Spork Bytes

How We Started A $3MM/Year Catering Delivery Service

October 3rd, 2019
Tim Taylor
Founder, Spork Bytes
$250K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
7
Employees
Spork Bytes
from Portland, Oregon, USA
started April 2014
$250,000
revenue/mo
2
Founders
7
Employees
market size
$152B
avg revenue (monthly)
$349K
starting costs
$18K
gross margin
90%
time to build
270 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
subscription
best tools
MailChimp, Google Drive, Instagram
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
40 Pros & Cons
tips
20 Tips
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customer service
productivity
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

It’s lunchtime at the office. Everyone is hungry and anxious for a break from the workday. The team walks into the kitchen only to find it’s pizza for lunch. Again. Or maybe instead of pizza it’s a bland boxed-lunch style sandwich. Either way, these types of mundane meals repeat themselves in offices on a daily basis.

We knew there had to be a better way to gather teams around good food so in 2014 we set out to address this problem in our adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon. I’m Tim Taylor, and along with my business partner, Chris Diamond, we are the founders of Spork Bytes - a catering delivery service that partners with the best local restaurants and coordinates everything needed to pull together a delicious meal for your office. From the initial order coordination to delivery logistics and a seamless setup process, Spork Bytes save our clients valuable time while providing access to quality, local cuisine in their workplace.

To date (August 2019), Spork Bytes is partnered with 60 high-quality restaurants and food purveyors in the Portland area. We focus on serving (pardon the pun) offices of 50 or more as well as providing services for special...

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