PDX Meal Prep was the result of the desire to do something better in life for Jean Gutierrez. In a short sentence, we are a family owned and operated local business, helping people eat healthy by providing them cooked, ready to go meals and delivering them to their front doors!
If you want to know more about our lives and how this became a family owned business, then check this out!
Although I was born in The Dalles, Or. I moved to Chihuahua, Mex, when I was 3 years old and pretty much grew up there until I was 15. Moved back to Oregon after my parents had divorced, so here I was starting a new life with my mom and little sister. I hated it, everything was so much different, I got into so much trouble. But after completing 2 years in community college I moved to the city of Portland. Loved it, but couldn’t figure out how to live by my own means. My mom went from teaching at a prestigious public school to working at McDonalds AND here I was, asking her for $100 dollars a week to get by. Eventually, after struggling to live in the city, my entrepreneurial self started to picture the idea of starting a business. So I went into business unsuccessfully. But really, only meant that the current failures were lessons to be used into what would be my next venture. I sat on the living room desk that day, writing out my business plan to start a food business. Next thing you know, July 12th, 2015 is here and I launch! Knowing nothing about food or having any culinary skills, I somehow sold my food online. Got so busy I had to hire 2 employees, it was then when I decided to reach out to my strong and beautiful mother. The call went kinda like “Hey Mom, I’m so busy here, I need you, don’t worry about McDonalds, I know I can pay you. Matter of fact, I’ll make you my business partner 50/50”
And the rest is history, my mom met Tim, fvckn Tim man, the coolest white dude and step dad I could ever have, plus, he had been working for McDonald's all his life. So when my mom moved, so did he, and our business grew. Enough to employ all my family, including my sister, full time and have 2 other part time employees.
Seeing the incredibly popular demand for our services, we’ve decided to franchise the concept to business-minded entrepreneurs who are ready to succeed!
Opportunity
With the popularity of meal kit delivery services increasing, PDX Meal Prep is a new, different alternative to consider. Instead of having customers spend time cooking their own meals, our concept cuts down on both shopping and cooking! We give customers the liberty to choose their dishes for the week, and all else they have to do is sit back, wait for their delivery, and enjoy!
Offering
We are currently offering a “ghost kitchen” concept that can be incorporated into already-existing businesses. Franchises are given exclusive territory of the lesser of a 3-mile radius or 30,000 people.
Training
Training for franchisees will focus on all aspects of the business, from general administrative duties to learning how to construct our menu options. Training spans 150 hours, split into classroom and on-the-job modules. Franchise owners will be required to attend all training sessions.
