6 Food App Success Stories [2023]
Here are some real life success stories of starting a food app:
1. Sweetgreen ($300M/year)
Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman met at Georgetown University in 2003 and quickly bonded over their frustration at the lack of healthy food on campus. So during their senior year, along with a third friend, Nathaniel Ru, they decided to open a 500 square-foot restaurant serving fresh salads made with organic produce. They had no idea what they were doing and almost ran out of money five months in. But today, Sweetgreen has over 100 locations, and is using new technology to re-imagine the fast-casual model, even as it faces unprecedented challenges from the coronavirus crisis.
Jonathan Neman (from Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA) started Sweetgreen ago.
Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman met at Georgetown University in 2003 and quickly bonded over their frustration at the lack of healthy food on campus. So during their senior year, along with a third friend, Nathaniel Ru, they decided to open a 500 square-foot restaurant serving fresh salads made with organic produce. They had no idea what they were doing and almost ran out of money five months in. But today, Sweetgreen has over 100 locations, and is using new technology to re-imagine the fast-casual model, even as it faces unprecedented challenges from the coronavirus crisis.
Learn more about starting a food app:
Where to start?
-> How much does it cost to start a food app?
-> Pros and cons of a food app
Need inspiration?
-> Examples of established food app
-> Marketing ideas for a food app
Other resources
4. React App
- Business rank: #75
Check out their full website ➜
5. NIC Rajasthan State Centre
- Website traffic: 1.74M/month
- Business rank: #18.9K
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6. Sweetgreen
Simple, seasonal, healthy salads and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning.
- Estimated revenue: $25M/month
- Business rank: #33.9K
Check out their full website ➜
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