I would actually use this. I'd love you if you suggested recipes based on what's on sale nearby.<p>Nit: you're not available in my area (27605), and you made me enter my email to find that out. If this wasn't a YC company I was curious about, I would have bounced.
Pretty interesting. I would definitely use this if it was in my market. I don't bother using circulars given the hassle of searching, comparing, and clipping. I'm also not a fan of how much they contribute to the junk mail epidemic we have.<p>There's a lot of interesting data to be consumed here if you can collect it from the various chains and regions. Good luck!
I just signed up and was bombarded with Chef Boyardee, Kraft Mac/Cheese, Oscar Mayer injected/processed meats, etc.<p>I'm a price-sensitive Whole Foods and Trader Joe's shopper in Palo Alto/Mountain view and would love to have great sale notifications from these locations.<p>Also, most of my friends are the same way. Food at these locations is expensive and we aren't super wealthy so pricing is really painful sometimes.<p>Either way, great job. I love the site/app/idea and this space is ready for an idea like yours. Cheers!
I feel like there is a big opportunity for a mobile grocery shopping app. I don't want something to help me make a grocery list, I want something to hold and geek out with while I'm shopping to make informed decisions.<p>Often I visit the farmers market and I haven't a clue what a good deal produce is. No fliers involved. I want plots of average prices in the correct units. Are the prices lower than average for this season? I want to know how to pick good/ripe produce.<p>AnyLeaf looks like a good step in that direction...
I'm not interested in getting an email of what's on sale any more than I am in getting the paper circulars. I shop when I need food and when I have time, and I make price/product decisions on the spot in the store. Thumbing through circulars and clipping coupons is not how I want to spend my time. At all.<p>However if services like this do lead to the end of the junk-mail weekly circulars, I will be happy about that at least.
I love this! CouponMom is a nightmare (especially on mobile) but has great data so I slog through it. Anything would be better, but this looks <i>excellent</i>.<p>I always wonder where to go for my next fix of Diet Coke 12-packs, so I can't wait for AnyLeaf to come to LA.
This is pretty neat, and I'd definitely use this once it expanded to cover the stores I visit (WF, TJ's, Target) and a broader range of items. The one pitfall for the current market is that stores that don't run circulars or stores for which the circulars are harder to scrape are important but harder to get at.<p>For example, Whole Foods and TJ's are substantial players in the Bay Area market as well as discount stores like Target where there's a mix of the everyday low price model and sales on loss leaders. What are your plans to tackle stores like those?<p>Overall, this is a good start, and I look forward to seeing this fleshed out more.
It is a nice idea with a large potential. A challenge that comes to mind is that right now the older folks cut coupons etc. And the younger ones surf for deals on the internet. There is an overlap in the two sets but it is small.<p>One suggestion would be to pick a city/area where more people are into coupons and circulars and start from there. I feel that places where old peeps hang out (Florida) as opposed to Sunnyvale? might be better hunting grounds.<p>Sounds promising though!
Is scraping data from the stores' site legal? Even if it is, is it a viable approach?<p>Edit:
Is there a way you could work with the stores to get the deals directly?