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Meal Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A restaurant review app that allows customers to leave feedback about their meal directly on the receipt for the wait staff to see.

536

3 years ago

A platform that’s like a meal-kit delivery service but for restaurants with a focus on healthy food. It’s a big market that’s hard to crack.

318

4 years ago

The company offers a platform where you can order and deliver a meal from a restaurant you’ve never heard of before.

316

4 years ago

An online service that connects you with a private chef to cook you a meal, or to have one cook for you.

301

5 years ago

A startup that is a healthy meal delivery service for seniors

286

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire someone to come to your house and do laundry, cook meals, etc for you

281

4 years ago

A meal delivery app for consumers who want healthy food at home.

270

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for someone to come to your house and teach you how to cook a meal

222

5 years ago

A food delivery service that uses a network of personal chefs to create a personalized meal based on the order. The startup has also launched a restaurant-delivery service that provides delivery 24/7.

216

5 years ago

A meal delivery service that expands to food trucks

192

4 years ago

A food truck that turns every meal into a voucher, for use at any restaurant. The startup wants to make food more efficient, so that everyone can eat more.

177

5 years ago

A startup that helps the millions of people who have a food allergy or are just looking for healthier options prepare meals easily.

174

3 years ago

A social platform for the food industry. The startup wants to be the platform for all of your meal prep activities, from shopping to cooking to shopping for ingredients.

171

4 years ago

A direct-to-consumer subscription service that focuses on providing tools for health and self-improvement. Offers access to workout plans, meal plans, and other content.

170

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where they visit your house and help you plan meals that will last a week

163

5 years ago

A startup that delivers meals from restaurants to people who are too sick to cook for themselves

163

5 years ago

This is a company that is teaming up with a local restaurant to help you order food from a menu directly online. The idea is that you can then order a meal to be ready in the same spot that you want to pick it up from.

161

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who don’t have time to make dinner to order a meal & have it delivered to them

160

5 years ago

A startup that lets people order pizza or a take-out meal in five minutes or less, via a website or app.

156

5 years ago

A startup that works with restaurants to provide them with the tools they need to “self-serve” their customers. The startup wants to make it easier and more profitable for restaurants to provide meal delivery.

153

5 years ago

A startup that helps people track their workouts and plan healthy meals. The startup is focused on helping people who are healthy and want to keep it that way, and the company says that because the company’s algorithms are based on historical exercise data, it’s able to identify trends that are more accurate than what a person might individually determine for themselves.

151

5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a way to share, review, and rate restaurant meals and their service

148

5 years ago

A travel management system for businesses, which enables them to book travel for clients and manage that travel, including meal preferences.

148

5 years ago

Smartphones are great for task-tracking but lack any standalone tools to do things like keep a grocery list or plan a meal. Synapse is an app that takes all your shopping/cooking/meal plans and puts them into one place.

148

5 years ago

A digital health startup that provides apps and services for people with diabetes and other chronic conditions. The company wants to create a platform that helps people manage their condition and record their medical history in a simple way. Patients can also track their meals.

147

5 years ago

A location-based service that aims to bring the real-time chatter of restaurant reviews to the table. It’s targeting customers with $25 meals or more that don’t have a reservation.

147

4 years ago

A new type of restaurant that delivers meals, but instead of ordering food online, you get to pick it up at a store. The app will be available in the next few months.

147

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make the process of buying a meal much simpler, giving restaurant owners online tools to manage and track reservations and billing.

146

5 years ago

A local delivery service that uses the power of group buying to bring the price of a meal down to a single total cost per person.

145

5 years ago

A food delivery service that will deliver “all-natural” meals from a community of home cooks that the company says will be better for the environment than restaurants.

145

3 years ago

A kitchen appliance that assists you with meal planning, grocery shopping and meal preparation.

144

5 years ago

Deliveroo is a food delivery service that allows restaurants to use their app to take orders for their customers, with the option to customize the meal or package it for individual delivery. It already has 2.4 million users within the UK and a service that is growing more than 100% year-over-year.

143

5 years ago

A meal-kit delivery service like Blue Apron or Plated, but aimed at people who like to cook and pay for it themselves.

143

5 years ago

A new type of meal-kit delivery service that aims to save consumers money by offering discounts when they order in bulk. The startup already has a few thousand customers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

143

5 years ago

A startup that makes crockpot meals. Crockpot enables users to pre-order a custom meal from a variety of restaurants and have it delivered. It’s currently in the test phase, and looking to raise a seed round to grow and launch.

