Free · for teams, potlucks and class parties, and more

A snack sign-up sheet everyone can use

One link for the whole group. People open it and select when and what to bring. No logins, no app, and it works on the phone they are already holding.

Set up a snack board

Setup in less than a minute · no account · nothing to install

📌 Pinned in the group chat
Snacks for the season, add your namegetmarinette.com/snacks/k4m2ptx9wq3d
Home game, 10am
Orange slices
Ana
Juice boxes
+ Add a name
+ Add an item

One link in the chat. Everyone opens the same board.

However your group does it

One board, easy to set up however you need

Team snacks across a season, a class potluck, a bake sale, or meals for a family. Each one opens an example you can look at.

Team snacks

Share the season out, so it is not the same two parents every week.

See the example →
Class potluck

Get a drinks column, not a fourth pasta salad.

See the example →
Bake sale

Plenty of bakers, plus somebody signed up to run the table.

See the example →
Meal train

Spread the meals across the week, not all on Tuesday.

See the example →
Soccer season

The whole fixture list up once, and two families can share a game.

See the example →
Room parent

A year of classroom jobs on one link, supplies and helpers together.

See the example →
Class party

One party, everything it needs, and the gaps are the obvious part.

See the example →
You say what is needed
Type the things you need and people pick from your list, so the cups and the drinks get claimed alongside the chips.
Or they decide
Leave it blank and each family writes what they are bringing. Best when you only need each date covered.

You can do both on the same board, and change your mind later.

Simple board setup

Nearly every other app and website makes you create a login first. This one does not, and that is the whole point: a parent who has to make an account just to say “I’ll bring oranges” will reply in the chat instead.

Deciding what people sign up for

Setup asks one question. Either anything is fine, and the dates go up empty for people to fill in themselves, or you type the things you need and people pick from that list. If you need more than one of something, say how many.

Neither choice is locked in. You can rename an item, add one or take one away on any single date, so the ordinary Saturdays can stay open while the tournament weekend gets a proper list.

What it is actually good for

It is a who-is-bringing-what board, so the things on it do not literally have to be food. Cups, napkins and paper plates, or whatever else you need, can be listed the same way:

Things to know

  • Anyone with the link can change anything. That is the trade for nobody having an account, and in practice it is how a sheet on the fridge already works. I think it is great for collaboration, but if it would keep you up at night, a snack board is not for you.
  • Everyone is looking at the same board. There is nothing to download, edit and send around again, so there is no second version floating around.
  • First names are plenty. Nothing asks for a phone number, an address or a child’s details.
  • Boards clear themselves 60 days after the last date on them. The date it will clear is printed at the bottom.

Organizing the driving as well? The free carpool board is the same idea for rides, and there is a guide to organizing a school carpool that goes with it.

How it works

1

List the dates

The games, practices or party dates. Saying what happens on each is optional.

2

Share the link

Pin it in the group chat or email it. Nobody has to log in to open it.

3

People add themselves

They put their name on a date and say what they are bringing, or claim an item you listed.

Snack ideas: what to actually bring

The part nobody writes down, and the reason half of these lists stall. None of it needs cooking, and it is all one grocery run.

No prep at all

  • Clementines. They peel themselves. One bag covers the whole team.
  • Bananas. Come in their own wrapper. Get them a little green if the game is days away.
  • Grapes. Wash them the night before. Cut them in half for the little ones.
  • Pretzels. Get the single-serve bags so you are not handing them out. Usually nut free, but check.
  • Popcorn. Cheap, and a big bag goes a long way. Skip it for the under-fours.
  • String cheese. Keep it cold. Goes down well after a late game.
  • Yogurt tubes. Freeze them the night before and they are still cold at halftime.
  • Rice cakes. Safe with most allergies. Dull on their own, fine next to fruit.

A little prep

  • Orange slices. The classic for a reason. Cut them at home and bring a bag for the peels.
  • Watermelon. Unbeatable when it is hot. Heavy, so bring a cooler.
  • Apple slices. A squeeze of lemon keeps them from going brown. Bag them per kid.
  • Carrots and hummus. One tub and a bag of sticks. The kids who like them really like them.
  • Sandwiches, cut up. Worth it for a long tournament day. Label anything with nuts.

Drinks

  • Water bottles. The thing everyone forgets. A cooler beats a grocery bag.
  • Juice boxes. Get the small ones. The big ones end up spilled in the grass.
  • A jug of lemonade. Cheapest way to cover a crowd. Bring cups, and a bag for them after.

Not food, but just as needed

  • Cups and napkins. People often forget these!
  • A cooler. Worth putting on the list as its own item. Someone usually has one.
  • Trash bags. Two minutes of cleanup instead of twenty. Take the trash with you.
  • Wet wipes. After watermelon these are not optional. Cheaper in the baby aisle.
Download the one-page PDF The full list, plus what to know →

How it compares

Why this is not SignUpGenius

SignUpGenius does a great deal more than this board does: time slots, reminders, payments, waitlists, reporting. If you need those, use it.

For a snack list the difference is narrower. On their free plan the sign-up pages carry advertising, and removing ads from a single sign up starts at $8.99 a month on their Silver plan. That is from their own pricing page, checked 19 August 2026.

This board has no ads and nothing to remove, and nobody needs an account, including you. It is also much less capable, which is the honest trade.

What about a spreadsheet?

Spreadsheets are good at this, right up until somebody opens one on a phone, which is where nearly every parent will open it. A grid of columns is hard to tap at a game, so people reply in the chat instead. This is built to be tapped on the way out the door.

There is no template to copy, no sharing settings to get wrong, and no formulas to break by accident. And you are not the owner of the file, so nobody has to ask you to change anything.

If your group is happy in a spreadsheet, keep it. This is for groups who want the same thing on a phone, without a template to copy or sharing settings to get right.

Start one

Setup in less than a minute

Name it, list the dates, share the link. People fill it in from there.

Set up a snack board

Free, and nobody needs to log in.

Questions

Snack schedule questions

Put the dates somewhere everyone can see and let parents put their own name against one. The thing that goes wrong is not fairness, it is that nobody can see which weeks are still uncovered. Offers in a group chat never add up to a list, so the answer has to live somewhere single and editable by everyone.
List the game dates once and share the link with the team. Parents add their name to a date and say what they are bringing. If you would rather decide what is needed yourself, you can put named items on each date instead, like fruit, drinks and napkins, and people claim from that list.
This board is free, with no account and nothing to install. Everyone opens the same board, so there is no file to download, edit and send around again.
No. The link is the whole thing. Anyone who opens it can add their name, add an item or fix a mistake, so a small change does not have to wait on the organizer.
SignUpGenius does much more: time slots, reminders, payments, waitlists and reporting. This board does one job, and does it without an account or a paid tier. The practical difference for a snack list is that SignUpGenius's free plan carries advertising on sign-up pages, and removing ads from a single sign up starts at $8.99 a month on their Silver plan, per their pricing page checked 19 August 2026. This board has no ads.
Yes. It is really a who-is-bringing-what board, so the items do not literally have to be food. Cups, napkins and paper plates, or whatever else you need, can be listed the same way.