Super Suppers

Super Suppers is a US food preparation franchise operation based in Fort Worth, Texas. It specializes in providing space for families to prepare meals ahead of time for freezing and cooking at home. Franchises exist in 38 US states.

The concept of Super Suppers is to give busy families the opportunity to prepare home-cooked meals ahead of time. Each month a twelve-item menu is made available throughout the chain. Clients may choose public or private session to prepare these meals, with recipes and all required ingredients provided. The standard session provides all twelve meals from that month's menu for around US$200. Each meal serves six, and the firm's official website suggests a typical cost of US$3 to $3.50 per serving.

The website further describes its founder Judie Byrd as having "created Super Suppers to meet the demanding needs of busy parents who want to create quality family time around the dinner table - but don't have the extra time and energy to pull it off." Byrd has authored several family-meal-oriented cookbooks.

Stores also offer alternatives including grab-and-go of pre-assembled meal preparations, call-ahead-curbside pickup of store-assembled meal preps, and a fundraising-sales program.

A Super Suppers franchise in Cumming, Georgia, was profiled by the Food Network show "Recipe for Success".

Controversy

A Forbes Magazine article dated March 8, 2008, describing Super Suppers as the second-largest franchisor in the meal assembly franchise business with 165 units, traced the industry's rapid expansion followed by a precipitous rate of store closings ("...large chains (with more than 100 stores) have shuttered 11% of their stores...") and accompanying franchisee disappointment.

imilar Businesses

In alphabetical order

*At Home Dinners, a similar company offering, meal assembly and assembled entree's per customer's likes and dislikes. Fresh ingredients and homemade sauces are their specialty. Based in Plano and Frisco, Texas.

*Dinner My Way, same concept, but customers can select which meals you want, instead of all the menu items. Minimum of 3 meals that serve 4-6 people.

*Dinners Ready, another meal assembly kitchen with locations throughout the United States.

*Dream Dinners, the originator of the meal assembly franchise concept.

*Entrée Vous. A meal assembly kitchen that uses fresh herbs, chops fresh vegetables and offers 14 family sized entrees every month.

*Entrees Made Easy, a meal assembly kitchen that utilizes a full-commercial kitchen to make everything in the store from scratch rather than a from a can. Also a franchise with local ownership.

*Let's Eat, a gourmet meal preparation kitchen.

*My Girlfriend's Kitchen is a leading meal prep company with locations across the country that are franchises owned by local owners.

*SupperThyme USA. Locations throughout the United States with local owners. Also serves health foods and kids food.

*Super Suppers, another company with a similar concept.

*The Easy Entree. Locally owned and independently operated in Bellingham, Washington.

*The Secret Chef, A locally owned (Doylestown, PA) Meal Assembly Company that specializes in fresh food (organic choices available).

External links

* [http://supersuppers.com Super Suppers] Official Website.

* [http://www.mealassembly.net mealassembly.net] directory of all meal assembly kitchens worldwide

* [http://mealassemblywatch.com] self-described community resource for meal assembly store owners

Competitor Links

* [http://www.athomedinners.com/ At Home Dinners] Official Website.

* [http://www.dinnermyway.com Dinner My Way] Official Website.

* [http://www.dinnersready.com Dinners Ready] Official Website.

* [http://www.dreamdinners.com Dream Dinners] Official Website.

* [http://www.entreevous.com Entree Vous] Official Website.

* [http://www.entreesmadeeasy.com Entrees Made Easy] Official Website.

* [http://www.letsdish.com Let's Dish!] Official Website.

* [http://www.mygirlfriendskitchen.com My Girlfriend's Kitchen] Official Website.

* [http://www.SupperThymeUSA.com SupperThyme USA] Official Website

* [http://www.TheEasyEntree.com The Easy Entree] Official Website.

* [http://www.thesecretchef.com/ The Secret Chef of Doylestown, PA] Official Website.