Meal Solutions stands to benefit from the convergence of several cultural and technological trends.
The minimum order is $10 plus $7.95 for shipping, with 48-hour delivery, packed in dry ice, from one of Meal Solutions' five United States suppliers.
Many of them have been marketing cooking equipment, sauces and other merchandise tie-ins for years, and Meal Solutions gives them a new product.
"Stir fries tend to be seen as healthy meal solutions that are also convenient while cooking aids, such as pastes and spices, give consumers the freedom to tailor their meals to their taste, which they cannot do with ready meals".
According to a recent Reuters study, ready-meals and other "meal solutions" are most popular in America, Britain and Sweden, because of the prevalence of single-person households and working women in those countries.
Grocery chains like Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, meanwhile, increasingly offer "meal solutions," an industry term for dinners that require little or no preparation, and those compete with casual restaurants, too, Mr. Tristano said.
The company says it will include a range of products like meats, fresh foods, frozen items, beer and wine and meal solutions.
A new methodology is introduced that allows the design of meal solutions (such as chilled and frozen ready meals, menu choices in catering and food service) based on empirical assessments of fit between meal centres and side components.
The Constellation sets itself apart with a superfast, water-cooled 8-core high-voltage transformer, which brings a combined performance of 5,000 watts to end-users, letting them heat up turnkey meal solutions within seconds.
There is scope for changing social perceptions of healthy eating by promoting meal solutions that combine healthiness with palatability.
