Relay Foods provides groceries, beer and wine, and other
home products to people in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area, saving them a
shopping trip. The service offers the option of pick-up or delivery (in most
local areas), and enables customers to build meal plans to choose their
groceries.
The company was founded in 2009 by Zach Buckner, an engineer
who was frustrated with the frequent grocery trips he had to make.
“[Buckner] founded Relay Foods with the hope of creating a
simpler way to provide healthy meals for his family without sacrificing quality
time at home,” wrote Cheryssa Jensen, the company’s press coordinator, in an
email.
Customers can order groceries through the Relay Foods
website based on their schedules; there is no fixed, required meal plan. Those
who choose to have their food delivered pay an unlimited monthly delivery fee
of $19.
The service offers a wide selection of items from various
meats and produce to baked goods, canned items, sauces and condiments, and
more.
The website (https://www.relayfoods.com) also offers a Meal Planning feature in which
patrons can browse or search through the recipe catalogue, import recipes from
online using a URL, or type in recipes manually. Meals can be adjusted based on
dietary preferences and serving size. Customers can use this tool to plan and
select groceries.
Relay Foods sources its food from around 190 local producers
and takes commission from sales.
“With so many other food delivery companies out there, we
often get pegged as something else: subscription-based, a CSA, or sourcing products
from other grocery stores,” wrote Jensen. “We are always finding new and
creative ways to reach our customer base and keep them informed about who we
are [and] why we are different.”
In the future, Relay Foods will continue to expand its
product selection, particularly its organic and local products, according to
Jensen.
About the Author
Seema
Vithlani is a junior multi-platform journalism major and French minor
at the University of Maryland. This spring she is also an editorial
intern for Washington
Gardener Magazine.
"Local First Friday" is a weekly blog series profiling independent
garden businesses in the greater Washington, DC, and Mid-Atlantic
region. Washington Gardener Magazine believes strongly in supporting and sourcing from local businesses first!
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