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This will sound a little weird but a food service. I eat mainly organic food and/or local food and always really high quality stuff. I spend over $300/week on m

This will sound a little weird but a food service. I eat mainly organic food and/or local food and always really high quality stuff. I spend over $300/week on myself, my wife, and my toddler-aged daughter. If someone can figure out a decent (dietary restricted) meal plan and get me the food in a box every week, I would not mind paying that $1K for it (as it would be cheaper than what I currently pay). A lot of the food box services that are out there currently are either more expensive than the store (and still charge on top of it for the service) or have a super crappy selection, or just not enough food. There is one service that I continuously used until I moved and dropped $150/week on it and that was Houston's "Rawfully Organic" because it was on par with store prices, really good variety, and awesome community.

madamelic 10y ago
Yeah, I am working on something like this right now. What are your dietary restrictions? I see menu planning and grocery shopping as completely unnecessary pain (and honestly, people are bad at it). The hope for the service is to basically make it where it makes the menu and orders the groceries then all you need to do is cook it. :) It isn't a subscription box, it makes customized menus but I definitely see the strong benefits of Blue Apron and the like, I just see them as unnecessarily rigid.
jklinger410 10y ago
It can't shop for you, but there's an app called Eat this much (https://www.eatthismuch.com/ https://www.eatthismuch.com/) that does some of the planning for you.
jotato 10y ago
+1. My family is in the same boat. A good meal planning/delivery service that provides healthy meals with local ingredients where possible would be great. Heck, I would pay the same as my grocery budget now (~1300/mo) just to avoid going to the store. The biggest factor for us is dietary restrictions. For example, my wife is going through a "elimination" plan right now trying to find what foods are triggering health problems. One ingredient that is off our table is garlic. It is hard finding a variety of meals that don't include garlic. A service would be welcome!
- madamelic 10y ago
  Is eliminating certain ingredients the only dietary restrictions in your family? Currently working on a product (shameless plug: pantryplan.io) which I am currently building dietary restriction into. Grocery delivery is in the roadmap but just trying to get the "meal planning" bit down first.
  - jotato 10y ago
    If you consider dairy an ingredient :P But yes, For us it is more about allergies than vegan, kosher, etc...
    - madamelic 10y ago
      Ah okay. Yeah, lactose intolerance / no dairy is definitely going to be in there. I am lactose-intolerant, my SO is lactose-intolerant plus they are also allergic to gluten, soy and nuts! (I feel so bad for them. :)) Just polling to see what people are more interested in seeing touched. I likely won't be touching a lot more complex exemptions like vegan or kosher any time soon but I might see if it can be crowd-sourced. Thanks!

madamelic 10y ago

Yeah, I am working on something like this right now. What are your dietary restrictions? I see menu planning and grocery shopping as completely unnecessary pain (and honestly, people are bad at it). The hope for the service is to basically make it where it makes the menu and orders the groceries then all you need to do is cook it. :) It isn't a subscription box, it makes customized menus but I definitely see the strong benefits of Blue Apron and the like, I just see them as unnecessarily rigid.

jklinger410 10y ago

It can't shop for you, but there's an app called Eat this much (https://www.eatthismuch.com/ https://www.eatthismuch.com/) that does some of the planning for you.

jotato 10y ago

+1. My family is in the same boat. A good meal planning/delivery service that provides healthy meals with local ingredients where possible would be great. Heck, I would pay the same as my grocery budget now (~1300/mo) just to avoid going to the store. The biggest factor for us is dietary restrictions. For example, my wife is going through a "elimination" plan right now trying to find what foods are triggering health problems. One ingredient that is off our table is garlic. It is hard finding a variety of meals that don't include garlic. A service would be welcome!

madamelic 10y ago
Is eliminating certain ingredients the only dietary restrictions in your family? Currently working on a product (shameless plug: pantryplan.io) which I am currently building dietary restriction into. Grocery delivery is in the roadmap but just trying to get the "meal planning" bit down first.
- jotato 10y ago
  If you consider dairy an ingredient :P But yes, For us it is more about allergies than vegan, kosher, etc...
  - madamelic 10y ago
    Ah okay. Yeah, lactose intolerance / no dairy is definitely going to be in there. I am lactose-intolerant, my SO is lactose-intolerant plus they are also allergic to gluten, soy and nuts! (I feel so bad for them. :)) Just polling to see what people are more interested in seeing touched. I likely won't be touching a lot more complex exemptions like vegan or kosher any time soon but I might see if it can be crowd-sourced. Thanks!