
Who is Served for?
People who work in school meal programs, the companies that provide solutions to them, commodity boards and association staff.
When can I download it?
Served is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Want in sooner? Sign up for the beta at the bottom of this page.
What are NxtGen Bucks?
Points you earn for things you do in Served: watching shows, listening to podcasts, reading the Digizine, commenting, finishing challenges, hitting your step goal and checking in at events. You spend them on rewards in the Store during scheduled Drops.
How do events work in Served?
Upcoming NxtGen events show on Home and in Events. Tap Register for IGNITE, or I'm interested for private events like NxtGen Masterclass and Immersion. If you're on the list, you get a private event space with the agenda, slides, photos, presenters and who's going.
How do mentions work?
When a Served Digizine article mentions you or your organization, the NxtGen team tags you in it. The article shows on your Served profile, you get a push notification on your phone, and you can reshare it to the Served feed, to members or anywhere else. Mentions are for Served members, so join to be tagged.
Can Served read articles out loud?
Yes. Tap Listen on a Served Digizine page to hear the article read aloud. Listen is available on issues built on our new NxtGen Digizine platform.
Do step challenges share my health data?
No. Served reads only your daily step total, nothing else from your health data. Your steps are never shared with sponsors, and you can delete your step data anytime.
Does Served have a home screen widget?
Yes. The Served Shelf widget shows the newest Digizine issue and latest episodes on iPhone and Android.
Join the Served beta.
Help shape Served before it launches. Sign up to test the app on your iPhone or Android phone.
