Colorado is home to a vibrant and varied food scene — and that extends to the tech community as well. With SaaS platforms that connect restaurant owners to vendors and commercial kitchens and mobile apps that help schools bring better nutrition information to students and families, Colorado startups are tackling some of the biggest problems facing the food industry today.
Colorado-Based Food Companies
- ezCater
- Upserve
- Let's Be Chefs
- Kitchify
- The Food Corridor
See how these seven Colorado companies are using technology to develop new tools for food lovers and restaurateurs alike.
EzCater is the only nationwide marketplace for business catering. The company provides dining solutions for all occasions, from routine office lunches with 10 people to offsite client receptions with 2000. Since its inception, ezCater has served almost 42 million business professionals.
Nutrislice is a multi-channel software platform that helps schools create and market custom menus that they can then use online, in print and through mobile apps. Their tools help to support healthy school lunch initiatives and to direct underserved families to free, nutritious lunches in the summer months. Their end goal is to promote health and happiness through better nutrition education.
Upserve is a full-service restaurant management platform that offers cloud point-of-sale, integration with third-party apps and data analytics. With an office in Denver, Upserve gives restaurants the ability to manage everything from online orders to how a server is performing. The software even allows for restaurants to keep profiles on customers, featuring their total lifetime payment to the restaurant and personal preferences, for a better overall customer experience.
MycoTechnology has created a natural food processing platform to develop cutting-edge ways to solve some of the biggest problems in the food and beverage industry today. Using their technology, they’ve found ways to use mushrooms and natural plant proteins to reduce additives, like sodium and sugar, in food products.
The Food Corridor is a platform that enables food businesses to connect with the commercial food assets they need, such as commercial kitchen space, equipment, storage and processors. Their marketplace provides organizations like food banks, churches, schools and independent restaurants with the opportunity to gain extra revenue while allowing small food businesses to keep overhead low.
Kitchify streamlines and simplifies the food ordering process for restaurants by bringing all the vendors they need together in one place. Produce prices are updated in real time and users have the ability to manage orders from various vendors from the online portal, saving them both time and money.
Deciding what to make for dinner can be a nightly struggle. With Let’s Be Chefs, users get custom recipes delivered to them daily that take all the guesswork out of grocery shopping. Over time the app learns users’ preferences and tailors recipes to their tastes. The focus is on families who don’t have a ton of spare time in the evenings, but it’s useful for any busy professional looking to simplify meal planning.
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