143

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who want to lose a few pounds (they find a meal plan for them and help them stick to it)

142

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can order healthy meals that are pre-plated and delivered to your house

141

5 years ago

A food delivery service that delivers meals from local restaurants to users' homes

139

5 years ago

A tool for package deliveries for a variety of retailers and meal-kit services.

137

5 years ago

A travel booking platform that connects consumers with local businesses to offer services like free airport parking, meal discounts, or access to free Wi-Fi.

125

5 years ago

A company that’s building a network of food delivery services that can deliver meals at a time when many restaurants are closing at night

122

5 years ago

A platform for meal delivery to college students. Currently in a pilot with 40 students.

118

4 years ago

A meal-delivery service that includes catering, bartending, and delivery in one package.

117

4 years ago

A self-serve meal delivery program in Bangalore, India

112

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can get a custom meal delivered to their house that is gluten free, paleo, vegan, etc

109

4 years ago

A “guilt-free meal delivery service for people who want to eat healthier but struggle to make time for cooking”.

109

4 years ago

A platform for preparing and serving meals at home, which allows users to order food from a menu and have it made when they arrive.

108

4 years ago

A startup that lets you get paid to order and share photos of food, to drive up healthy meal sales

107

5 years ago

A company that wants to build a meal kit delivery service. It currently has 6,000 users, with a $17,000 monthly recurring revenue run rate, and plans to launch in the first half of 2020.

104

5 years ago

A platform for sharing and selling meals for home chefs, and a way for those chefs to interact with each other.

100

4 years ago

A virtual concierge that offers transportation, meals, and gifts for you or your team.

99

4 years ago

A platform that allows users to create their own personalized recipes within the app. The startup is trying to make it easier for people to make their own meal plans and recipes.

99

3 years ago

A system that helps restaurants learn which customers will pay for their meal based on information like previous orders, and which ones will not.

99

4 years ago

A platform for serving meals to customers who walk into your restaurant. The startup wants to enable customers to order food from a menu, have it made when they arrive, and pay for it through a mobile app.

97

3 years ago

A healthy food delivery service, currently operating in New York City. The founders describe their service as more of a meal service than a food truck, with meals prepared and delivered to customers, who can choose to pick it up at a designated spot or have it delivered to their home.

97

4 years ago

A subscription-based service that provides fake fake recipes to help people cook healthier meals. The startup says it can help people make 300-400 meals with these fake recipes, compared to the 10-15 meals they’d make in the normal course of their day.

94

3 years ago

A startup for people who care about their health and fitness, but don’t have time to make the investments. The app provides meal plans, exercises, and recipes.

93

4 years ago

A new way to help people stay accountable for their food. The company wants to help people keep track of their meals with a graphing platform.

91

4 years ago

This is a site that shares recipes for healthy, delicious, and inexpensive meals.

89

4 years ago

A “pay-as-you-eat” meal delivery business, which lets people buy meals online, have them delivered to their door, and pay for them as they go.

89

4 years ago

The startup is looking to build a “messaging platform for restaurants” designed to simplify restaurant communication. The platform would allow customers to share photos of their meals with each other, and track the progress of those meals through their restaurants.

86

4 years ago

This startup is building a “hatch-and-toss” set for adults who need a way to throw away the wrappers and other packaging from their meals.

85

4 years ago

A meal kit delivery service that is 100% plant-based, free of sugar, gluten, soy and GMOs, and sourced from local farms and farmers’ coops.

85

4 years ago

A startup that lets you share your meal with your friends and family. The startup is looking to upend the delivery model by integrating with restaurants and other food sites to place orders.

83

3 years ago

IFTTT, the company that makes your favorite web services work better together, has a new app that helps you find and share recipes, with the goal of making meal planning easier.

83

4 years ago

The startup is looking to build an app that enables customers to buy pre-made meals (think take-out) within a few minutes.

81

3 years ago

This startup combines a food delivery service with a meal planning platform

80

4 years ago

A virtual concierge for travelers, with a focus on international business travel. Works on booking and organizing hotels, transportation, and meals.

79

4 years ago

A small startup that’s trying to make everyone’s meal a little bit healthier.

