Friday, June 27, 2008

What's at the Grocercy Store?

At Zeer you can find out what's in your groceries before you get to the store. This eliminates the need to squint at the tiny print on the box while blocking the aisle. I especially hate doing that when it's the frozen aisle.

Let's skip to the best part...
I love the advanced search. It looks especially helpful if you are starting on a new type of diet. For example, if you have allergies you can search for products that are egg free, gluten free, peanut free, etc.. You could also look for sodium free, fat free, or sugar free products.

More details...
It looks like they have downloaded a large database of groceries to their site. A search on butter gives me over 2,700 results and most of them have no reviews or recommendations attached to them. So if you're inclined you could make quite a name for yourself on this site.

They have the all standard features like uploading a photo, creating a profile, connecting with friends, and joining groups.

I wish they had...
I'm thinking a recipe section would be a nice complement to this site.

2 comments:

Shannon B. said...

Thanks for talking about us on your blog! It's awesome that you mentioned recipes. That is certainly something we're interested in, too! It's hard to find a site where you can get recipes + actual products that would go great with those recipes. (Or show what you can substitute if you're vegan or have an allergy, for example)

Thanks for sharing us. Let me know if there is any other feedback you'd like to give. My email is linked to my blogger account! :D

Shannon B.
Community Manager
Zeer.com

Ann Kucera said...

Hi Shannon,

I'm envisioning a button (link) next to the product that says:
- add a recipe that uses this item

Maybe another link could show how many recipes have been submitted that include that product.

If you had the ability to comment on the recipies, people could offer substitutions for no salt, no sugar, vegan, etc..