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Simply Good Jars has raised $2.7M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Simply Good Jars.
Simply Good Jars has raised $2.7M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Simply Good Jars crafts chef-prepared, ready-to-eat meals, primarily salads, housed in reusable jars for optimal freshness and convenience. These wholesome, additive-free offerings are distributed via "Simply Smart Fridges," providing accessible, nutritious food in diverse locations. The company blends culinary quality with sustainable grab-and-go consumption.
Jared Cannon, a chef and entrepreneur with an MS from Temple University, founded Simply Good Jars. His insight was to disrupt the packaged food market, offering fresh, convenient meals while combating single-use plastic waste through reusability and responsible packaging.
The company serves health-conscious individuals and busy professionals seeking wholesome, convenient options. Simply Good Jars envisions expanding healthy eating access. It links business success to social impact, donating a meal for every product sold and returned jar, fostering environmental stewardship and broader food accessibility.
Simply Good Jars is a Philadelphia-based food startup founded in 2017 that produces and distributes chef-crafted, nutritionally balanced meals in reusable glass jars using Smart Jar Technology to extend freshness without additives or preservatives.[1][2][3] The company serves health-conscious consumers in offices, gyms, hospitals, universities, and other high-traffic locations through subscriptions, direct delivery, and automated kiosks, solving the problem of convenient access to fresh, healthy meals amid busy lifestyles and limited healthy options in non-traditional retail settings.[1][4][5] As a Certified B Corporation, it emphasizes sustainability with zero-waste packaging and social impact via meal donations, having raised $0.68 million in seed funding and expanded to over 500 locations on a waitlist.[2][3][5]
Simply Good Jars was founded in fall 2017 by Jared Cannon, a former career chef, from a shared commercial kitchen at the Dorrance H. Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises in West Philadelphia.[1][2][3][4] Cannon identified a gap in the vending and convenience food industry for fresh, healthy meals in reusable packaging, inspired by his culinary background and the demand for better options in workplaces where traditional vending falls short.[4][5] Early traction came from a salad-based lunch subscription program delivering hyper-local, organic chef-prepared salads and entrees to Center City offices, quickly gaining momentum with plans for kiosk pilots in offices, hospitals, and airports, alongside partnerships like Philabundance for donating over 800 pounds of product initially and targeting 20,000 meals by 2019.[1][4]
Simply Good Jars rides the wave of sustainable convenience food tech, blending food innovation with IoT-enabled kiosks to disrupt traditional vending and meal prep in a market shifting toward healthier, eco-friendly options amid rising workplace wellness demands and urbanization.[5] Timing aligns with post-2020 growth in contactless retail and B Corp models, fueled by consumer preferences for additive-free, locally sourced meals—market forces like labor shortages in food service and demand for zero-waste packaging amplify its edge over competitors like Foodji or Hangry.[1][5] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering reusable packaging in automated retail, partnering with tech like Byte to embed fresh food brands in everyday spaces, and driving social impact through donations, setting a model for foodtech startups targeting high-density environments.[2][4][5]
Simply Good Jars is poised for scaled retail dominance via kiosk rollout to its 500+ waitlisted locations, leveraging Byte tech for reliable fresh-food vending while expanding zero-waste initiatives and partnerships.[5] Trends like AI-optimized supply chains, corporate wellness mandates, and circular economy pressures will propel growth, potentially evolving it into a national healthy meal platform influencing foodtech by proving chef-quality meals can thrive in automated, sustainable distribution.[1][4][5] Watch for profitability through kiosk profitability and B Impact expansions, building on its chef-rooted mission to feed healthy meals ubiquitously.[2][3]
Key people at Simply Good Jars.
Simply Good Jars has raised $2.7M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Simply Good Jars's investors include Amasia, Mayfield, SOSV, Peter Bodenheimer.
Simply Good Jars has raised $2.7M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in October 2019.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2019 | $2M Seed | — | Amasia, Mayfield, SOSV, Peter Bodenheimer | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2018 | $680K Seed | — | Amasia, Mayfield, SOSV, Peter Bodenheimer | Announced |
