🍔 #3 Report: A Smart Way to Save on Eating Out - Subscription Based Dining Apps

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🍔 This week’s idea: How to eat out without paying more

If eating out feels more expensive lately, you’re not alone. Across Europe and beyond, restaurants face rising costs—staff wages, food, energy—and are forced to hike prices. The result? Fewer people dining out.

But here’s a smart workaround: subscription apps that work like restaurant clubs. You pay a small monthly fee, get exclusive discounts at many restaurants, and restaurants don’t pay anything—they simply offer deals to attract more customers.

Unlike delivery apps that take up to 30% commission, these clubs let restaurants keep costs low by passing discounts directly to you, not middlemen.

📦 Product

• You pay small monthly fee—like being member of a club.

• Restaurants give special deals—for example, 2-for-1 meals, big discounts, or free drinks.

• Restaurants don’t pay anything—they just want to get new customers.

• Everyone wins: You save money, restaurants get more people, and nobody pays extra fees.

🤔 Problem

• Prices are higher: Restaurants pay more for everything, so menu prices go up.

• People go out less: Many people say that eating out is too expensive and they are choosing to stay home more.

• Restaurants need more customers: With less people coming, restaurants need new ideas to bring people in..

🔨 Solution

• Subscription model: You pay a small fee, restaurants offer exclusive discounts.

• No commissions for restaurants: Only you pay, making it easy and affordable for restaurants to participate.

• More deals, more savings: With more restaurants willing to join, you get more options and better value.

✍️ Here are some great subscription dining apps from Europe and other countries

Tastecard - tastecard.co.uk

• Home Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧

• Founded: 2006

• What it does: Pay membership, get 2-for-1 or 50% off in many restaurants. Restaurants only give discounts, no extra fees.

• Countries where it works: United Kingdom 🇬🇧, Ireland 🇮🇪

NeoTaste - neotaste.de

• Home Country: Germany 🇩🇪

• Founded: 2019

• What it does: Pay monthly, get special offers in restaurants. Restaurants don’t pay to join.

• Countries where it works: Germany 🇩🇪, Netherlands 🇳🇱, Austria 🇦🇹, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Gourmet Society - gourmetsociety.co.uk

• Home Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧

• Founded: ~2010 (exact year not always published, but widely available since at least 2010)

• What it does: Membership gives discounts in restaurants, also for cinema and fun. Restaurants don’t pay.

• Countries where it works: United Kingdom 🇬🇧 

TasteTown - tastetown.cz

• Home Country: Czech Republic 🇨🇿

• Founded: 2023

• What it does: For a monthly fee, users get exclusive deals (like 1+1 meals or free drinks) in Prague and Brno. Restaurants don’t pay any fees—only users do.

• Countries where it works: Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Slovakia 🇸🇰 (Bratislava, expanding)

Burpple Beyond - burpple.com/beyond

• Home Country: Singapore 🇸🇬

• Founded: 2012 (Burpple), Burpple Beyond launched in 2018

• What it does: Premium membership for 1-for-1 deals at partner restaurants, cafes, and bars. Restaurants get marketing exposure, no commission.

• Countries where it works: Singapore 🇸🇬, Malaysia 🇲🇾

• Link: 

EatClub - eatclub.com.au

• Home Country: Australia 🇦🇺

• Founded: 2013

• What it does: Last-minute deals in restaurants. Not only subscription, but very popular for restaurant deals.

• Countries where it works: Australia 🇦🇺

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🌍 A business model that works

This type of app is already running in the UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Singapore... and it works. People love saving money on eating out, and restaurants love getting more customers. It's a simple win-win. Why not try something like this in your own or other city?

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