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Trademarks Shows Amazon Has Sights On Meal-Kits, 'Single Cow Burgers' and Other Fast Food Options (techcrunch.com)
The latest business Amazon may expand into is the business of meal-kits. According to TechCrunch, Amazon recently filed a trademark (serial number 87517760) for "We do the prep. You be the chef," which relates to a meal-kit service similar to the kind offered by Blue Apron and others. From the report: Amazon describes the service simply: "Prepared food kits composed of meat, poultry, fish, seafood, fruit and/or and vegetables and also including sauces or seasonings, ready for cooking and assembly as a meal; Frozen, prepared, and packaged meals consisting of meat, poultry, fish, seafood, fruit and/or vegetables; fruit salads and vegetable salads; soups and preparations for making soups." It turns out that, in fact, company in the last seven months had registered at least two other trademarks for slightly shorter versions of the same meal kit concept. Respectively, serial numbers 87418923 and 87256976 for "We prep. You cook" and "No-line meal kits," also relate to food-kit services along with marketing related to them. Amazon also has been quietly developing its own lines of pre-made food aimed at people searching for more quality ingredients. The company has, for example, around 10 trademarks filed related to the phrase "single cow burger."
A.K.A. the "regular" size option in America.
It allows you to obtain 6 regular size hamburgers, or 12 sliders, from a horse without killing the animal. George Foreman is still considering it. Sharper Image is still considering it. Sky Mall's considering it. Hammacher Schlemer is still considering it.
Sears said, 'No'.
... Yeah. You figured you know my pun. ... it's not real human. And then it's chicken or something. ... but with Donald Trump instead. ... but no. It's a Siri/Alexa replacement.
here at Amazon
A single cow destroyed and ground in to dirt for my underwhelming $5 single patty? How much more $Merica can you get?! Companies profit on this? That is nothing short of brain-boggling, mind-bending, AWESOME!
I mean how the fuck do they do that? Seriously? They're saying a single cow, raised from birth, all the feed and chemicals injected, is worth $5? Holy, God, Damn, Shit! That is revolutionary! Call out the fucking squads!
1 cheese burger please.
Is this supposed to infer that current burgers come from multiple cows? I mean, that's awesome! It's an avenue I don't think we've ever really explored...mixing the meat from different cows, from different breeds, to make the perfect burger. It's hard to breed a single cow that has the perfect meat for a burger, but if we allow the mixing of several cows...we can do this, go science!
Have gnu, will travel.
As opposed to what? A married or divorced cow?
How strange. :P
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
That's what a conglomerate does, grows until something physically stops it and you will keep buying from them because it saves creating an account on that "other" site.
Now with flavor.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
There's no way I'd replace Blue Apron with Amazon.
#DeleteChrome
Looked into Blue Apron a while back, the meals are 2x as pricey and limited in how you can modify the recipes (unless you have lots of stuff to modify recipes with, in which case you know how to cook).
Closest I've come is that steak company in the midwest that will send you steaks, mashed potatoes and whatever for a good 3x over the supermarket price. Granted, they were tasty as hell, but the price just meant I upped my game in the cooking department.
Isn't what Amazon patenting here just another name for groceries? You go to the store, buy the ingredients for a meal, take them home, cook them, VoilÃ!
"Grab them by the pussy" -- President of the United States of America
I wish I was better at creating a business. My favorite way to cook is to cook in batch. Meats, vegetables, whatever. I then vacuum seal them and put them in the freezer. After that my meal preparation consists of nothing more than throwing a bag of meat and veggies into hot water for 20 minutes to warm up. In the meantime I can be doing other things. I could see some kind of business being built around that idea, but I am certainly not the one to do it.
What is this like the single-malt scotch or something? Are they trying to tell us each one of these cows is better experienced on it's own? Does mixing cow meat with other cow meat make it taste worse? If you ever thought to yourself while at the store "gee ground beef is alright, but I wish that it was made in a less efficient manner" this is just for you. Next up: single-strawberry jam and single-tree applesauce. Nice job, Amazon's marketing department. You've made us all a little dumber.
Amazon: Making showering obsolete, one delivery at a time.
Big burger or small cow?
in the Amazon grand plan to become the last retailer standing.
Why go anywhere else for... well anything. Then after a while there won't be anywhere else left to go to for anything more than what your Amazon branded convienence store carries.
Aside from that, I seriously question people so fucking lazy that they would avail of these services. Is it really hard to go to a supermarket and just buy the stuff to make a meal? What the hell is the difference? Aside from the freedom to eat what you like, when you like for less money.
They were there to prevent one company from taking over. Too late now!! This is why paying attention to politics is the most important thing you'll ever do in you life.
What the fuck is your problem? There's fucking dozens of reasons to use this service. Take your "why can't you" and fuck off.
I am more interested in Wal-Mart's curb-side grocery pickup. You order online ($30 minimum) and they bring the groceries out to your care and load them into the car for you. Unfortunately, the Wal-Mart near me doesn't offer this service yet, but the 2nd closest is just 10 minutes away so I will be trying the service there when I order my groceries for next week.
I doubt you can.