Top Illinois Food Startups (80)
The company is building a two-sided managed marketplace for the $300b+ wholesale food industry in North America. They aggregate demand through their network and let any wholesale food buyer (restaurants, hospitals, universities, etc) order their supplies and makes the supplier workflow.
Alocito is a web-based food ordering and reservation service that removes all wait times in restaurants. Alocito enables the ability to order and pay for food in advance: the meal is the focus of the experience rather than the transactions.
At Onyx, we’re more than a supply company. We’re the forward-thinking partner that unpacks more for our customer's business. Through our global and local manufacturing partners, a broad range of products, flexible distribution models, and custom solutions, we keep businesses of all sizes moving forward.
Üllo is introducing a line of consumer wine products that restore the natural purity of wine by removing artificial preservatives.
Did you know that craft coffee hits “peak flavor" between Day 3 and Day 14 after roasting? #FreshnessMatters Javaya is the only marketplace that fresh-dates everything it sells (we coined the Future Fresh® date). Craft coffee ships within hours of roasting, guaranteeing it arrives at your doorstep just as it's hitting peak flavor.
We are a food cost management company to help restaurants save on their margins. We can save a restaurant up to 20% on their food costs.
Simply put, SmartLine is a a free app that makes line more efficient and less unbearable for consumers. Less simply put, SmartLine is a customer engagement and marketing iPad application that replaces traditional pen and paper and buzzer systems for restaurants. The application allows restaurants to manage their walk-in guests and to engage and bring back customers. Customers can join...
Quitchen is a web and mobile destination for catering customers. Quitchen was built as a solution for people who are looking for the best catering deals from restaurants and caterers around them. Restaurants and caterers offer daily deals to customers through coupons, discounts, gift certificate, or free menu items.With quitchen iphone, android, and iPad applications customers are able to find...
2ndKitchen, a Techstars Chicago company, enables businesses without a kitchen to serve food seamlessly using a custom menu from nearby restaurants. Look for us at your nearest bar, brewery or hotel!
SnackItToMe! provides customized healthy snack-plans for organizations of all sizes, delivering on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. Healthy snacking, for happier workers.
Datassential connects the dots between consumers and the Foodservice / Food & Beverage industries – deploying data insights to predict what’s going to be next on your plate and in your glass, and empowering food manufacturers, distributors and restaurant operators to make simply smarter decisions to survive and thrive. Our leading insights platform empowers Food & Beverage companies of all...
LineHop is a mobile ordering and payments platform for family fun centers. Our first product SnackBar is targeting bowling centers. www.GetSnackBar.comSnack Bar won State Farm's Amplify'd Event.http://csutil.statefarm.com/amplifyd/Won Elance Ignition Pitch Contest Was Featured in Bowling Industry Magazine.www.bowlingindustry.comWas Featured on the Above 180 Podcastwww.above180.com
Droga makes old school treats people love, with a modern focus on all-natural, premium ingredients, and cool, giftable packaging. Our first product was inspired by the founder Michelle
At Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, we believe that the best meals are created outdoors. Crafted by hand from the finest materials, each product is the result of a rigorous development and engineering process, providing our customers with the most captivating cooking experiences in their own outdoor spaces.
Subscrybe is a hyperlocal pass that aims to be the gateway between building long lasting relationships between business and local customers! Here's how Subscrybe works: the Neighborhood Pass holder pays a monthly subscription fee that entitles them to a variety of dishes, drinks, and entertainment at hand-selected locations in the neighborhood.
Since 1963, Imbibe has been accelerating the growth of the food and beverage industry by designing and supplying custom ingredients as an unrivaled R&D partner. Imbibe’s end-to-end food and beverage product development services and ingredients enhance upstream and downstream operations. For companies who have limited internal resources to teams with sophisticated development capabilities, Imbibe is able to unlock the potential...
Atomic Brands defines itself by putting people first, creating products that consumers want and developing unparallel brands that shake up the industry. From understanding consumer trends to fine-tuning flavor profiles, the details matter and Atomic is meticulous about getting them right
wisecanvas is a digital platform providing small businesses with the tools and support needed to grow their customers and revenue through promotional campaigns, social interaction, and optimization of existing customers.
Harvest₂O builds and markets elegant home hydroponic gardening systems that make growing food at home easy, productive and fun. Our system is the most advanced consumer product on the market. It adapts commercial-grade hydroponic technology for consumer use.
We are Relish Works, an innovation hub focused on challenging the status quo and pioneering the next evolution of the food industry. While backed with the support of an established and profitable food service organization, Relish Works operates as an independent innovation hub focused on user-centered solutions. Our efforts explore improvements to the established company’s core business, as well as...
