I'm 13:11, here's an angle but still possibly too complicated.

You provide the recipes AND deliver the groceries to me. In advance, I can choose on your website which menus I wanted and can de-select items on the grocery list that I already have on-hand.

We schedule delivery, kind of like Peapod, and you deliver the freshly purchases groceries as well as the recipes to go with them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Are you at all interested in getting a weekly menu plan made for you (with a grocery list) and would you use it regularly? - NO, sorry. I tried this in the past and it was just too complicated. It can't account for the items already on hand and if the recipe is new or has an odd ingredient I don't want the possibility of visiting multiple grocery stores. Also, in our house, we eat leftovers at least 2 nights a week and eat out once a week so I don't need 7 nights of different dinners. Now if you want to send recipes for a couple of days, include a grocery list that is tailored for my local grocery store complete with aisle numbers and brand names, then I might be interested.

So if these two issues had been solved (taking care of the ingredients you already have + of any unusual ingredients), would you still have considered it too complicated?
Our idea is that once people start using weekly dinner plans, they will not have leftover ingredients since we would minimize those for them and would also give suggestions for lunch/snack recipes in case there is any. In addition, we would provide alternative ingredients to less common ones to act as substitutes whenever needed. Does that sound any better to what you've tried?

In any case, thanks so much for your comment. It helps a lot.

11:01 here - I probably would still consider it too complicated just based on the fact that I had to wade through 7 nights of recipes. Maybe if you could sign up for the days of the week you want a recipe on it would have proved more effortless.

I would not want or use lunch or snack recipes since we do not take anything fancy for lunch or eat lunch out and my child eats a typical grade school packed lunch.

I think the PP is right though- there are already a ton of these services that exist. What would make yours new or different?

Anonymous wrote:potentially interested if you could match up menus/grocery list to local grocery sales in the area for the week (for example, Giant has chicken breasts on sale so here is a menu and shopping list with those sales in mind)

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to get this back to the team and check what we can do about this.

Anonymous wrote:1. We're not all "ladies" here.
2. This is a social and cooperative forum for parents to chat with each other. Please take your commercial solicitation elsewhere.

Ok, unless Jeff objects, I don't see a website or contact information so it isn't solicitation. There's nothing wrong with people gathering information and advice on this site on a range of topics.

Anonymous wrote:Just thought I'd mention there seems to be several of these services out there, like emeals. What would be different about this one?

We want to focus on healthy food by providing recipes that are based on wholesome ingredients and by giving dietary options to personalize the menus such as: vegetarian, calorie count, gluten-free meals, low-carb/fat, etc. Once people choose their options, they would have the appropriate dinner menu ready, with complete nutrition facts, together with the matching grocery list (adjustable to the number of servings they need).
(We would additionally offer snack options, substitute ingredients, as well as cooking and nutrition tips.)

potentially interested if you could match up menus/grocery list to local grocery sales in the area for the week (for example, Giant has chicken breasts on sale so here is a menu and shopping list with those sales in mind)

Anonymous wrote:1. Are you at all interested in getting a weekly menu plan made for you (with a grocery list) and would you use it regularly? - NO, sorry. I tried this in the past and it was just too complicated. It can't account for the items already on hand and if the recipe is new or has an odd ingredient I don't want the possibility of visiting multiple grocery stores. Also, in our house, we eat leftovers at least 2 nights a week and eat out once a week so I don't need 7 nights of different dinners. Now if you want to send recipes for a couple of days, include a grocery list that is tailored for my local grocery store complete with aisle numbers and brand names, then I might be interested.

So if these two issues had been solved (taking care of the ingredients you already have + of any unusual ingredients), would you still have considered it too complicated?
Our idea is that once people start using weekly dinner plans, they will not have leftover ingredients since we would minimize those for them and would also give suggestions for lunch/snack recipes in case there is any. In addition, we would provide alternative ingredients to less common ones to act as substitutes whenever needed. Does that sound any better to what you've tried?

In any case, thanks so much for your comment. It helps a lot.

Just thought I'd mention there seems to be several of these services out there, like emeals. What would be different about this one?

1. Are you at all interested in getting a weekly menu plan made for you (with a grocery list) and would you use it regularly? - NO, sorry. I tried this in the past and it was just too complicated. It can't account for the items already on hand and if the recipe is new or has an odd ingredient I don't want the possibility of visiting multiple grocery stores. Also, in our house, we eat leftovers at least 2 nights a week and eat out once a week so I don't need 7 nights of different dinners. Now if you want to send recipes for a couple of days, include a grocery list that is tailored for my local grocery store complete with aisle numbers and brand names, then I might be interested.


4. What is an absolute must when it comes to dinner? (i.e.: must be below 30min, must be easy to freeze/ bulk cook, must include veggies – or whatever!) - ideally needs to take no more than 15 minutes to actually cook and get on the table

Thanks to those who have already responded!

Regarding the last message, sorry, I meant no offense by “ladies”. It’s indeed my mistake. Hello Gentlemen as well!
Also, I am not trying to sell/advertise anything to anyone (yes, despite the looks) – but to indeed have a discussion with various parents who might be interested in getting some dinner planning help, in order to understand them better. While I can see your point, please see mine in that some parents might want the help in dinner planning. If you aren’t one of them, I respect that – please just ignore this survey then.

1. We're not all "ladies" here.
2. This is a social and cooperative forum for parents to chat with each other. Please take your commercial solicitation elsewhere.

1. Are you at all interested in getting a weekly menu plan made for you (with a grocery list) and would you use it regularly? POTENTIALLY
2. If yes to q#1, would you need it just for the workweek (5days) or for the weekend as well (6-7days)? 5 DAYS PER WEEK
3. Is there a specific diet (such as low-carb, low-fat, etc) that you follow? Would some of you be interested in losing weight? LOW FAT. COMPLEX CARBS (QUINOA, NOT WHITE RICE, FOR EXAMPLE). LOTS OF VEGGIES
4. What is an absolute must when it comes to dinner? (i.e.: must be below 30min, must be easy to freeze/ bulk cook, must include veggies – or whatever!) HEALTHY, FLAVORFUL, NO CASSEROLE-TYPE DISHES, REAL FOOD (NOT OPENING 4 CANS AND DUMPING THEM TOGETHER)
5. Anything else you’d like to ask for or that would be important to you? OBVIOUSLY COST WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

No thanks!

1. No

Hello Ladies,

My name is Claudia and I work for a startup that wants to simplify your dinner time by creating meal plans *with nutritional information* for you and your families.
I’d be really thankful if you could take 2 minutes to answer to some or all of these questions to help us better understand how to create the perfect service for you.

1. Are you at all interested in getting a weekly menu plan made for you (with a grocery list) and would you use it regularly?
2. If yes to q#1, would you need it just for the workweek (5days) or for the weekend as well (6-7days)?
3. Is there a specific diet (such as low-carb, low-fat, etc) that you follow? Would some of you be interested in losing weight?
4. What is an absolute must when it comes to dinner? (i.e.: must be below 30min, must be easy to freeze/ bulk cook, must include veggies – or whatever!)
5. Anything else you’d like to ask for or that would be important to you?

Thank you so much for your time We really want to make dinner time easier for you, so any answers/comments will be really helpful!