Please steal my idea!

[Jinxus]

Healthy, tasty, precooked meals aimed at anyone with fitness goals. I've been been into lifting for 6 years now, and the hardest, most struggle some part for me is getting enough calories/protein/carbs/fats (w/o drinking 8 protein shakes a day) to support my muscle gaining goals. Killing it in the gym is the easy part, prepping meals for hours every couple of days is what makes it hard for me. You could target everybody with a fitness goal. You could have something like, "choose your goal" and build them a diet based on that, then ship out however many precooked meals they want every week. This "choose your goal" not only targets me, the skinny guy, but it also targets the overweight people, the people who want to maintain, the girls who want to get "toned."

Yes, there are a few companies already out there trying something similar, but I haven't found any doing what I described. It seems even more rare for them to actually precook the meals for you, a lot of them are just sending ingredients. I don't care about ingredients! I can buy those myself in a short period of time, the hard part is making all the meals and cleaning up.

There are tons of YouTube videos of people showing amateurs how to do this themselves, showing that there's a need. Myself alone, I'd pay you $500+ per month easy if you could provide me a service like this! Example video below.

 

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[SBS.95]

Your thread made me think of the foolishness of all the "I don't want to share my idea because someone will steal it!" posts.

If I could get my ideas "stolen" by simply complaining about them on forums, life would be awesome.

To add on to your post, I want someone to come along and actually make filling-sized portions of healthy meals. All of the pre-packaged healthy foods at grocery stores suffer from this. When I started dieting, like most I was stupid when it came to portions. I was always hungry. Why? Because I was eating the same portions of salad + chicken as I would a plate of spaghetti. A plate of pasta has 1000 calories, whereas a plate of salad with grilled chicken has ~300.

My theory is that most people give up on diets so easily because they are starving all the time, simply because they don't realize when you are eating meat and vegetables you need to eat a LOT more (quantity) than you would unhealthy shit. It's amazing how many calories they can cram into a tiny Whopper Jr.

 

[Entrepreneur21]

I kinda love this Idea, always having to make meals and cleaning up after drives me insane when you are eating six meals a day. Just not sure how you would go about it... I suppose you could make like a monthly subscription where you get meals every week and have it delivered maybe have cooks or some catering firm do the cooking... Will have to think about this reps transferred for not being afraid to share your ideas brah.

 

[CommonCents]

I wish I could get all that food freshly prepared and delivered for 500 a month.

 

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[Blair]

This has just started up in my country and looks to be doing alright http://musclefuel.co.nz/ if any one wants to take a look (no association)

 

[Jinxus]

This has just started up in my country and looks to be doing alright http://musclefuel.co.nz/ if any one wants to take a look (no association)

Wow, this is exactly what I need but in the US. Great prices too. $340 for 30 meals, not bad

 

[MoneyDoc]

My brother and I have actually been thinking of starting this business in Canada and expanding to the US.

I was actually thinking of getting my mom to cook the meals at home (shes an EXCELLENT COOK!) and if we get big enough will expand to a factory. I was thinking of providing anything from chicken to fish including rice, salad, etc...

One thing I'm trying to figure out is if consumers would be fine with frozen food? Multiple containers containing food for your whole week. You'll receive a shipment every week.

The demand is there and I need to execute fast.

 

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[GuestUser201]

Man that looks really tasty.

 

[Jinxus]

My brother and I have actually been thinking of starting this business in Canada and expanding to the US.

I was actually thinking of getting my mom to cook the meals at home (shes an EXCELLENT COOK!) and if we get big enough will expand to a factory. I was thinking of providing anything from chicken to fish including rice, salad, etc...

One thing I'm trying to figure out is if consumers would be fine with frozen food? Multiple containers containing food for your whole week. You'll receive a shipment every week.

The demand is there and I need to execute fast.

 

[Mexidan]

I just told my friends about this exact concept.. the food at my job´s cafeteria is very unhealthy and I´m too busy (lazy) to cook every day. I would definitely pay for a service like this.

I believe there are a couple of rather successful companies in LA with this same concept, correct?

 

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[Lathan]

Wow, this is exactly what I need but in the US. Great prices too. $340 for 30 meals, not bad

340 for 30 meals? Sounds like a ripoff. If you are like a lot of fitness people who eat 6 meals a day then you will only have 5 days of meals. 10k for a full month of meals? Say what? And even if you only eat 3 meals a day... still $340 only buys you 10 days worth of meals.

