Archive for October, 2008

Celebrate Eat Better, Eat Together month with MagicKitchen.com

October 13th, 2008


Media Contact: Greg Miller
MagicKitchen.com (877) 516.2442

Recreating Family Dinner

Celebrate Eat Better, Eat Together month with MagicKitchen.com

Los Altos, CA – (October 13, 2008) – With such busy lifestyles, it’s a rare evening that American families have an opportunity to sit down together, indulge in a delicious and nutritious meal, and a leisurely conversation about their days.

MagicKitchen.com has long known the importance of this family ritual and also the challenges to getting a meal on the table. This is precisely why their meal plans are designed to provide chef-prepared frozen meals for time-strapped families. “For parents who are too busy to shop or cook regularly, MagicKitchen.com’s healthy, delicious meals and meal bundles include a wide selection of soups, entrees, sides, and desserts to choose from. Parents are able to heat and serve a nutritious family dinner with ease, and still have time to enjoy quality time together and enjoy their children’s company,” says Greg Miller, CEO of MagicKitchen.com. 

In honor of National Eat Better, Eat Together month, MagicKitchen.com is reminding Americans of their service and the many ways it assists clients who are committed to eating better and together as a family. Studies show that families who make this commitment will reap multiple benefits. Children whose families eat together do better in school, have fewer behavioral problems, show improved communication skills, and – most importantly - start creating family traditions surrounding their favorite meals.

Time-strapped parents who source their meals from MagicKitchen.com will quickly discover how easy it is to get a healthful meal, such as a Lemon Pepper Chicken Breast and healthy sides, on the table in time for dinner. They’ll also appreciate the ways the service introduces their children to new or beloved foods, like MagicKitchen’s Broccoli and Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce or classic Chicken Pot Pie. And most importantly, MagicKitchen.com clients will gain back valuable time with their families and renew the ritual of eating together, a practice that has been a guiding principle for the company from day one.

About MagicKitchen.com – MagicKitchen.com is a rapidly growing web-based company that offers a full menu of chef prepared gourmet meals delivered to client’s door nationwide, including Alaska and Hawaii. Founded in 2005, MagicKitchen.com has been revolutionizing the way busy Americans eat with hand prepared gourmet meals. MagicKitchen.com uses only top quality ingredients that are packaged, flash frozen and delivered to the customer’s doorstep. The company also actively participates in community fundraising. Information on the company is available by calling 877-51-MAGIC (877-516-2442) or visiting www.MagicKitchen.com.

Independent Living Systems Announces Distribution Agreement with MagicKitchen.com

October 8th, 2008

Independent Living Systems Announces Distribution Agreement with MagicKitchen.com

Miami, FL - (October 8, 2008) - In an exciting development in the meal delivery industry, Independent Living Systems LLC has partnered with MagicKitchen.com, a leading online retail marketer of home-style, chef-prepared gourmet meals. Previously, Independent Living Systems focused their business on selling their meals and programs exclusively to the healthcare sector. The new agreement maintains that the company will distribute their full line of healthy meals to MagicKitchen.com for sale to the public sector as well.

The meals will be added to an existing lineup of healthy, nutritious meals that Northern California based MagicKitchen.com sells online and through their call center. Since their inception in 2005, MagicKitchen.com has focused on providing healthy, nutritious meals that serve seniors still living by themselves as well as busy families struggling to find time to prepare nutritious healthy meals. “As the MagicKitchen.com customer base grew, we found that we were asked more and more frequently to offer meals to people with special diets and special needs. Our agreement with Independent Living Systems is very exciting as it opens more avenues to assist our core customer base with their meals,” says Michelle Tayler, President of MagicKitchen.com.

These new, healthy meal offerings were specifically designed by Independent Living System’s in-house nutritionists for diabetic diets, low sodium and low sugar (carbohydrate) diets, patients with congestive heart failure, and individuals who struggle to maintain a healthy diet and weight. “We have had great success with this meal program and we have a 96% plus satisfaction rating with the meals in this program,” says chairman and CEO of Independent Living Systems LLC, Nestor Plana.

Now offered through MagicKitchen.com, the meals will help individuals in need find viable meal options that are flavorful and yet still meet their dietary needs whether they are diabetic or simply looking to improve their health. “MagicKitchen.com is extremely excited by the opportunity to work with Independent Living Systems as they have an excellent product and there is huge potential for meal options just like across the US,” stated Greg Miller, CEO of MagicKitchen.com.

The meal program can be viewed via a link to MagicKitchen.com’s sister website www.DiabeticMealPrograms.com. Additional websites will be put in service to sell these products in the coming months.

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About Independent Living Systems LLC - Independent Living Systems (”ILS”), founded in 2001, is a Management Services Company focused on introducing managed care concepts to the delivery of long term care and to administering services to populations with chronic care and other special needs. ILS provides services to over 41,000 Special Needs clients and 18,000 pediatric patients in the State of Florida. As a direct result of ILS’ work with special needs patients ILS developed ILSmeals, a Nutrition and Meals Services Program for MA-PD and Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNP). This program includes nutritional assessments and diet planning with a line of meals suitable for anyone in need of a well balanced and healthy diet. ILSmeals distributes over 20,000 meals on a daily basis throughout the state of Florida and nationwide. The ILS call center is staffed with licensed nutritionists who are able to assist clients with diet and meal planning. Information on the company is available by calling 1-800-460-7176 or visiting www.ILSmeals.com.

