A service that figures out how to create and deliver healthy (meaning not extremely salty, sugary, etc.), same-day-prepared, vegetarian-friendly meals for $10 USD per day or less. The service would make one or two dishes so that they can be prepared in batch (maybe one non-vegetarian, and one vegetarian), and deliver them at a predetermined time. The current services in this industry tend to cost a lot more than this and/or require you to do preparation yourself (i.e., they supply the ingredients only.) Even better: if you can accept the delivery soon after "cook time", you can get your meal warm, assuming it's not a cold dish to start with.
For people who don't, can't, and won't cook, and realize that much restaurant food isn't focused on trying to balance taste and health, this would be a great service. $200/month, 5 days a week. The logistics part seems feasible based on what's current in the marketplace; the economics are an open question.
I suspect this would need to be city-wide, or otherwise regional to make sense from a logistical point of view.
But the most likely criticism is the lack of variety. You send somebody food they don't like. e.g. A meat-eater who doesn't like beef, and they'll be unhappy regardless of how healthy it might be. Suddenly you need to let people choose from a menu, and the economies of scale become harder to achieve as you've got to cook N-types of meal, not two.
Spoonrocket looks the closest (CA only for now, I'm in NYC), so thanks for that. I'll keep watching them. I couldn't find a subscription option for Sprig; the others mentioned upthread were "ingredients only" services. Looks like this model is getting closer, though.
I think that a company like Spoonrocket experimenting with a subscription service would be worth trying - the companies would have steadier income, and customers wouldn't have to think about it unless they didn't want the daily meal.
For people who don't, can't, and won't cook, and realize that much restaurant food isn't focused on trying to balance taste and health, this would be a great service. $200/month, 5 days a week. The logistics part seems feasible based on what's current in the marketplace; the economics are an open question.