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Sprig (pricey + limited selection), Bento (very limited selection), HealthyOut (super generic and not enough relavent results), Thistle (very limited selection

Sprig (pricey + limited selection), Bento (very limited selection), HealthyOut (super generic and not enough relavent results), Thistle (very limited selection).

azinman2 11y ago
Sprig's food is way better than spoonrocket, so at least their cost is justified. For SF, it's pretty normal pricing. Bento is meh, but munchery probably is the highest quality (and most expensive) of all. Hadn't heard of healthyout or thistle until now, but they don't seem to be on-demand food services?
- autotune 11y ago
  I'll have to try Munchery, looks like they have a pretty decent selection of healthy and tasty meals. My problem with Sprig beyond price point is much of the food doesn't seem appetizing enough for the price to be worth paying, not that I can't actually pay it. Thistle is more in the category of "healthy food delivery" than on-demand ordering, which is another downside, but I'd still say at least that one category overlaps. HealthyOut actually is probably not in fact relevant to this discussion so my bad on mentioning that. EDIT: Munchery doesn't delivery for lunch so that's a pretty big limitation there.
  - azinman2 11y ago
    Munchery has before so maybe it wasn't successful for them.
    - Hydraulix989 11y ago
      Munchery got old pretty quickly for us. I remember them having the same "questionable lasagne" entree on the menu four days in a row. Anything decent would sell out almost immediately.
- pbarnes_1 11y ago
  Munchery has gone down hill. Calling meals with 70g of fat "healthy" is a bit of a stretch. They used to be more focused on good quality/fresh/healthy. The menu is now the same every day and it's basically a restaurant delivery service where they pre-make the food in large quantities. Presumably this is more sustainable for them money wise, but I used to order Munchery for dinner every single day (when open) for years, and now I do it maybe 1-2 times a week, begrudgingly. Hopefully just a phase. They tried this same-every-day thing last year and lost a tonne of users.
  - prawn 11y ago
    IMO, these companies would be insane not to pre-make suitable food in large quantities (curries, etc) in order to achieve profitability at reasonable pricepoints.
    - makomk 11y ago
      Usually anyone who does that would pre-make a different selection of food each day to give people variety, though.
      - prawn 11y ago
        Yes, for sure. But have a set suite of meals that they can make affordably, and rotate through those.
  - pbarnes_1 11y ago
    It's funny because this happened today: http://sf.eater.com/2016/3/16/11247194/pascal-rigo-leaves-munchery http://sf.eater.com/2016/3/16/11247194/pascal-rigo-leaves-mu... Especially this: "I just did not share anymore their strategy for growth and their ‘vision’ for the future," Rigo wrote to Eater in an email. The translation is: the food sucks.

Sprig (pricey + limited selection), Bento (very limited selection), HealthyOut (super generic and not enough relavent results), Thistle (very limited selection).

azinman2 11y ago

Sprig's food is way better than spoonrocket, so at least their cost is justified. For SF, it's pretty normal pricing. Bento is meh, but munchery probably is the highest quality (and most expensive) of all. Hadn't heard of healthyout or thistle until now, but they don't seem to be on-demand food services?

autotune 11y ago
I'll have to try Munchery, looks like they have a pretty decent selection of healthy and tasty meals. My problem with Sprig beyond price point is much of the food doesn't seem appetizing enough for the price to be worth paying, not that I can't actually pay it. Thistle is more in the category of "healthy food delivery" than on-demand ordering, which is another downside, but I'd still say at least that one category overlaps. HealthyOut actually is probably not in fact relevant to this discussion so my bad on mentioning that. EDIT: Munchery doesn't delivery for lunch so that's a pretty big limitation there.
- azinman2 11y ago
  Munchery has before so maybe it wasn't successful for them.
  - Hydraulix989 11y ago
    Munchery got old pretty quickly for us. I remember them having the same "questionable lasagne" entree on the menu four days in a row. Anything decent would sell out almost immediately.
pbarnes_1 11y ago
Munchery has gone down hill. Calling meals with 70g of fat "healthy" is a bit of a stretch. They used to be more focused on good quality/fresh/healthy. The menu is now the same every day and it's basically a restaurant delivery service where they pre-make the food in large quantities. Presumably this is more sustainable for them money wise, but I used to order Munchery for dinner every single day (when open) for years, and now I do it maybe 1-2 times a week, begrudgingly. Hopefully just a phase. They tried this same-every-day thing last year and lost a tonne of users.
- prawn 11y ago
  IMO, these companies would be insane not to pre-make suitable food in large quantities (curries, etc) in order to achieve profitability at reasonable pricepoints.
  - makomk 11y ago
    Usually anyone who does that would pre-make a different selection of food each day to give people variety, though.
    - prawn 11y ago
      Yes, for sure. But have a set suite of meals that they can make affordably, and rotate through those.
- pbarnes_1 11y ago
  It's funny because this happened today: http://sf.eater.com/2016/3/16/11247194/pascal-rigo-leaves-munchery http://sf.eater.com/2016/3/16/11247194/pascal-rigo-leaves-mu... Especially this: "I just did not share anymore their strategy for growth and their ‘vision’ for the future," Rigo wrote to Eater in an email. The translation is: the food sucks.