HUNGRY

What HUNGRY does

HUNGRY (legal entity Hungry Marketplace, Inc.) is a workplace food-tech platform founded in 2016 and headquartered at 4420 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia. The company operates a proprietary marketplace connecting corporate offices with vetted local chefs and restaurants for office catering, individually-boxed group meal delivery, corporate events, and office pantry/snack replenishment, supported by an in-house last-mile logistics network. The platform serves 1,000+ corporate clients across 24 U.S. cities and 10+ Canadian markets (post-February 2026 hungerhub merger), with named customers spanning healthcare (Humana), nonprofit (Save the Redwoods League), and corporate events (CIM, Bisnow). Operational product surfaces include HUNGRY GO Group Order (admin dashboards, flexible employer subsidies), Live Events (chef talent and in-house event staff), and HUNGRY Snacks & Pantry (powered by the acquired Garten platform).

The business model is a hybrid of transaction-based and recurring revenue: catering and events are priced per-event with quote-based enterprise contracts, while Group Order and Snacks & Pantry function as recurring/subscription-like programs. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales (account managers paired with corporate clients), a self-serve online marketplace and mobile app, and a gig-economy layer of catering captains and drivers. HUNGRY has expanded aggressively through M&A — LocalStove (2018), Ripe (2020), NatureBox (2022), Garten (2025), hungerhub (2026), and 6AM Health (2026) — building a multi-vertical workplace food ecosystem with reported combined annual revenue exceeding $110M post-merger, a $200M+ valuation at Series C, and ~$59-62M in disclosed funding to date. Social mission (one meal donated per two purchased via Feeding America; 3.7M+ meals donated; 5,318 mangrove trees planted) is embedded in the value proposition as a corporate ESG differentiator.

Name

HUNGRY

Legal name

Hungry Marketplace, Inc.

Website

https://tryhungry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

HUNGRY is a workplace food-tech platform connecting 1,000+ corporate clients in 24+ U.S. cities and 10+ Canadian markets with vetted local chefs and restaurants for catering, group meal delivery, corporate events, and office pantry/snack programs, generating $110M+ in combined annual revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workplace Food / Corporate Catering Platform

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (72231), Special Food Services (7223), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate/Office Catering & Group Ordering Platforms (CRAFAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Catering & Office Food Programs (HSACAGAC), Restaurant Meal Delivery Platforms & Aggregators (AFAIAMAA), Restaurant Meal & Prepared Food Delivery (CRAFAFAB)

Keywords

• Corporate catering platform
• Workplace food solutions
• Office meal delivery
• Group meal ordering
• Office pantry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Office Catering: Full-service and drop-off catering for corporate offices. Services include menu curation, delivery, set-up and breakdown. Revenue generated per event/transaction with options for drop-off, elevated catering, or full staff-and-serve service levels.
2. Group Order Program: Individually boxed meal delivery service for organizations. Employees pre-order meals up to a week in advance. Employers can offer flexible subsidies for sponsored programs.
3. Live Events: Corporate event catering and execution services including cocktail receptions, plated dinners, and themed celebrations. Professional event planning and in-house event staff provided.
4. Snacks & Pantry: Office kitchen stocking with premium snacks, beverages, coffee services, and fresh grab-and-go meals. Includes snack box gifting for remote employees and pantry replenishment services.
5. Last Mile Logistics: Last-mile delivery services for workplace food solutions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

HUNGRY operates a workplace food marketplace platform connecting corporate offices with a vetted network of local chefs and restaurants for catering, group meal delivery, live corporate events, and office pantry/snack replenishment. The platform serves over 1,000 corporate clients across 19+ North American cities, providing full-service and drop-off catering, scalable individual meal preordering with admin management, event execution, and stocked office kitchens powered by its garten technology.

