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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Tri Tran Conrad Chu [1] |
| Defunct | January 21, 2019 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | James Beriker (CEO) [2] |
| Website | munchery |
Munchery Inc. was an online food ordering and meal delivery service that served parts of San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City. [3] The company shut down abruptly on January 21, 2019. [4] It was valued at $300 million. [5] The website currently relaunched as a recipes-only website.
Munchery was a conglomeration of chefs who offered continually changing menus to users. Chefs chose their dishes and sourced ingredients, and users rated the meals. Meals could be ordered up to 6 p.m. the same day or a few days in advance. A fleet of drivers delivered the dinners within a chosen one-hour window between 5 and 9 p.m.. The chilled food needed to be reheated before serving. [3] [6] After trying the meals, diners could post reviews online, and they could also directly message chefs through the site. [1]
Munchery was founded in 2010 in San Francisco, California. [7] [8]
In 2015 the company raised $85 million in Series C funding and was speculated to be valued at $300 million, though a company spokesperson did not confirm that number. [9] [10]
In 2016, the company launched a corporate lunch delivery program. [11] James Beriker became CEO, taking the place of co-founder Tri Tran. [12]
On October 2, 2020, Rolliyo, Inc., a DE corporation doing business as ("DBA") Munchery.com, sent an email to Munchery, Inc's email list announcing that "Munchery is back (as a recipe site)."
In late 2018 the company laid off 30 percent of its employees. In January 2019 Munchery abruptly ceased all operations. In a March 2019 bankruptcy declaration, the company claimed assets between $1 and $10 million with liabilities totaling $28.5 million in secured debt to lenders as well as $6 million in unsecured debt to its 230 vendors and suppliers. [13] In all, investors — Greycroft, Sherpa Capital, Menlo Ventures, E.ventures, Cota Capital, and M13 — sank $125 million in the company, with an $87 million round in 2015. [14]
“To be honest, it was a house of cards,” said an anonymous well-known chef who worked at Munchery for two years. [15]
In May 2019 the bankrupt company sold its 70,000-square-foot South San Francisco headquarters for $5 million. Munchery’s CEO James Beriker planned to pay himself a $250,000 “success fee” for the sale of the company’s headquarters and other assets. [16]
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