Meal Maid Created by: Alia

SasaMeal Maid

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Solving “The Meal Planning Problem”

• Aren’t sure what to make for a big family dinner?• Meal Maid will plan an entire personalized meal for you• From grocery shopping to simple recipe instructions!

• Don’t feel like going grocery shopping ?• Meal Maid can generate a recipe using ingredients you already have in

your fridge!• Always wasting food you forget you bought?• With Meal Maid you will never let good ingredients go to waste

because they expired before you realized you did not use them!• On a budget?• No problem! With the Meal Maid “Meal Plan Cost Calculator” know the

approximate cost of any meal!• Hate making a manual shopping list because you are

always forgetting ingredients? • With Meal Maid never forget another ingredient or any household

product you are running low on!• Stop wasting paper on grocery shopping lists!• Never misplace that small scrap of paper with your ingredient list

again!

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Purpose & Objectives

Target Audience:• Busy mothers• They juggle working, taking care of children and running

the household; the last thing they need to be worrying about is meal planning

• Need an organized, efficient and quick way to find recipes, manage goods they have in their refrigerator and grocery shop

• College Students or young people living alone• May not know as many recipes or know what ingredients

to buy to make a meal• Are on a budget therefore need to calculate the cost of a

meal and make sure not to waste any ingredients they already have

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The Importance

of Meal Planning

from a Mother’s

Perspective

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Goals• Create an App through which busy mothers and young people can search for

recipes based on:• Ingredients they already have• Number of guests• Price range • Preparation time • Level of difficulty (Easy, Moderate, Expert)• Type of food • Time of day ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert)• Casual or Fancy

• Create an App that keeps track of/and reminds the user of ingredients they purchased that may be expiring soon

• Create an App through which detailed recipes and a grocery list of ingredients needed is provided• Save the users time and money!

• No more fussing over what to make when guests come over! A customized meal is at the tip of your finger!

• No more stressful grocery list making or forgetting ingredients! It is all done for you!• No more wasting money on ingredients that expire before being used in a meal! A

recipe can be tailored around things you already have in your refrigerator!

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Features & Benefits• Meal Maid will:

• Plan your meals for you according to personalized settings that you can customize to every meal!

• Use the “Meal Maid Gadgets” to:• Want to plan your own meal?• Manually plan a meal• Upload your own recipe and meal details to your personalized page• Create your own grocery shopping list • Use the “manual meal cost calculator” to get the approximate cost of

your meal• Share save and rate your favorite Meal Plans on the “My Page” icon!

• Set food expiration reminders or notes about jars opened or meat purchased so nothing goes to waste!

• Set reminders about products you are getting low on and when you get your ingredient list for your next recipe Meal Maid will remind you to pick up those goods!

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How Does Meal Maid Work?

• Search for & choose your customized meal plan using key words and answering questions about:• Number of guests• Time of Day/ Meal

• Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner• Cost/ Price range• Preparation Time• Use of certain ingredients that

you already have or that are going to expire if not used

• Number of calories• Level of Difficulty

• Easy, Moderate, Expert • Type of Foods

• American Chinese, Middle Eastern, Mexican, Italian, Home style, Indian etc..

• Dietary restrictions• Gluten-free, Lactose Intolerant

options• Casual, Family, Professional or

Fancy Dinner Style

Buy the App and create a User Name

and Password !

Step 1:

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How Does Meal Maid Work?

• Review the approximate cost of your meal plan!

• Use your personalized grocery shopping list to shop for all the ingredients you need for your Meal Maid recipe!

• Meal Maid will help remind you of foods in your fridge you may be running out of and of ingredients that are expiring soon!

Step 2:

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How Does Meal Maid Work?

• Follow your meal plan guide!• Recipe Instructions• Helpful Hints

• Use Meal Maid Gadgets to manually plan your own meal!

• Post your own meal plan ideas to your personalized page!

• Search for and Add your friends to find out their favorite Meal Plans and share yours with them!

• Share, Save and Rate your Favorite Meal Plans!• Post to Facebook or Twitter• Save under “My Favorites”page• Rate meals out of 5 stars and

comment by leaving suggestions!

Step 3:

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What will Meal Maid look like?

The app icon and “home button” will be the logo Meal

Maid

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Development Goals & Execution

• Primary use will be on mobile devices for easy on the go access to anyone in the United States!• Price of App: $ 0.99• Will be available for purchase on iTunes for Apple Users• Will be available for purchase on Google Play for Android

Users• My hopes are that Meal Maid will make meal planning easier

for everyone by:• Minimizing the stress involved with meal planning and

dreaming up recipes for guests!• Keep people on budget, on certain diets and save them

money!• Become a popular food sharing social network in which

users can communicate by sharing and rating their favorite meal plans!

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