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What Do You Think of This Idea?

springlering62
springlering62 Posts: 9,123 Member
in Food and Nutrition

CEO and founder of Wonder, a food service company that owns GrubHub and Blue Apron, quoted in the Wall Street Journal:

Founder and Chief Executive Marc Lore ultimately wants to build Wonder into an AI-driven app that will automatically order personalized meals for customers.

“We’d be able to check your health through a bunch of diagnostics, allow you to set your health goals and your budgets, and then autonomously feed you breakfast, lunch and dinner from the assets that we’ve got,” said Lore, the former head of e-commerce at Walmart, who started Wonder in 2018.


Interesting concept. I “wonder” if this has anything to do with the big announcement MFP is teasing.

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,545 Member

    That is one of the last things I want. Ever.

    It'd probably sell, though. Whether it would actually stick or work for most people is a whole other question.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,123 Member

    I think it’s intriguing. There’s def people here who lack, and I hate to use these terms but people don’t know how to cook these days, the skill, the knowledge, or the impetus to get started.

    One of my girls is very much into Hello Fresh, and she’s a brilliant cook, an artist whose art carries over to her presentation.

    She’s the last person I’d think would do this type of thing, but there ya go.

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,202 Member

    Yeah, I understand that meal planning and cooking is a lot of effort for some people. I do enjoy it though. Thought: would likely only work in the US as just eating small cold bites outside of dinner and not cooking anything is quite common in parts of Europe. I just want to get my fresh croissant, or two slices of bread and good cheese for breakfast and lunch, not cook anything.

  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,487 Member

    Yeah, Marc Lore is an interesting guy but not prepared to give Walmart my AI generated diagnostics so they can feed me based on what they contend good health is. I'll call that meal "pie in the sky" and maybe he can use the residence of the future cities of Telosa he want to build. AI generated diagnosis is definitely the way forward in personal health care but believe it should be from a reputable heath care institution that has experience with this format.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,123 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48526284#Comment_48526284

    I visited a “tech driven city in the desert” one time. It was a self contained dome/self supporting greenhouse that was an epic fail, and because a tourist oddity.

  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,417 Member

    I’d sign up for this in a heartbeat. To get varied, fresh meals every day would be fantastic. The grossest part about cooking for one is that anything you actually cook you have to eat for a hundred years or send down the drain because you’re so sick of it. Something fresh every day or two that required no shopping, prep, cook time, or clean up would be a literal gift from heaven. It would be like the Roomba of food!

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,202 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48526440#Comment_48526440

    Is it impossible to cook for one in the US (assuming that where you are)? Because I cook for one and have no problem. Yeah, I often eat the same dinner two days in a row, or I cook a big stew and put a few portions into the freezer, but my cooking hardly ever takes more than 30 minutes and involves very few leftovers. Including fruit and grains I easily get close to 40 different plant-based things per week. I mean, if a veg is every so slightly wilted you can still eat it, and especially in winter they last for quite a while in the kitchen.

  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,487 Member

    I enjoy shopping, a lot, and of course I love to cook so ordering meals or food from an app makes me throw up in my mouth a little. I will admit though that for some people it might be the only time they take it upon themselves to eat healthier or are part of the growing cooking illiterate, where some help is appreciated. I do also admit to using Amazon for ordering certain items. Whatever makes an improvement in a persons life, I'm supportive. 😁

  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,417 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48526577#Comment_48526577

    If I cook a single serving, it’s mostly frozen ingredients because I can just scoop a handful. This week I made gnocchi with roasted Brussels sprouts and blistered tomatoes and I’m on day 4 and probably just throwing away what’s left. Same with the sheet pan pancakes I found a recipe for. Both recipes I like, but just can’t deal with the proportions. Other than some kind of single piece air-fried meat and frozen veg or a salad kit, I can’t imagine what would be a single serving or two of something. It’s honestly easier not to eat at all some nights.

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