{"id":73795,"title":"Locale: Office lunches designed for startups","tagline":"We partner with local restaurants to offer heat-and-eat meals that last the whole week in your fridge","body":"### **TL;DR**\n\n**It’s time-consuming and expensive to coordinate food delivery every day for office lunches** so we partnered with local restaurants to offer heat-and-eat meals that last the whole week in your office fridge. Your employees place one group order the prior week and all meals arrive Monday morning. No need to coordinate daily orders and deliveries. Employees can grab meals from the fridge and microwave for 1 min whenever they’re hungry.\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 \u0026 supporting local restaurants!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=73795\u0026key=user_uploads/714052/de350a63-3fbb-475f-a8d5-0732dd859bcb)\n\n_Chris (left) and Jonny (right)._\n\n### **😡 The problem**\n\nWhen we started working in person this year we tried dozens of lunch services and couldn't find a good option for startups with \u003c20 employees\n\n* It’s a pain to coordinate daily orders and daily deliveries for employee lunches\n* Food delivery is expensive and it’s hard to find one restaurant that everyone likes\n* Most small startups are below the order minimum for catering services\n\n### **😋 Our solution**\n\nLocale partners with top local restaurants to offer heat-and-eat meals that last all week in your office fridge. Your employees place one group order by Friday for all their lunches for the following week and they arrive Monday morning. Employees can grab them and quickly reheat whenever they’re hungry.\n\n### **⚙️ How does it work?**\n\n1. Employees choose from 100+ prepared meals from 20+ top restaurants. All meals are $11 or less.\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. Meals are sealed to extend their shelf life. All meals are ready in 2 steps or less.\n\n### **🙏🏻 Ask/Give**\n\nWe’re offering a **week of free lunches** to Bay Area-based YC startups to get your feedback and improve the service.\n\nIf you’re interested, take 1 min to fill out [**this form**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckO2DlHw7nZ7D7CprRgDHYIdutqipfRj8V9tdIa4GXg2h6Uw/viewform) and I’ll reach out ASAP to send you a link that your employees can use to order.","slug":"JCF-locale-office-lunches-designed-for-startups","created_at":"2023-08-04T14:46:38.610Z","updated_at":"2026-05-24T17:58:00.764Z","total_vote_count":21,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/JCF-locale-office-lunches-designed-for-startups","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"}}