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(Head office: Okayama City; Representative Director: Nobuyuki Miyake), provider of the AI automatic menu suggestion service "MeNew" (hereinafter referred to as "MeNew"), announces that it has jointly developed "Kondate Assist" with Co-op Kobe (hereinafter referred to as "Co-op Kobe"), which enables easy menu planning and ordering for one week and delivery by Co-op delivery service. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Co-op Kobe") and launched it on April 21 (Wed.) within the "Co-op Kobe App".
*Menu: a combination of several dishes
Features of KONDATE ASSIST
- With a single tap, a weekly menu is automatically suggested (and can be edited), taking into account family structure, preferences, nutrition, and other factors.
- Saves cooking time by automatically suggesting simple side dishes popular at the Co-op as well as menu items made from recipes.
- Ordering is hassle-free, with quantities automatically calculated from a catalog of home delivery products with a wide variety of items, prioritizing products with the best value.
- Full menu for children, meticulously set up to accommodate allergies and food allergies.
- Automatically suggests menus that you use over and over again. Reduces hassle, waste, and food loss.
Service Background
As people continue to refrain from going out due to the Corona disaster, the number of people using the Co-op's home delivery service is rapidly increasing. The Co-op's home delivery service delivers mainly food items once a week. Although it is not a service like online supermarkets, where items are delivered on the same day as the order, it is characterized by the ability to reduce unnecessary shopping, food loss, and shopping time by systematically purchasing a week's worth of food items. For many families, planning a weekly menu is a stressful routine. Especially for those who have the time and effort to think about daily menus, such as, "What should I cook every day? is a major household chore. To solve this problem, we have jointly developed "Kondate Assist," a service that simplifies the entire process from menu planning to ordering and delivery, by combining the strengths of both Co-op Kobe and MeNew, and are now able to offer this service.
Through this service, we hope to help you live a better life by improving your daily meals, cooking, shopping experience, and overall diet.
*1: Research on the food delivery market (2019, Yano Research Institute Ltd.)
https://www.yano.co.jp/press-release/show/press_id/2242
*2: "Foodstuff purchase × Smartphone" order
*3: Questionnaire on changes in lifestyle due to remote work (telework) and temporary school closures (March 2008)
https://info.menew.jp/archives/380/
Comment from Mr. Kenichi Hamachi, General Manager of Internet and Digital Promotion Division, Co-op Kobe
The Co-op's home delivery service is a convenient, economical, and time-saving system if you can plan your purchases for the week, but it is not easy to plan a week in the midst of a busy schedule. However, it is not easy to make a weekly plan in the midst of a busy schedule. When I was looking for a solution to this problem, I met MeNew, who specializes in weekly menu proposals. We started joint development with the aim of improving our daily lives by mutually valuing the rhythm of a week, and we have now launched the service. The title of "Kondate Assist" was decided by a vote of the cooperative members, and the DX-CO-OP project of the Japan Consumers' Cooperative Union and Flywheel Inc. cooperated in the matching of ingredients and products. We will continue to work with our members and co-op colleagues to develop this service to make it even easier to use.
About Co-op Kobe App
The service has been downloaded approximately 400,000 times, and its use has expanded to include functions such as ordering home delivery from the Co-op, store membership cards, and coupons. The service aims to become a tool that supports local lifestyles as a platform for mutual aid, combining not only shopping but also community and volunteer matching functions.
AppleStore:https://apple.co/2Q6CAg9
GooglePlay:https://bit.ly/3d56LgL
About "MeNew," an AI automatic menu suggestion application
The app was ranked No. 1 overall in the AppStore (April 2009), and the number of registered users exceeded 1.3 million.
5 Features
- (Longest) Easy creation of a weekly menu, so you don't have to ask yourself, "What should I cook every day? is no longer a problem.
- Menu suggestions and cooking advice according to the child's age
- Automatic creation of shopping lists makes shopping easy.
- Automatic menu creation that does not include allergic or weak ingredients
- Propose and distribute menus for the hit book "Successful Children are 90% Food".
About Co-op Kobe
Organization: Consumer's Cooperative Co-op Kobe
Chairman: Kazufumi Yamaguchi
Established: April 12, 1921
Overview: Consumer's Cooperative Union covering Hyogo Prefecture, northern Osaka Prefecture, and Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Location (Sumiyoshi Office): 1-3-19 Sumiyoshi-Honcho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City
Official website:https://www.kobe.coop.or.jp/
About MeNew Corporation
Company Name: Meenu Corporation
Representative Director: Nobuyuki Miyake
Established: May 1, 2012
Business description: Planning, production and operation of "me:new," an AI menu planning application
Head Office: 113, Okayama Univ. Incubator, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama City
Tokyo Office: Cross Office Roppongi 4F, 7-14-23 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Corporate website:https://info.menew.jp/
