SpoonRocket (YC S13) Delivers Healthy Gourmet Meals To Users For Just $6 Each
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#2I want this so much, as I'm sure everyone does. Sometimes food preparation is therapeutic, and if getting food faster is going to make us sit in the office more and stare at the screen longer, well that's more unhealthy. But with the right balance, this is good news and I would surely subscribe right away when it comes to my neighborhood.
Re: SpoonRocket (YC S13) Delivers Healthy Gourmet Meals To Users For Just $6 Each
#3I want this so much, as I'm sure everyone does. Sometimes food preparation is therapeutic, and if getting food faster is going to make us sit in the office more and stare at the screen longer, well that's more unhealthy. But with the right balance, this is good news and I would surely subscribe right away when it comes to my neighborhood.
I feel no guilt. Buying food is expensive and preparing it requires a lot of labor (not just cooking, but cleaning too). This could be a huge time saver for busy folks - and many of them might use the savings on sleep instead of work.
Re: SpoonRocket (YC S13) Delivers Healthy Gourmet Meals To Users For Just $6 Each
#4Add low carb and I'll be you customer for life!
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#5Tried out the site... the registration flow is a little needlessly confusing.
I hope this comes to SF - I and a lot of others eat at food trucks or restaurants 1-2 times a day just because we don't feel like we have the time.
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#6I think this is a great idea. I would imagine that attacking one vertical would be another way to satisfy low-cost, high-quality healthy meals on a smaller scale. One attempt I've seen recently focuses on providing "paleo meals" to the CrossFit community. It's called KettleBellKitchen.com, and I have no affiliation.
* Serving a very fanatical, loyal audience, already comfortable spending money on their health ("For Crossfitters, by Crossfitters")
* Smart distribution model to provide a refrigerator at local Crossfit gym (immediately taps into that highly-engaged population)
* Provides true value-proposition in reasonably-priced, paleo meals (otherwise a pain to make / find)
In all, it satisfies a huge demand at a reasonable price in a market that is sure to embrace it
I'd say it's important to have very-strong B2B tactics and familiarity to navigate negotiations with Crossfit Gym owners. Build the correct team (folks who have previously managed prepared-food operations at grocery chains, catering companies, etc - bias towards those with health food angle). Buy raw ingredients in bulk; cook and assemble; receive payment online; deliver to Crossfit gym where they're picked up in a convenient fashion. Seems doable.
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#7I'm pretty excited about this, but I'd like to see more details on what makes each meal healthy. I've tried a lot of "healthy" meals before and the simple fact is it's hard to make something nutritious taste as good as unhealthy food...butter, salt and sugar make food taste better, it's as simple as that. So the trend I see is:
Make healthy food -> no one buys it because it doesn't taste as good -> make it unhealthy.
There has to be a market for people like me, who choose healthy over tasty...cater to us, please!
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#8This looks great. Since SpoonRocket is in Berkeley, I wonder if this idea was inspired by the Cheeseboard, which is a great pizza place in that city (http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/pizza/). The Cheeseboard has a pizza flavor of the day, and they just make that single pizza flavor until they close (or run out of ingredients). Because the operation is optimized to deliver a single product, it's very efficient and (I'm guessing) cost effective. Seems like a great business model.
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#9Best of luck to you guys. Dollars are hard to find for healthy food startups unless, of course, you're part of the correct old boys club.
Me, not being a part of that club, found it very hard to do healthy food delivery in Berkeley/Emeryville/Oakland.
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#10I like their idea and wish them good luck. But I'm tired to read all these /\w+ fundamentally change the way we think about \w+/
"SpoonRocket was built to fundamentally change the way we think about food.". I'm sorry, but adjusting parameters like delivery time or price or number of choices in the menu does not "fundamentally change the way" I think about food.
That being said, that's a great business idea and I'm looking forward to trying them!