{"id":71813,"title":"Locale: We’re making restaurant delivery affordable","tagline":"A marketplace for prepared meals from top restaurants","body":"### **TL;DR**\n\nStop overpaying for restaurant delivery. Locale offers prepared meals from top restaurants for **$11 or less per meal.** You can order meals from **multiple restaurants, all bundled in one delivery**.\n\n### **Who we are**\n\n👋🏻 Hi everyone! We’re Chris and Jonny with Locale. We both grew up in the Bay Area and love good food but rarely have time to cook, so we started Locale!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=71813\u0026key=user_uploads/714052/211aa943-8ac3-48c3-a205-806457f2da30)\n\n_Chris (left) and Jonny (right)._\n\n### 😡 **The problem**\n\nI never have time to cook but I want good food to eat during the week\n\n* Restaurant delivery is $25+ per meal after fees and I can’t afford that every time\n* Frozen food from the grocery store is bland and unhealthy\n\n### 😋 **Our solution**\n\nUse Locale to order prepared meals from top restaurants for $11 or less per meal. Get heat and eat meals from your favorite SF restaurants like **Sweetgreen, Pizzeria Delfina, Oren’s Hummus,** and more. All delivered in one box, for a flat $5 fee. Meals are packaged to store in your fridge or freezer so you can eat them throughout the week. **No subscription required.**\n\n### ⚙️ **How does it work?**\n\n1. Shop from 100+ prepared meals from top restaurants. No subscription required. All meals are $11 or less per serving.\n2. Since orders are pre-scheduled, we're able to place bulk orders days ahead of pickup with restaurants, saving them time and money. We then pass along savings to you.\n3. Meals from multiple restaurants are **delivered together** and arrive refrigerated or frozen. Reheat and enjoy! All meals are ready in 2 steps or less.\n\n### 🙏🏻 **Ask**\n\nWe’d love for you to try it out if you live in the Bay Area! You can get $25 off your first order with the code LOCALEYC25. Please also share any questions/honest feedback below!\n\nCheck us out at [**localemeals.com**](https://localemeals.com)","slug":"IgH-locale-we-re-making-restaurant-delivery-affordable","created_at":"2023-05-25T16:14:35.861Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T06:30:23.737Z","total_vote_count":49,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IgH-locale-we-re-making-restaurant-delivery-affordable","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":24190,"name":"Locale","slug":"locale","url":"https://www.shoplocale.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/05ced72ca392bd785c6f2b3edcb5078827dac50f.png","batch":"Summer 2021","industry":"Consumer","tags":["Grocery","Marketplace","Delivery","Food"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/24190"}}