Munchery

by Munchery

2010 – 2019 GONE FOREVER

Gone since January 2019. Its meals were never frozen; it's filed here with other heat-and-eat delivery services. A recipes-only website using the Munchery name appeared in 2020 — it delivers nothing.

Last verified Nov 8, 2026

San Francisco's chef-made dinner delivery cooked meals in its own kitchens and brought them chilled, ready to reheat, inside a one-hour evening window. It raised about $125 million and expanded to Seattle, Los Angeles and New York.

🧾 One more thingWhen it shut down abruptly in January 2019, Munchery left about $6 million owed to some 230 vendors, according to its bankruptcy papers — many of them small local businesses.

Filed under: Frozen & Dairy · the ’00s & later

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📅 Timeline

2010Tri Tran and Conrad Chu founded Munchery in San Francisco.
2015It raised an $85 million funding round.
2018It pulled out of Seattle, Los Angeles and New York.
2019Munchery shut down on January 21; its March bankruptcy filing listed about $6 million owed to around 230 vendors.
2020A new owner relaunched munchery.com in October as a recipe website only.

❓ People also ask

Why did Munchery shut down?

It ran out of money after expanding beyond San Francisco and then retreating, closing abruptly in January 2019.

Is Munchery coming back?

No meal service has returned. The 2020 munchery.com relaunch publishes recipes only.

🧾 Sources

Axios, Meal delivery startup Munchery shuts down (2019)
Marketplace, Food delivery startup Munchery folds, leaving small businesses on the hook (2019)
Wikipedia, Munchery (2026)

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