How to grow your payments app with meal prep companies
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Meal prep companies cook batches of ready-made meals and deliver them each week, often to gym-goers, athletes and busy workers who want set portions without cooking. Many customers order the same plan every week, change it now and then, and pay before the kitchen buys ingredients. Small kitchens often take orders through social media and chase payments by message. A payments app that sends a weekly payment link, handles regular orders and takes collection payments with a tap can win these kitchens, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to meal prep companies
Ask local meal prep kitchens:
- How do customers pay for their weekly order today?
- How do you collect payment before buying ingredients?
- How do customers change or pause their plan?
- How do customers who collect in person pay?
Take weekly orders by link
A payment link sent before each week's cut-off means the kitchen knows what to cook and is paid before it shops.
Make regular customers easy to keep
Customers who pay each week in a few taps are more likely to keep ordering, and a tap at collection covers anyone who picks up in person.
Grow through fitness and food
Meal prep kitchens know personal trainers, gyms and nutritionists who send them customers. One kitchen on your app can introduce the others.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about personal trainers?
The personal trainers guide covers selling sessions, class packs and monthly plans, and getting paid up front.
Personal trainers →What about nutritionists and dietitians?
The nutritionists and dietitians guide covers paying for consultations and packages of follow-up sessions, often online.
Nutritionists and dietitians →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.