79

3 years ago

In the same way that Gravity is a way to take meals on-the-go, Eatsa is a way to take food on-the-go. The startup is developing a way to make first class dining at a local restaurant feel as if you were sitting in a restaurant across the street.

79

4 years ago

A startup that wants to bring self-driving delivery and home service robots to your home. It’s a simple 3-step process to get a robot to bring you a clean or cooked meal in under 30 minutes.

78

4 years ago

A platform for meal-kit delivery designed to eliminate the “kitchen limbo” where people lose track of how much is left in the fridge and need to go buy more. It streamlines the process of sending the meal components to the client, then doing the cooking for the client and keeping track of when it needs to be delivered.

77

3 years ago 3 views

A startup that brings together restaurants and their customers through a service that sends an automated check to customers for their meal.

77

3 years ago

A healthy and cheap meal service for kids that uses digital technology to deliver meals to their doorsteps. The startup aims to give parents back control of the eating habits of their kids.

74

4 years ago

An online marketplace for home cooks, enabling online customers to make online orders of prepared meals that they can pick up at their own home.

73

3 years ago

Who doesn’t want to eat healthier The startup is developing a way to make food delivery more convenient, so you can have your meal from a healthy food source with a healthy side dish delivered to you.

73

2 years ago

A direct-to-consumer subscription service that delivers food that’s been packaged using plant-based ingredients, as well as a meal plan and recipes to follow. The startup sells to individuals and offices and offers a one day delivery window.

73

4 years ago

A startup that provides a digital assistant to help with the everyday tasks on your to-do list. It helps you organize your schedule, pay bills, plan your meals, and even get personalized recommendations for restaurants.

72

5 years ago

Idea: A cashback service for blockchain payments (eg paying with bitcoin for a meal at a restaurant)

71

4 years ago

A Brazilian startup that wants to make it easier for people to share their meals (and with whom) with family and friends.

69

4 years ago

A hybrid of Yelp and OpenTable that allows you to order from a restaurant, but pay a la carte rather than getting a set meal.

68

3 years ago

FeedMe is a food delivery service that uses a mobile app to deliver meals to people who have a disability, helping them cook and eat at home. The startup is currently in Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch.

68

3 years ago

A startup to make hyperlocal delivery of groceries, meals, and other household items easier.

68

2 years ago

The Protein Bar is a meal replacement shake that has a protein bar inside. The product is available in two flavors, Chocolate Sea Salt and Cookies and Cream, with the company planning to expand to other flavors

68

4 years ago

This startup wants to help students pay for college by cutting out the middleman. With EnrollMe, students can set up online accounts at their schools, then buy the school's textbooks, pay for the school's dorms and student meal plans, and then transfer those funds directly to their school.

66

4 years ago

A platform designed to bring the best local restaurants to your door in cities across the US. The startup charges restaurants a fee for each meal ordered, with the idea that the startup will eventually partner with restaurants at an increased rate of the fee, expanding their reach and the number of meals delivered.

66

4 years ago

A catered meal delivery service for those who work odd hours or don’t like cooking. You can order ahead and even set up a schedule to be meal-ready as soon as you arrive at work.

63

3 years ago

A food saver is a small appliance that acts as a meal delivery service, meaning the user can make a meal in the morning and have it delivered to their home at lunch time.

63

2 years ago

A startup that wants to ship meals from a local restaurant to your home so you don’t have to cook.

63

2 years ago

Canvas is a platform for buying and selling pre-packaged meals at restaurants.

62

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps users make healthier food choices by providing a basic food nutritional value guide and suggested meal options.

61

3 years ago

The startup wants to teach kids to cook and make meals more accessible to people who don’t have time to cook themselves.

61

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform to help chefs monetize their skills by using them to create on-demand meals for customers. The startup, which was founded in February, is working on a platform that connects chefs with customers, who can then choose to pay for meals with cash or through a credit card.

61

5 years ago

Idea: This startup helps restaurants streamline operations through an app that lets customers order their meals on a tablet and then pick them up at a counter inside the restaurant

60

3 years ago

A company that offers a mobile app that allows users to order meals from local restaurants, or request that one be delivered to them.

60

3 years ago

A self-serve restaurant where customers order from a menu of pre-made meals that’s delivered in 30 minutes. By using robots to prepare meals in advance, the company is able to offer a consistent menu across its locations.

