A peer-to-peer platform connecting home cooks with neighbors to buy and sell home-cooked meals.
Urban consumers desire authentic, home-cooked meals but lack time to prepare them; home cooks want to monetize their culinary skills and connect with their communities.
Urban consumers desire authentic, home-cooked meals but lack time to prepare them; home cooks want to monetize their culinary skills and connect with their communities.
A digital platform enabling home cooks to list and sell pre-ordered home-cooked meals to neighbors, with customers picking up meals directly from cooks' homes.
A digital platform enabling home cooks to list and sell pre-ordered home-cooked meals to neighbors, with customers picking up meals directly from cooks' homes.
Menu Next Door ceased operations in London and Paris by January 2017 and subsequently shut down. The company had withdrawn from international expansion and refocused on Brussels before ultimately closing.
Event Year: 2017
Menu Next Door ceased operations in London and Paris by January 2017 and subsequently shut down. The company had withdrawn from international expansion and refocused on Brussels before ultimately closing.
Event Year: 2017
The company faced challenges with scaling the peer-to-peer meal model while maintaining cook motivation and managing regulatory compliance around food transactions between non-professional cooks and consumers. The company cited the need to focus on product-market fit during its iteration stage.
The company faced challenges with scaling the peer-to-peer meal model while maintaining cook motivation and managing regulatory compliance around food transactions between non-professional cooks and consumers. The company cited the need to focus on product-market fit during its iteration stage.
Menu Next Door aimed to connect home cooks with local consumers seeking authentic, home-cooked meals. The platform facilitated the listing and sale of pre-ordered meals, allowing neighbors to purchase directly from cooks' homes. This peer-to-peer marketplace operated on a commission-based model, taking a percentage of each transaction. However, the startup faced significant hurdles in scaling its operations. Maintaining cook motivation proved challenging, as did navigating the complex regulatory landscape surrounding food transactions between non-professional cooks and consumers. After withdrawing from international expansion and refocusing on Brussels, Menu Next Door ultimately ceased operations, citing the need to prioritize product-market fit during its iterative development process.
Menu Next Door aimed to connect home cooks with local consumers seeking authentic, home-cooked meals. The platform facilitated the listing and sale of pre-ordered meals, allowing neighbors to purchase directly from cooks' homes. This peer-to-peer marketplace operated on a commission-based model, taking a percentage of each transaction. However, the startup faced significant hurdles in scaling its operations. Maintaining cook motivation proved challenging, as did navigating the complex regulatory landscape surrounding food transactions between non-professional cooks and consumers. After withdrawing from international expansion and refocusing on Brussels, Menu Next Door ultimately ceased operations, citing the need to prioritize product-market fit during its iterative development process.
Total Raised: $2 million
Last Round: Seed round, May 2016
Total Raised: $2 million
Last Round: Seed round, May 2016
Commission-based marketplace taking a percentage of meal transactions between home cooks and customers.
Commission-based marketplace taking a percentage of meal transactions between home cooks and customers.
Urban residents seeking authentic home-cooked meals and home-based cooks looking to monetize their culinary skills.
Urban residents seeking authentic home-cooked meals and home-based cooks looking to monetize their culinary skills.
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