Home food delivery’s questionable value, for consumers and investors
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#2Meal kits ad delivery are actually two innovations that are only joined, it seems, because they make a technology startup (rather than just a business)
Meal kits can be sold in stores. And groceries can be delivered.
I get the impression that just doing one of those might be a viable business, but it wouldn't be treated as a startup.
Re: Home food delivery’s questionable value, for consumers and investors
#3Meal kits ad delivery are actually two innovations that are only joined, it seems, because they make a technology startup (rather than just a business) Meal kits can be sold in stores. And groceries can be delivered. I get the impression that just doing one of those might be a viable business, but it wouldn't be treated as a startup.
Many startups are just the same old thing but with technology. Most are not innovative, and would be better understanding the problems of their main business model before trying technology to solve everything.
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#4I love blue apron and I will miss it when their company fails. It sucks so bad to love a product you can’t save as a consumer.
Re: Home food delivery’s questionable value, for consumers and investors
#5This has been evident for years. Shipping refrigerated items via post was never going to get to a workable cost. Groceries have a supply chain that’s borderline miraculous at lowering costs and they’re already close to most people.
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#6There is an app in the UK called Lollipop, which works like Hello Fresh and the likes, except instead of delivering the ingredients to your house, it just adds the ingredients to the basket of your supermarket shop (and takes a commission).
To me, that seems like the logical evolution of meal kit services; zero marginal costs by outsourcing the logistics to companies that already do it at scale.
Re: Home food delivery’s questionable value, for consumers and investors
#7I love blue apron and I will miss it when their company fails. It sucks so bad to love a product you can’t save as a consumer.
Would you pay more? Or support the natural evolution of recipe into grocery shopping cart as one click?
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#9Anyone know of a pantry and fridge management system that supports recipes and new ordering? Seems complicated until it’s done.
Re: Home food delivery’s questionable value, for consumers and investors
#10There is an app in the UK called Lollipop, which works like Hello Fresh and the likes, except instead of delivering the ingredients to your house, it just adds the ingredients to the basket of your supermarket shop (and takes a commission). To me, that seems like the logical evolution of meal kit services; zero marginal costs by outsourcing the logistics to companies that already do it at scale. https://www.lollipopa…
Not as fancy as integrating with your grocery store but https://www.mealime.com is another one.