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No ideas original, I guess.

I'm working on something very similar (although it's part of a larger product) with a a couple of co-founders.

Hoping to launch this October.

Fabulous! I would actually be very surprised if no one else had already thought of this idea. I think it's all about executing well, because an opportunity certainly exists. I wish you all the best!

I have to say I have a similar idea with this and how to execute it too but I haven't started on this as I'm doing something else to start off with.

The restaurants giving out menu ingredients is quite idealistic though but possible using GroupOn-mentality (eg Everyone's doing it so I should too).

Having worked in the restaurant business for several years, this will certainly be a key problem.

I work at a fine dining establishment right now for extra money, and I can tell you no matter how many other restaurants were doing it, our head chefs would be unwilling to share ingredients.

What about just major allergens? Peanuts, soy, wheat, etc, etc? Information that would be given to anyone dining at the restaurant if they asked.

yes, they have no problem with giving out that info

Thank you.

The challenges you outlined definitely put an idea like this in a "sink or swim" scenario.

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