The receipt scan feels like the important starting point here.
Most food-waste tools ask people to manually maintain an inventory, which becomes another chore. If the grocery receipt can create that inventory almost automatically, the alerts and recipe suggestions have a much better chance of becoming useful without requiring a new habit first.
Thanks for the positive comment. I also installed image recognition adds. If you just bought a single item, you can just snap a pic and it will use image recognition to identify and log your item into your inventory. I think my favorite is the leftover lab. My family meals always end up with stuff leftover. This feature will give you creative ways to incorporate them into your next day's meal planning so you don't need to toss it.
The Leftover Lab is interesting because it solves a slightly different moment than inventory tracking.
Have you seen any signal yet about which part people actually come back for—the tracking itself, expiry reminders, or figuring out what to do with food they already have?
Honestly, I haven't done anything like this before so I'm not sure how to get all the analytics, or understand the details. I had a meet a couple weeks ago with two guys from Emergent and they said I had over 100,000 requests in the first month after being published, which sounds like a good thing. That's why I'm looking to bring a partner onboard that can capitalize on what seems to be a promising start.
That's helpful context. The gap between seeing activity and knowing what that activity actually proves is probably the part that caught my attention most.
I'd be interested in continuing the conversation by email if you're open to it. What's the best email to reach you on?
No problem — Indie Hackers does that with newer accounts.
You can reach me at hello@beryxa.com. Send me a note there and I'll keep an eye out for it.
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After a 90% vision loss from glaucoma forced me away from working as a professional chef, I turned my culinary experience towards tech. Grub Guardian combines AI with kitchen intelligence to stop food waste proactively.
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The receipt scan feels like the important starting point here.
Most food-waste tools ask people to manually maintain an inventory, which becomes another chore. If the grocery receipt can create that inventory almost automatically, the alerts and recipe suggestions have a much better chance of becoming useful without requiring a new habit first.
Thanks for the positive comment. I also installed image recognition adds. If you just bought a single item, you can just snap a pic and it will use image recognition to identify and log your item into your inventory. I think my favorite is the leftover lab. My family meals always end up with stuff leftover. This feature will give you creative ways to incorporate them into your next day's meal planning so you don't need to toss it.
The Leftover Lab is interesting because it solves a slightly different moment than inventory tracking.
Have you seen any signal yet about which part people actually come back for—the tracking itself, expiry reminders, or figuring out what to do with food they already have?
Honestly, I haven't done anything like this before so I'm not sure how to get all the analytics, or understand the details. I had a meet a couple weeks ago with two guys from Emergent and they said I had over 100,000 requests in the first month after being published, which sounds like a good thing. That's why I'm looking to bring a partner onboard that can capitalize on what seems to be a promising start.
That's helpful context. The gap between seeing activity and knowing what that activity actually proves is probably the part that caught my attention most.
I'd be interested in continuing the conversation by email if you're open to it. What's the best email to reach you on?
When I put my email address in the reply it tells me I'm not allowed to post links yet
No problem — Indie Hackers does that with newer accounts.
You can reach me at hello@beryxa.com. Send me a note there and I'll keep an eye out for it.