Sunday, March 27, 2016

Amazon Whisperer

1. Currently, the revenue drivers for my company. "I'm Hungry" is the delivery service fee which covers the labor that is needed to buy the groceries, deliver the groceries, and the costs of delivering the groceries like gas and driver's insurance.
2. A potential product that I can align with my business may be a cooking utensil that makes it easy for college students to prepare meals and perhaps store their meals for further use.
3. I think this will enhance my service because the whole idea of the company is to get students cooking for themselves and be self sufficient instead of always ordering take-out. With this potential cooking utensil that could cook and store the food you make in a manner that is simple enough and time efficient in order to fit into the busy schedule of a college student.
4. The item I found is a cooler shaped product that you plug into an outlet and it heats up your food.
   

Hot Logic 16801060002 Mini-Mac Personal Portable Oven, Green

Hot Logic 16801060002 Mini-Mac Personal Portable Oven, Green
5. The customer reviews for this product were fantastic. It had 725 reviews on Amazon and still had a 5 star rating. I think that is pretty impressive. What customers raved about the most was the fact that it was a good alternative to using a microwave and it was portable. The biggest complaint people had was that they should make it available in a car port option instead of the traditional outlet plug. 
6. That being said, with a product similar to this I could make it usable in the car, that way a driver could pick up hot items from the grocery store and still deliver this item in the hot package so that the customer doesn't have to worry about it. 
7. I think that this product would make a good addition to my service because I think a big complaint for college students, especially those who live in dorms, is the fact that they can't store food and cook food in efficient ways. With this product you can basically kill two birds with one stone, you have a container that can store foods and transport them, and you also have a device that will heat your food up in this container. 

I had no idea this product even existed and when I did find it on Amazon I was so amazed by it that I had to place an order for one. So currently I am waiting for the shipment to come in and I'm very excited. 

2 comments:

  1. Hi Kevin,
    There is a similar service to yours that I wish I would have come up with. You pick out what meals you want to cook and they deliver all the ingredients, along with instructions, to your doorstep. I think this is a really good idea. I love to cook, while a lot of people I know don’t know how. Cooking is fun for me so anyone trying to push cooking I am all for it. If you want to check out my blog the link is attached below.
    http://amshiremanblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/amazon-whisperer.html

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  2. Hi Kevin, I like your service. I find it unique and customers would definitely take advantage of this, especially college students without cars and transportation. I think your should not use a car. I think a van would be best, especially since it would be more time optimized and more space than an actual car. My product is different from yours, but you should still check it out: http://kmglickman.blogspot.com/2016/03/amazon-whisperer.html

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