Might as well hire a personal in house chef. haha

 

[100k]

Luv the idea & that food looks so delicious makes me feel like chicken tonight! .. I had something similar pop into my mind a few weeks ago but with a twist; Gym membership with free all you can eat buffet with healthy food/shakes (and free nutritional advice) at the gym facility! After a work out you can have a meal network with other fitness nuts etc.

 

[theag]

Love the idea, I would jump on this if I didn't already have something with high potential going on.

 

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[RHL]

Nah, this looks hard. Better just write a 50 page e-book and see how that goes.

 

[Deon]

In Miami, there are at least two companies doing it... CateredFit.com and DeliverLean.com

My friend who tried both say Catered Fit is cheaper and better.

 

[Timbonitus]

Sounds like an awesome idea. I'm trying to bulk up and absolutely hate cooking all the time. I say do it.

 

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[GravyBoat]

This is awesome.

 

[Ronnie]

Outsource the cooking of the meals to a local deli, restaurant or chef school, then ship out to your customers.

Sounds good, but I personally wouldn't do it. Cooking and shipping food can go real BAD for you and your company if something happens on the customer's end (getting sick,expired ingredients,insects,etc)

 

[hestati]

I thought about it and I still think it is a great idea, I might jump on it when my trip is over and I get to San Diego. Pricewise though, I don't think it will cost $500, at least not for 3-4 meals a day...

 

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[Determined2012]

Nah, this looks hard. Better just write a 50 page e-book and see how that goes.

I search this forum all the time for your new posts! Your posts give me life!!!

 

[LightHouse]

There are smaller local companies doing this successfully. A few members here get meals from a local tx place at around 7-8/meal I think. There is a local company in VA that does then from 8-10. The bigger issue is scale with precooked foods.

 

[earlymornings]

Couple of great businesses like this in Australia..

http://www.musclemealsdirect.com.au/

http://www.workoutmeals.com.au/

The biggest factor would be the time VS cost. Can you spare a few hours a week to cook in order to save some $$?

My opinion in Australia, is that you can buy all the ingredients and cook for yourself for about half the price those businesses are offering but in saying that, I'd spend 4-5 hours a week cooking.

 

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[eqttrdr]

already being done for a long time now.. --- http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/b-elite-fuel.html

get it the next day on ice, pop in microwave for 8 mins.... all meals prepped, seasoned and prepared...

used to order this all the time.... just expensive

 

[MoneyDoc]

already being done for a long time now..

next...

Are you serious?

That mindset will get you nowhere in business. Bodybuilding.com isn't the only company doing this. If other companies thought like you, they wouldn't be making more than bodybuilding.com right now with respect to prepped meals.

I guess @MJ DeMarco shouldn't have wrote his book cause there are tons of other books out there.

Petro Canada shouldn't sell gas cause Esso is already selling gas.

I shouldn't rent out pre-fab containers cause other companies are doing it already.

That's not how it works.

 

[Jinxus]

already being done for a long time now.. --- http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/b-elite-fuel.html

get it the next day on ice, pop in microwave for 8 mins.... all meals prepped, seasoned and prepared...

used to order this all the time.... just expensive

next...

I didn't know about this, so thanks for the link.

As someone who has been lifting for a long time and even a member on the Bodybuilding forums since 2008, I should know about this. There's a strong lack of marketing or else I'm blind.

 

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[eqttrdr]

lack of marketing

complete lack of marketing.... I came across it by accident...

GREAT and easy meals but its "diet" food so be prepared

 

[samuraijack]

Could work,but who would be the target demographic? In big cities, 9-5'ers usually eat out with coworkers during lunch, and usually don't grab anything for breakfast until they are on the way to work.

The people that do stay at home for more than one meal, usually would either not have the money (students) or would rather prefer to cook (older folks).

I didn't know about this, so thanks for the link.

As someone who has been lifting for a long time and even a member on the Bodybuilding forums since 2008, I should know about this. There's a strong lack of marketing or else I'm blind.

Unaware

 

[AustinS28]

These companies are all over NYC.

 

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[Jinxus]

Unaware

u mirin brah?