A while back I had a friend who was a manager at a grocery store. I was curious about his job and while he was telling me about it, he told me about how much food the supermarket was throwing away. They couldn’t send it to the food bank either because if they get sick […]
If you’re a bit health conscious you probably know that exercise and eating well are the most important things you can do to live a long and healthy life. It’s no surprise that this spawned a wealth of apps and tools to track. From Fitbit to halo including the apple watch and all those calorie […]
Follow up from the previous ideas, why not expand your meal plan suggestion to include a specialized meal plan. I’ve already told you about the dietary constraint my wife had when my first kids were born back in idea #15. My wife would search multiple forums and facebook groups to find recipes she could make […]
This idea is a follow-up from the previous Idea #35, if you have all the food from the fridge in your app why not enter the expiration date and know which food is going to expire soon. This app or service could be with the previous app or a standalone one. How does it work […]
Have you ever gone to the grocery and bought something only to realize you already have some in your fridge? It does have to be items that are in the fridge. I’ve recently gone to Costco and bought a pack of three dishwasher liquids, only to realize my wife already bought some earlier this week. […]
We already talked about receipt scanning in the idea #32 crowdsourced grocery apps, but I’ll like to expand a little on that. There could be other usage to an app built around receipt and bills management. A place to store your receipt. A straightforward usage for that is simply a place to store your receipt. […]
Would it be nice to get a coupon when you enter a store? Imagine an app like Foursquare meets Groupon. (They tried but could you make a better version of it?) How it works To work the app will need to have access to your location and let you build a profile by selecting your […]
This next series I’m surprised how many ideas I got concerning grocery shopping and meal planning. It seems it’s a real pain for us and I didn’t really realize it until I started writing these columns. The first idea from this topic is quite old, I added it before the IPhone launches. My girlfriend was […]
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