About MagicKitchen.com - MagicKitchen.com is a rapidly growing web-based company that offers a full menu of chef prepared gourmet meals delivered to client’s door nationwide, including Alaska and Hawaii. Founded in 2005, MagicKitchen.com has been revolutionizing the way busy Americans eat with hand prepared gourmet meals. MagicKitchen.com uses only top quality ingredients that are packaged, flash frozen and delivered to the customer’s doorstep. The company also actively participates in community fundraising. Information on the company is available by calling 877-51-MAGIC (877-516-2442) or visiting www.MagicKitchen.com. The company contact is Greg Miller, CEO of MagicKitchen.com, who can be reached at Greg@MagicKitchen.com or 650-941-2260.

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Gourmet Business Solutions’ Founder honored with entrepreneurial award

October 7th, 2008

October 2008 - Ryan Montague, Founder of food management consulting and marketing firm Gourmet Business Solutions located in Clearwater Florida was recently named as a top entrepreneur in the gourmet industry under age 40 by Gourmet News.

Gourmet News, the leading gourmet industry news source, included Montague as part of their biennial feature that highlights the top young entrepreneurs making an impact in the gourmet food industry. Montague received the honor for his involvement and innovative contributions to the gourmet food industry, specifically his online platforms and services dedicated to helping small-medium food companies launch and grow a food business from ground level - even with limited human and/or capital resources.

“I am completely honored and a bit flattered to be touted as a top entrepreneur in this wonderful industry”, said Montague. “More than anything, I think this really brings light to my prediction which I have based my business model on. The gourmet food industry is making a dramatic shift to younger generations that are more technologically savvy - not only those buying gourmet food products, but those starting and managing gourmet food businesses. I look forward to many more years of being at the forefront of this demographic revolution.”

Read the article here

About Gourmet Business Solutions

Gourmet Business Solutions is a privately-held LLC based in Clearwater Beach, FL that provides management consulting and marketing services to gourmet and specialty food companies ranging from conceptual stage startups to multi-million dollar international corporations. For more information regarding Gourmet Business Solutions, contact Ryan Montague by emailing ryan@gourmetbusinesssolutions.com or calling 800.975.7068 ext. 703.

About Gourmet News

Gourmet News, owned and operated by Oser Communications, is the leading news source for the gourmet products and specialty food industry. Oser Communications Group has been a leader in trade show dailies, trade journals and periodicals. Our diverse industry involvement includes computers, restaurant and foodservice, cooking, satellite, networking, broadcasting, wireless, and consumer electronics. For more information regarding Gourmet News, contact Anna Wolfe, editor by emailing awolfe@gourmetnews.com

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Virginia-based investment firm acquires iBuyGourmet.com

October 7th, 2008

Clearwater, FL - October 2008. Virginia-based K and C Enterprises recently finalized the acquisition of rapidly-growing gourmet food shopping website, www.iBuyGourmet.com for an undisclosed amount. Company officials entered discussions in late-September and met here over the weekend to complete the negotiations and sale.iBuyGourmet.com, previously a subsidiary of food industry consulting firm Gourmet Business Solutions, will continue operations using the same iBuyGourmet.com name and identity. Customers of, and vendors currently affiliated with iBuyGourmet.com will see no changes in services previously offered.

Company officials from both parties agree that, unlike mergers and acquisitions currently taking place in the financial sector, this acquisition is mutually positive not a hostile takeover. Gourmet Business Solutions’ CEO Ryan Montague, who developed the hybrid iBuyGourmet.com model says, “With new ventures and opportunities of large scale taking precedence within our organization, we decided to re-allocate efforts and human resources in order to capture a larger market share in our core business segment - consulting and marketing services for specialty food companies. Liquidating subsidiary assets like iBuyGourmet.com not only allow us to free up human resources, but provides necessary expansion capital.”

K and C Enterprises executive Christine MacNulty stated that her firm was preparing to enter the online world of gourmet food sales and being able to acquire an existing platform such as iBuyGourmet.com allowed them to ‘hit the ground running’. MacNulty was quoted as saying, “iBuyGourmet.com’s existing product database, vendor relationships, and tremendous online presence are something that would have taken us years to build from ground level. Now we can take a quicker route to profitability and start doing what we love - working with gourmet food products - immediately.”

About Gourmet Business Solutions

Gourmet Business Solutions is a privately-held LLC based in Clearwater Beach, FL that provides management consulting and marketing services to gourmet and specialty food companies ranging from conceptual stage startups to multi-million dollar international corporations. For more information regarding Gourmet Business Solutions, contact Ryan Montague by emailing ryan@gourmetbusinesssolutions.com or calling 800.975.7068 ext. 703.

About K and C Enterprises

K and C Enterprises, LLC is a privately-held investment firm based in Arlington Virginia led by proprietors Kirk and Christine MacNulty. K and C enter the gourmet food arena with years of business experience in numerous sectors and now aims to take a full-time position in the gourmet/specialty food industry. For more information regarding K and C Enterprises and newly acquired iBuyGourmet.com, contact Christine MacNulty by emailing chris@iBuyGourmet.com or calling 703.528.3981

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