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True. The real question is: why aren't we seeing products yet ?

by petra 7y ago

Animats 7y ago
One company has a patent monopoly, they're not a big company, and they're not licensing it to a big company. You have to use their equipment. Their last news update was in 2018, a bad sign. Amazon Fresh was talking about it last year, but didn't go that route. Amazon/Whole Foods has been fooling around with meal kits, but meal kits turned out to be a dud business.[1] What people in the US seem to want is ready to eat delivery. And there's already frozen food, after all. There's interest in Asia and Australia, where the cold chain for frozen food is more of a problem. The military thinks it's great, though. They can offer a lot more food variety to troops in the field. Not so much for preppers, though. Newer MRE products only have a useful life of 3 years. The military doesn't need to store them forever, after all; they just need something that can survive a long, slow supply chain. [1] https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-meal-kits-blue-apron-hellofresh-20190524-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-meal-kits-blue-apron-...
- petra 7y ago
  >> they're not a big company, and they're not licensing it to a big company. You have to use their equipment. We're talking about 915 Labs , right ? So where's the problem - just buy the system from them - as long as they price it fairly. Heck it's even better - they have a monopoly on a key technology - they are an ideal partner/acquisition for someone who wants to roughly own the food business. Also there's micvac, which does have some similar , microwave based food packaging technology, and they sell products in Sweden, South Africa, and probably Asia. And i believe they have US patents. >> What people in the US seem to want is ready to eat delivery. That's true for affluent customers. You can't beat the restaurant delivery brand, quality and selection. But what about non-wealthy people - if it's cheap enough, chilled meals may be a better solution for them. But i'm not from the US so maybe i'm mistaken.

True. The real question is: why aren't we seeing products yet ?

by petra 7y ago

True. The real question is: why aren't we seeing products yet ?

One company has a patent monopoly, they're not a big company, and they're not licensing it to a big company. You have to use their equipment. Their last news update was in 2018, a bad sign. Amazon Fresh was talking about it last year, but didn't go that route. Amazon/Whole Foods has been fooling around with meal kits, but meal kits turned out to be a dud business.[1] What people in the US seem to want is ready to eat delivery. And there's already frozen food, after all. There's interest in Asia and Australia, where the cold chain for frozen food is more of a problem. The military thinks it's great, though. They can offer a lot more food variety to troops in the field. Not so much for preppers, though. Newer MRE products only have a useful life of 3 years. The military doesn't need to store them forever, after all; they just need something that can survive a long, slow supply chain. [1] https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-meal-kits-blue-apron-hellofresh-20190524-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-meal-kits-blue-apron-...

petra 7y ago
>> they're not a big company, and they're not licensing it to a big company. You have to use their equipment. We're talking about 915 Labs , right ? So where's the problem - just buy the system from them - as long as they price it fairly. Heck it's even better - they have a monopoly on a key technology - they are an ideal partner/acquisition for someone who wants to roughly own the food business. Also there's micvac, which does have some similar , microwave based food packaging technology, and they sell products in Sweden, South Africa, and probably Asia. And i believe they have US patents. >> What people in the US seem to want is ready to eat delivery. That's true for affluent customers. You can't beat the restaurant delivery brand, quality and selection. But what about non-wealthy people - if it's cheap enough, chilled meals may be a better solution for them. But i'm not from the US so maybe i'm mistaken.