60

3 years ago

This is a meal delivery service. The startup is meant to bridge the gap between gourmet food and the everyday person, catering to families who don’t want to spend a lot of time preparing meals, but still want to eat well.

60

2 years ago

A startup that packs meals from restaurants into bags for the same day pickup, for employees.

60

3 years ago

A meal kit delivery service that aims to take the mystery out of cooking and make it easier to cook without a lot of instruction.

59

3 years ago

An iPhone app for getting a free meal from restaurants, and getting free dine-in meals from restaurants that don’t offer a free in-app app.

59

3 years ago

A startup that wants to run a grocery store that doubles as a bar, with the ability for customers to order groceries online, pick them up and then order a beer, or wine, or cocktail, but only if they wish. This allows customers to order a meal without having to go out to eat.

59

3 years ago

A startup that allows users in the Philadelphia area to order a single-serving meal.

59

3 years ago

As an extension of its first-generation product, Foodpad is building a way for people to share their favorite recipes and meals with others in an easy-to-use format. Foodpad has been in beta since May.

58

3 years ago

A food delivery service that delivers fresh, healthy, home-cooked meals to people’s homes.

54

2 years ago

A seller of a prepackaged meal kit that includes everything you need to cook a meal on a weeknight.

53

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easy to share a meal without needing to learn how to cook or give a recipe. It’s a bit like Grubhub, but for the home.

52

3 years ago

A food delivery service with a focus on vegetarian/vegan meals and rooftop urban kitchens.

51

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to make and sell customized meals for them and their family through a website.

51

4 years ago

A mobile app that lets you order and pay for your meal easily by tapping where you’re sitting in the restaurant. It’s in its first beta test, and is looking to build the startup into a national brand.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps people who have difficulty losing weight by giving them a recipe and a shopping list to make all of their meals ahead of time. People can choose which recipes to follow, and all the ingredients and their costs are included.

48

3 years ago

A startup that stores and delivers food, and can notify consumers when their meal is ready. The startup aims to eliminate the gap between a start of a meal and delivery.

48

3 years ago

A self-serving AI bot that will learn how to cook its own meal.

44

3 years ago

A platform for chefs to manage and track their dishes, with a focus on a more personalized experience and a more complex version of a meal-tracking app.

42

2 years ago

A recurring meal plan subscription, which gives you a box of meals delivered to your house each month.

42

2 years ago

A platform that brings meal kits to the home and stores it in the fridge.

41

2 years ago

A new startup among the companies aiming to make ordering food easy from your phone. It’s a 5-step app that lets you build a customized meal from a menu of options.

41

3 years ago

A social enterprise for providing fresh and healthy meals to kids. After receiving seed funding from The B Team and the Philadelphia Foundation, the team is now working with schools and nonprofits to scale up their efforts.

40

2 years ago

A fitness startup focused on pairing gym members with registered dietitians, who can help clients make healthier meal choices.

40

2 years ago

Delivers on-demand meals to students and drivers with a network of food trucks.

39

3 years ago

An online marketplace that helps low-income families buy healthier food. The startup aims to reduce childhood obesity by offering meal plans to poor families and offering to provide cooking classes.

38

2 years ago

An iOS app that helps personal trainers with meal planning and assessment, recommending what to eat, how much to eat, and how many reps to do.

38

3 years ago

A way to help consumers find the best-in-class restaurants based on their preferences, and also get them to automatically pay for their meals through their phone rather than stopping at a cash register.

37

2 years ago

A women-led startup that wants to add a service layer to the current food delivery and delivery-meal-kit ecosystem.

37

2 years ago

A startup that lets you pay for a meal with your phone. A new feature of the app lets you use your phone’s fingerprint as a form of payment, currently without requiring you to pay a monthly subscription fee.

34

2 years ago

A startup that helps people access food from other countries via the internet. It allows consumers to order meals from the comfort of their home without having to leave the country.

34

2 years ago

A smart home system that can answer questions about your home, like “What was my last meal” or “Where was I last night”. It can connect to your calendar, and show what appointments you have that day

33

2 years ago

This app helps people connect with local culinary artists. The app connects users with local artists who can create custom meals from scratch, complete with recipes.

32

2 years ago

A startup for restaurants, where the idea is that the startup will use a proprietary algorithm, machine learning, and data to help restaurants increase revenue and customer satisfaction by predicting the best times for peak meals.

