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I'd like to see something like manpacks, but with food (not pizza-style junkfood crap, but something good and healthy like you would cook at home if you were in

I'd like to see something like manpacks, but with food (not pizza-style junkfood crap, but something good and healthy like you would cook at home if you were inclined to cook).

spydertennis 16y ago
Zerocater.com solves this problem for small businesses.
dot 16y ago
wow. i'm not sure about the financial potential, but i like that idea a lot... pick a dish, how many people you want to cook for and when you want it delivered... or the weekly featured dish in a subscription.
yaknow 16y ago
www.graze.com is doing snack subscriptions over in the UK. Haven't found a similar service in the US yet.
- _dan 16y ago
  It's a great idea, and the snacks they send are varied and interesting. But they're really not "meals", and it's far too easy to scarf an entire box. I found myself eating normally PLUS whatever they sent, which kinda defeated the purpose for me. (Their website is stunningly good, though)
jrockway 16y ago
This exists, but is a local thing. I subscribe to Organic Life in Chicago. 3 medium-calorie organic meals a day, delivered 3 times a week. Other cities have services like this too, you just have to Google it. For dry goods / energy drinks / etc., there is Amazon Subscribe & Save. I rarely need to go to the store with this and Amazon Prime. It's great to have 6 months of laundry detergent on hand :)
DevX101 16y ago
See http://www.nutrisystem.com http://www.nutrisystem.com. They're making north of $120M per year doing just this.
ryanelkins 16y ago
This is called meal prep. There are companies like Dream Dinners and Super Suppers that do this. Usually you go and prepare the meals yourself (pick what you want and how many servings from their menu) in a few hours (to make a months worth of meals). Most places will prepare it for you too if you'd like - then you just pick it up. The meals themselves are usually ready to eat in 15-20 minutes. You usually put it in the oven or cook it on the stove top. I've done Dream Dinners before - it was OK, but the portions were a bit small for me and ultimately with my wife staying home it was easier and cheaper for her to just make meals herself.
prawn 16y ago
I want to see someone start a fruit delivery service to offices. You'd sign up for a weekly delivery and pick the pricepoint that matched your needs - maybe you have 4-5 people, or maybe 20 or many more. Perhaps you just want some basics (bananas, apples, etc) or maybe you want to spring for mangos. The delivery guys would dress in gorilla outfits and drive yellow cars. They'd cruise into the office, high-five the receptionist. Someone would yell out, "It's the gorilllllla!" Maybe they'd do a brief dance after putting down the box/basket - something new each time and fruit-themed (picking apples, peeling a banana, etc) and then they'd leave. Out of work acting types and arts students could handle the deliveries.
frankdenbow 16y ago
www.freshdirect.com does food delivery in nyc, although not sure if they have subscriptions.
ahlatimer 16y ago
http://ypchef.com http://ypchef.com is another one. We built the site for them. The owners are good people, but I haven't tried the food (they don't deliver to my area).

I'd like to see something like manpacks, but with food (not pizza-style junkfood crap, but something good and healthy like you would cook at home if you were inclined to cook).

spydertennis 16y ago

Zerocater.com solves this problem for small businesses.

dot 16y ago

wow. i'm not sure about the financial potential, but i like that idea a lot... pick a dish, how many people you want to cook for and when you want it delivered... or the weekly featured dish in a subscription.

yaknow 16y ago

www.graze.com is doing snack subscriptions over in the UK. Haven't found a similar service in the US yet.

_dan 16y ago
It's a great idea, and the snacks they send are varied and interesting. But they're really not "meals", and it's far too easy to scarf an entire box. I found myself eating normally PLUS whatever they sent, which kinda defeated the purpose for me. (Their website is stunningly good, though)

jrockway 16y ago

This exists, but is a local thing. I subscribe to Organic Life in Chicago. 3 medium-calorie organic meals a day, delivered 3 times a week. Other cities have services like this too, you just have to Google it. For dry goods / energy drinks / etc., there is Amazon Subscribe & Save. I rarely need to go to the store with this and Amazon Prime. It's great to have 6 months of laundry detergent on hand :)

DevX101 16y ago

See http://www.nutrisystem.com http://www.nutrisystem.com. They're making north of $120M per year doing just this.

ryanelkins 16y ago

This is called meal prep. There are companies like Dream Dinners and Super Suppers that do this. Usually you go and prepare the meals yourself (pick what you want and how many servings from their menu) in a few hours (to make a months worth of meals). Most places will prepare it for you too if you'd like - then you just pick it up. The meals themselves are usually ready to eat in 15-20 minutes. You usually put it in the oven or cook it on the stove top. I've done Dream Dinners before - it was OK, but the portions were a bit small for me and ultimately with my wife staying home it was easier and cheaper for her to just make meals herself.

prawn 16y ago

I want to see someone start a fruit delivery service to offices. You'd sign up for a weekly delivery and pick the pricepoint that matched your needs - maybe you have 4-5 people, or maybe 20 or many more. Perhaps you just want some basics (bananas, apples, etc) or maybe you want to spring for mangos. The delivery guys would dress in gorilla outfits and drive yellow cars. They'd cruise into the office, high-five the receptionist. Someone would yell out, "It's the gorilllllla!" Maybe they'd do a brief dance after putting down the box/basket - something new each time and fruit-themed (picking apples, peeling a banana, etc) and then they'd leave. Out of work acting types and arts students could handle the deliveries.

frankdenbow 16y ago

www.freshdirect.com does food delivery in nyc, although not sure if they have subscriptions.

ahlatimer 16y ago

http://ypchef.com http://ypchef.com is another one. We built the site for them. The owners are good people, but I haven't tried the food (they don't deliver to my area).