Fine-dining meals delivered to your home are just an Entrée order away
Summary
Jon Bell and Jason Weingarten launched in Chicago last July with a Michelin-trained culinary team led by Alex Carnovale of The French Laundry preparing restaurant-quality meals that are packaged in recyclable and plastic-neutral packaging so that food doesnt arrive soggy or cold. Most items are ready to eat in minutes.Bell and Weingarten arent your typical meal delivery startup founders. They both have software backgrounds, with Bell previously working at Netflix as a global product lead while Weingarten was building education-related software.Theyve crafted Entr\xe9es menu to have between 30 and 50 items on it in any given month that include global cuisines under the categories of breakfast, meals for two, desserts and a beverage program that includes craft cocktails. In addition, the average order volume is over $60 and the reorder rate is more than 40% within 30 days, Weingarten said in an interview.Consistent average order volume north of $60 which is fairly high from what weve seen for other delivery services, Weingarten said. We have multiple patrons who have ordered from us over 20 times.Entr\xe9e is operating in a crowded U.S. prepared meals market that was valued at $156.3 billion in 2022.