28

2 years ago

This startup is building a network of in-home cooks who make meals for people who have food allergies or food restrictions. The company says they’ve already built one of these kitchens and built a toolkit for others to use.

24

2 years ago

A “personalized meal delivery service” that uses a combination of text messaging and GPS to outfit a customer with a meal fit for his/her tastes, and then delivers it to their door. In the US, the startup is focusing on New York City and Los Angeles.

23

2 years ago

A startup that connects people with places for random acts of kindness, like a coffee or meal for a stranger. The startup pays a commission back to the person who did the act of kindness.

22

2 years ago

Bread is an app that gives restaurants an in-app tool to help people decide whether they want to make a meal a takeout or dine-in meal, saving them the hassle of typing in the details and tracking down a manager.

20

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find a restaurant that serves the kind of food you like and then automatically checks into that restaurant using OpenTable so you can get a meal during your trip.

16

2 years ago

A company based in New York that helps people find and book a personal trainer by matching them with a pro trained in the style of their choice as well as offering other services like meal plans and nutritional tips.

15

2 years ago

A company that lets you take a photo of your meals and then cook them in the app, with recipes that are curated by a chef.

14

2 years ago

A food-tracking app for weight loss. The app uses data from an algorithm to estimate how many calories someone is eating and help them cut down by delivering healthy meal options to their door.

12

2 years ago

A digital platform for managing caregiving and elder care. The app lets people book elder care services from the comfort of their home, and manage caregiving needs like medication reminders, meal planning, and travel plans.

11

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to have a home cooked meal from a chef delivered to their home

9

14 hours ago

A startup delivering pre-portioned meal kits for pet owners, customized by breed, age, and health data from vet records.

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4 hours ago

An AI-powered app that scans grocery receipts and suggests personalized meal plans to reduce food waste and save money.

0

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can hire someone to cook them a meal and then they can have a nice dinner out without having to cook

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1 day ago

A startup delivering customizable meal kits for pets based on DNA test results, partnering with vets to optimize nutrition for breed-specific health needs.

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19 hours ago

A startup delivering farm-fresh meal kits customized for elderly users with dietary restrictions, sourced from local vertical farms and prepared by gig cooks.

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4 days ago

A platform that automates personalized meal kit curation from local grocery APIs, reducing food waste by matching user preferences with near-expiry inventory.

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1 day ago

A subscription box delivering customizable "mystery date night" kits for couples, including themed activities, meals, and AR experiences via app.

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4 days ago

A startup delivering customizable meal kits made from upcycled food waste, reducing grocery bills by 30% while cutting landfill emissions.

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1 day ago

BreezeBox is a service delivering customized meal kits for one-person households, optimized for urban solo dwellers with zero-waste packaging and AI-driven personalization based on past orders.

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2 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering zero-waste meal kits tailored for solo urban dwellers, using modular packaging that composts fully and AI-optimized portioning to cut food waste by 50%.

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5 days ago

A startup delivering customizable meal kits for pets, tailored by AI based on breed, age, health data, and owner preferences, sourced from sustainable farms.

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7 days ago

A startup delivering hyper-local farm-fresh meal kits customized by AI nutritionists for urban professionals with dietary restrictions.

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11 days ago

A startup that uses AI to automatically generate and manage personalized meal plans for busy families by scanning their fridge contents via smartphone camera and integrating with local grocery delivery.

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7 days ago

A platform that connects freelance chefs with busy urban families for personalized weekly meal prep kits, delivered with step-by-step voice-guided cooking instructions.

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8 days ago

A platform for freelance chefs to create and sell pop-up meal kits with live virtual cooking classes, bridging the gap between home cooks and professional recipes.

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9 days ago 4 views

An AI-powered app that scans your fridge contents via photo and generates personalized weekly meal plans with grocery list auto-orders from local stores.

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10 days ago

A platform that uses AI to generate personalized workout plans from users' fridge contents, turning everyday groceries into fitness meals.

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8 days ago 2 views

A platform that automates personalized meal kit curation for busy professionals using AI to analyze dietary needs, fridge inventories via smart scans, and local grocery APIs for same-day delivery.

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9 days ago 2 views

An AI-powered recipe generator for home cooks that scans your fridge contents via photo and suggests zero-waste meals tailored to dietary needs, partnering with grocery delivery for missing ingredients.

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