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Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right — that's how I interpreted it. There are still two companies that are larger in San Francisco.

Why don't you just name which "far larger" competitors you're thinking of, so that he can address that?

Not OP, but I was wondering how they compare to ZeroCater, which is also YC-backed, feeds some big names like GitHub, Foursquare and Tumblr, and has all those billboards up and down 101.

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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post #10

> "We have quickly become the market leader in San Francisco." This is an odd statement since I know there are at least two direct competitors who are far larger.

We are referring to being larger in the San Francisco market, not overall larger as a company.

How do you measure this? Number of meals delivered per week? I'm surprised ZeroCater and Cater2me are smaller...

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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According to the press release, they describe themselves as "San Francisco’s leading office catering service." Unless they plan on dramatically expanding their product offerings, "Improve[ing] the Health of Humanity" sounds like disingenuous marketing-speak. Don't get me wrong, catering is important and meals are a great way to bring employees together. Having used Zesty, the meals are from local restaurants and, tho…

They are sending lunches to office buildings and making the world a better place[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXuFrtmOYKg

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why don't you just name which "far larger" competitors you're thinking of, so that he can address that?

Not OP, but I was wondering how they compare to ZeroCater, which is also YC-backed, feeds some big names like GitHub, Foursquare and Tumblr, and has all those billboards up and down 101.

Zesty also serves GitHub, and Zesty usually handles their events. There is a lot of business in town; more than enough to go around. And you don't need billboards to be a market leader.

Re: Zesty (YC W14) Raises $17M Series A to Improve the Health of Humanity

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According to the press release, they describe themselves as "San Francisco’s leading office catering service." Unless they plan on dramatically expanding their product offerings, "Improve[ing] the Health of Humanity" sounds like disingenuous marketing-speak. Don't get me wrong, catering is important and meals are a great way to bring employees together. Having used Zesty, the meals are from local restaurants and, tho…

Considering Zero Cater used to continuously market themselves as a group that would "feed the world" [1] I'd say Zesty is quite demur in comparison.

Why are these catering companies branding themselves like charities?

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8733320

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