{"id":10791,"date":"2024-07-30T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/?post_type=cpt_success_str&#038;p=10791"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:32:24","slug":"marley-spoon-uses-spree-commerce-for-its-cook-at-home-meal-kit-subscription-service","status":"publish","type":"cpt_success_str","link":"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/success-stories\/marley-spoon-uses-spree-commerce-for-its-cook-at-home-meal-kit-subscription-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Marley Spoon uses Spree Commerce for its cook-at-home meal kit subscription service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing fresh food to your doorstep<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPREE SUCCESS STORY<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marleyspoon.com\/\">Marley Spoon<\/a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;cook-at-home food delivery startup founded by&nbsp;ex-Delivery Hero chief executive Fabian Siegel and Till Neatby. The company is based in Berlin and has operations in Europe, the US and Australia. The company raised more than $90 million since its launch in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2016, Marley Spoon partnered with&nbsp;<strong>Martha Stewart<\/strong>&nbsp;and Sequential Brands Group, Inc. to launch Martha &amp; Marley Spoon, a meal kit delivery service featuring Martha Stewart\u2019s award-winning recipes and smart cooking techniques.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers have the ability to choose recipes for two to four people from a new menu each week. Marley Spoon\u2019s global mission is to bring delightful, market-fresh and easy cooking back to the people while building a sustainable supply chain for a waste-free world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slowly but steadily transforming the way we eat, the global foodtech industry is expected to be worth $250 billion by 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meal kit subscription service<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Marley Spoon sends recipes and pre-portioned seasonal ingredients in one convenient box, making it easy to cook a delicious dinner at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/multi-region-ecommerce\/\"><strong>International Sales<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it was founded in 2014, Marley Spoon has expanded to seven countries on three continents; Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia and the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Subscriptions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>One of the early and most significant challenges we faced was figuring out the best model for our customers. Marley Spoon started with a shopping basket model, however we found that although customers loved the product, they were more inclined to use it for special occasions than as a regular dinnertime solution. The result of this: the business did not grow. We had to rethink our strategy, and moved to a subscription model. Crucially though, we wanted to create a subscription that was flexible and would fit into our customers lives, fulfilling the promise of convenience. This model worked much better, as it targeted customers that were looking for a more regular solution to their problem, instead of just a short-term one. Marley Spoon became a weeknight cooking solution for customers across the globe.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zrzut-ekranu-2020-03-11-o-12.51.31.png\" alt=\"Marley Spoon and Spree Commerce Success Story\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marley Spoon and Spree Commerce<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Designing a perfect onboarding flow for newly subscribed users which&nbsp;guides and helps the user from the first interaction to the successful completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Signing up with Marley Spoon is pretty straightforward and can be completed in 5 simple steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Select a plan: how many meals you want to cook each week, and for how many people. Here you can opt for a vegetarian box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Set location: you enter your zip code and email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) Delivery details: choose where and when you want to receive the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) Payment method: pay with Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, or American Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) Choose meals: decide what you want to eat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tech Stack:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ruby on Rails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GraphQL APIs are built with Ruby on Rails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ReactJS with Next.js<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PostgreSQL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Event-architecture built with Kafka and custom Ruby-based tooling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CI\/CD pipeline with Codeship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terraform and Ansible to manage our infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kubernetes cluster running on AWS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Integrations:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/integrations\/stripe-integration-with-spree\/\">Stripe<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/integrations\/rollbar-integration-with-spree\/\">Rollbar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/integrations\/google-analytics-integration-with-spree\/\">Google Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/integrations\/google-tag-manager-integration-with-spree\/\">Google Tag Manager<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/integrations\/facebook-pixel-integration-with-spree\/\">Facebook Pixel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10793\" src=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174712549.png 1710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10794\" src=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spreecommerce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/obraz_2024-07-30_174718786.png 1710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusions:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPREE SUCCESS STORY<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Marley Spoon simplifies weeknight cooking and helps busy people skip the supermarket. The company delivers top quality fresh ingredients, in the exact quantities required, with chef-designed easy-to-cook recipes, to thousands of households across the globe. The cook-at-home meal kit subscription service can be ordered easily in just 5 steps on the brand\u2019s website. Seamless experience and interface is what makes the company\u2019s Spree Commerce website stand out when it comes to ordering and managing the subscription.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marley Spoon\u00a0is a\u00a0cook-at-home food delivery startup founded by\u00a0ex-Delivery Hero chief executive Fabian Siegel and Till Neatby. The company is based in Berlin and has operations in Europe, the US and Australia. 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