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Re:ZeroCater (YC W11) Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Offi... by abstractbill on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @04:36PM (#2870078)
Employees get to see a webpage on zerocater.com that has all of their upcoming menus for the next couple of weeks. On the day the food is delivered, they can use that page to rank the food and comment on it. That feedback is critical to us because we use it to figure out what to order in the future (I tell people we're "Pandora for food").
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Re:ZeroCater (YC W11) Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Offi... by samstave on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @06:00PM (#2870402)
What is the minimum order? I didnt see it in "Learn More" -- I work from home and am a single consultant. Can I use ZeroCater?
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Re:ZeroCater (YC W11) Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Offi... by samstave on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:57PM (#2870395)
It would be great to have a premium option where an office can also order some flowers/plants to be delivered as well.
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Re:ZeroCater (YC W11) Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Offi... by blantonl on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @08:28PM (#2870826)
it would also be great to have new senior programmers delivered with the skills that are needed upon request - of course as a premium service.

In all seriousness, let's keep in mind that startups need to remain focused on their core business.

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Re:ZeroCater (YC W11) Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Offi... by samstave on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @09:07PM (#2870915)
Well, sure, I agree that they need to focus on their core service; in this case - delivering "lunch" -- which by my comment could be inclusive of accompanying floral arrangements.

I.E. you order a zerocatered meal for a team/exec briefing/whatever - and choose to add some arrangement along with it.

Personally - I have been wanting the netflix of floral delivery for some time at my home. There are already services that do whole corporate plant service, but this is a much broader scope (e.g. showing up regularly to service said plants). Adding simple floral arrangements to an already delivered product is not such a far reach from their core service - there would be no service - just delivery.

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