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Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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Looks awesome so far! I wanted to give a thumbs up for adding the "seasonal" option. It is much appreciated and often overlooked.

Yes! It wasn't something we had initially but came up very often in customer requests. The hard part there is knowing what's seasonal in different geographies but we think we've got a good system.

Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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Great idea, especially around optimizing resource usage for items you already have.

I'd like to see more transparency around cost up front - I should not have to dig into the second question of the FAQ page to see that a plan would start at $48+

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Anyway to export meals to myfitnesspal?

You can sync with JawBone & FitBit, but not MFP (they're not accepting API requests this year). We do give you a full breakdown of nutritional info for each meal though, so you can always enter the macros in manually.

Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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Great idea, especially around optimizing resource usage for items you already have. I'd like to see more transparency around cost up front - I should not have to dig into the second question of the FAQ page to see that a plan would start at $48+

Thanks for the kind words and feedback. We do have a free trial set up for everyone today (no cc required) if you want to check it out without paying anything.

Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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We tried Platejoy for 6 months. We found it was useful, but found a few caveats:

It was very easy to back ourselves into a corner with food preferences such that you see the same set of 20 or so recipes recycled from week to week. This is probably our fault more than Platejoy's, but we are not especially picky eaters.

Some recipes required ingredients that we just couldn't source. We live in the midwest and the closest major city is 1.5 hours away. Try finding tahini paste at your local midwest walmart or smalltown grocer. In these cases I'd have loved substitution suggestions.

We don't have particular dietary restrictions. We also preferred old fashioned pen and paper tracking of our grocery list/pantry, so that feature wasn't something we used. We didn't really harness Platejoy's unique features. So for our particular situation Platejoy ended up being little more than a recipe suggestion tool.

I'd definitely suggest platejoy for people with dietary restrictions who don't want to think about or go through the hassle of finding recipes.

Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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Hi all, I lost 50 pounds a few years ago and realized that the options for healthy eating are limited to frozen meal delivery services or nutrition apps that never worked for me. So I started PlateJoy, which uses data about your lifestyle, preferences, and goals to help you plan what to buy and cook each week. We send customized shopping lists and recipes that match your preferences with optional grocery delivery of…

This is really insanely awesome. I've been on keto for years and have always wanted a service like this. A "blueapron" type of service would've been perfect for me, but because they pick the meals, it would never work for keto.

Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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We tried Platejoy for 6 months. We found it was useful, but found a few caveats: It was very easy to back ourselves into a corner with food preferences such that you see the same set of 20 or so recipes recycled from week to week. This is probably our fault more than Platejoy's, but we are not especially picky eaters. Some recipes required ingredients that we just couldn't source. We live in the midwest and the close…

Hi! Glad you found the service useful. We now have a feature that lets you specify grocery store so that less exotic ingredients are shown if you live somewhere a bit more obscure (grew up in a small town myself, so I get it!) You can also print your shopping lists if you don't want to use the iOS or Android app. We have thousands of recipes in our database and constantly growing, so let me know if you ever want to come back and try it again for a few days.

Re: Show HN: PlateJoy (YC S15) – Algorithmic meal planner with integrated delivery

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Hi all, I lost 50 pounds a few years ago and realized that the options for healthy eating are limited to frozen meal delivery services or nutrition apps that never worked for me. So I started PlateJoy, which uses data about your lifestyle, preferences, and goals to help you plan what to buy and cook each week. We send customized shopping lists and recipes that match your preferences with optional grocery delivery of…

This is really insanely awesome. I've been on keto for years and have always wanted a service like this. A "blueapron" type of service would've been perfect for me, but because they pick the meals, it would never work for keto.

Thank you so much for the love! :) :) We have a huge group of paleo and keto users and I personally think low carb is the best way to eat, so double high five!
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