Hey guys,
I was thinking lately and do you think there is a big market out there for Calorie controlled meals (e.g. loads of calories) bulking/bodybuilding meals especially for the older guys who are often in full time jobs and have less time to worry about getting enough calories etc..?
What if there was a company who said for $18 a day, we will deliver freshly prepared protein rich food to your door, like ready meals, but all fresh ingredients that could just be put in the oven for say 20 minutes..... Just like a chicken tikka masala or pizza ...but alot more healthy!! and great for bulking the build...
Cheers.
Jay.
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08-16-2007, 11:41 AM #1
Bodybuilding food delivered to your door....
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08-16-2007, 11:49 AM #2
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That's not a bad idea. A BBers version of Jenny Craig.
However, I would pay $18 for a bodybuilder with a tight tank top and spandex shorts to deliver the food to my house. Hell! He could deliver ice for all I care! As long as he flex for me during the process.
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08-16-2007, 12:35 PM #4
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ummmmm .... I think it's called Nutri-system...
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08-16-2007, 03:20 PM #12
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Here's the list from Muscle & Fitness magazine that was published about 5 years ago.
PROTEINS
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast
Tuna (water packed)
Fish (salmon, seabass, halibut)
Shrimp
Extra Lean Ground Beef or Ground Round (92-96%)
Venison
Buffalo
Ostrich
Protein Powder
Egg Whites or Eggs
Ribeye Steaks or Roast
Top Round Steaks or Roast (aka Stew Meat, London Broil, Stir Fry)
Top Sirloin (aka Sirloin Top Butt)
Beef Tenderloin (aka Filet, Filet Mignon)
Top Loin (NY Strip Steak)
Flank Steak (Sir Fry, Fajita)
Eye of Round (Cube Meat, Stew Meat, Bottom Round , 96% LeandGround Round)
Ground turkey, Turkey Breast Slices or cutlets (fresh meat, not deli cuts), ground chicken
COMPLEX CARBS
Oatmeal (Old Fashioned or Quick Oats)
Sweet Potatoes
Yams
Beans (pinto, black, kidney)
Oat Bran Cereal
Rye Cereal
Brown Rice
Farina (Cream of Wheat)
Multigrain Hot Cereal
Whole wheat or Spinach Pasta
Rice (white, jasmine, basmati, Arborio, wild)
Potatoes (red, baking, new)
FIBROUS CARBS
Green Leafy Lettuce (Green Leaf, Red, Leaf, Romaine)
Broccoli
Asparagus
String Beans
Spinach
Bell Peppers
Brussels Sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celery
Cucumber
Eggplant
Green or Red Pepper
Onions
Pumpkin
Garlic
Tomatoes
Zucchini
FRUIT
(if acceptable on diet): bananas, apples, grapefruit, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, lemons or limes
HEALTHY FATS
Natural Style Peanut Butter
Olive Oil or Safflower Oil
Nuts (peanuts, almonds
Flaxseed Oil
DAIRY AND EGGS
Low-fat cottage cheese
Eggs
Low or Non-Fat Milk
Bottled Water
CONDIMENTS & SPICES
Diet Soda
Crystal Light
Fat Free Mayonnaise
Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce
Reduced Sodium Teriyaki Sauce
Balsamic Vinegar
Salsa
Hot Peppers and Hot Sauce
Chili powder
Mrs. Dash
Steak Sauce
Sugar Free Maple Syrup
Chili Paste
Mustard
Extracts (vanilla, almond, etc )
Low Sodium beef or chicken broth
Plain or reduced sodium tomatoes sauce, puree, paste)Never quit!
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LOL!!!!!!!
You're about as crazy as I am.
Hahahahahahahaaaa!!!!
That's right handsome! But I don't know who would get the biggest trill.....me? or the UPS man?
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08-17-2007, 09:47 PM #17
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Nutrisystem is pretty low in protein and very low in calories... I tried it and was adding more food than I was eating from them. It's designed for sedentary people to lose weight.
$18/day - would be very hard to make a profit unless you had a large volume of clients. Consider you have to account for not only the cost of food, but a commercially licensed kitchen (or convert yours so that it can pass inspections), delivery vans and maintenance and fuel for them, time to prep the food, and time to deliver it.
I catered when I was in school, and did a lot of jobs for leftovers because I underestimated the cost to myself of everything besides the food. (Though that still was a sweet deal. How many grad students are eating gourmet meals every week?)
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08-18-2007, 01:33 AM #21
This is actually an excellent idea and, with the right marketing, I definitely think it could be a successful business. I actually thought of this a while back but my hands have been so full with other ventures that I never seriously explored it.
To actually do this, there would be a lot of startup costs involved (food storage, preparation, delivery staff, etc), I wouldn't want to go near it without at least $5 million in funding.
That said, an interesting way to explore the concept with a much less significant barrier to entry would be to partner with an existing delivery service (I'm in NYC, so I'd probably talk to FreshDirect). You could try to cut a deal to use their infrastructure and staff to prepare/deliver meals that your staff would design. You'd handle the marketing, customer relations, meal design, web properties, customer acquisition, etc... for either a revenue share or operating fees. Basically you want someone who can do all the costly boring stuff as a "private label" for your company. Creating a dependancy like this would obviously dimish the overall opportunity but it would, in my opinion, be the smarest way to test the waters. After all, the brand is where the vast majority of the value would lie so you could always establish your own infrastructure once you had a large enough customer base to support it.
Okay, that's it for now. If anyone actually goes out and does this they'd better cut me in for half a percent at least
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5 million start up cost? are you high? 5 Million dollars if you're delivering in a ferrari, have Bobby Flay doing your cooking, and package everything in gold.... this is something that could easily be started up from home with the right space and equipment, marketed, and be running in 6 months for under $100,000. From there with a good enough business plan and management you can expand rapidly with just your income.
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04-21-2012, 12:14 PM #24
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There is a service like this here in the Kansas City area, When you sign up they have you do a phone consultation with a nutritionist and identify your goals and what types of food you like then deliver you 5 meals a day Monday-Friday fresh to your door by 6:00 am. $208 a week with a 12 week minimum.
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