Product overview

HUNGRY is a unified workplace food platform operating as a modular offering across North America. The core platform comprises Office Catering (full-service catering with Drop Off, Elevated, and Staffed options), HUNGRY GO Group Order (scalable individual meal preordering with admin management), Live Events (corporate event execution with chef talent), and Snacks & Pantry (office kitchen replenishment powered by garten). The platform connects corporate offices in 19 cities with local chefs and restaurants, supported by Last Mile Logistics. The portfolio has been expanded through acquisitions including NatureBox (healthy snacks, 2022), hungerhub (Canadian operations, 2026), and 6AM Health (fresh food fridges, 2026).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HUNGRY GO (Group Order): Scalable individual meal delivery program for organizations, allowing employees to pre-order meals from top local chefs and restaurants up to a week in advance.
• HUNGRY Snacks & Pantry
• HUNGRY Last Mile Logistics
• HUNGRY Live Events

Products and services

• Office Catering Full-service corporate catering solution handling menu curation, meal preparation by local chefs and restaurants, delivery, setup, and cleanup. Offers Drop Off, Elevated, and Staff and Serve service levels with 99% on-time delivery rate. Targeted at corporate offices and enterprise clients.
• HUNGRY GO (Group Order) Scalable meal preordering and delivery platform enabling individual meal orders for organizations. Features admin dashboard for employee access management, guest link generation, billing organization, and flexible employer subsidies. Employees can pre-order meals up to a week in advance; 5 million meals served and 8,000 HUNGRY offices fed.
• Live Events Corporate and tenant event catering service featuring five-star hospitality team, in-house event staff and chef talent, customizable menus including vegan and gluten-free options, event planning from venue selection to decor, and execution for events from intimate gatherings to grand celebrations.
• Snacks & Pantry Office pantry replenishment service stocking premium better-for-you snacks, beverages, coffee services, and grab-and-go meals. Powered by garten technology platform with analytics dashboards for consumption trends and employee preferences, serving 2.5M happy customers with over 53M snacks delivered.
• Last Mile Logistics Last-mile delivery logistics service supporting HUNGRY platform's food delivery operations.
• HUNGRY Platform (Cross-Border Workplace Dining) Unified cross-border workplace food platform connecting corporate offices across the U.S. and Canada with local chefs and restaurants following the hungerhub merger. Serves over 1,000 corporate clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% on-time delivery rate for catering
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• 6AM HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2026Acquisition expanding HUNGRY's workplace food platform into Boston. Adds over 250 fresh food fridges and serves 30,000 employees daily, enhancing HUNGRY's presence in the Boston market with over 1 million office workers.
• hungerhubflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Cross-border merger creating combined entity with over $110 million in annual revenue. hungerhub, Canada's leading office-meal delivery provider, continues operations in Canada while integrating into HUNGRY's platform. Deal expands HUNGRY's operations to 24 U.S. cities and 10+ Canadian markets.
• NatureBoxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2022Acquisition of healthy snack foods company that served over 3.5 million consumers and thousands of corporate clients. Expected to contribute at least 20% to HUNGRY's 2022 revenue and help double sales in 2023.
• Feeding AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational hunger-relief partnership. For every two meals purchased by clients, HUNGRY donates one meal to individuals and families facing food insecurity through Feeding America.
• Click-a-treeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental sustainability partnership for carbon offset programs. HUNGRY has funded 2,000 mangrove trees for 'HUNGRY Forest' to offset catering emissions.
• LocalStovecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquired in 2018 - a Wharton startup that helped HUNGRY expand into the Philadelphia market.
• GartencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology powering HUNGRY Snacks & Pantry service. Garten provides the operational infrastructure for office kitchen stocking and snack delivery programs.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Ritual: A workplace meal ordering app focused on enabling group lunch orders from local restaurants. Comparable to HUNGRY GO's group order functionality with overlapping target customers.

Direct peers

• ezCater: The largest dedicated corporate catering marketplace in the US, connecting businesses with local restaurants for office catering. HUNGRY competes directly with ezCater for enterprise catering accounts across overlapping US cities.
• Fooda: A workplace food platform offering pop-up restaurants, catering, and ongoing cafeteria programs to corporate offices. Directly comparable to HUNGRY in serving corporate food programs with rotating local restaurant concepts.
• CaterTrax: A corporate catering management platform connecting businesses with restaurant caterers, similar to HUNGRY's marketplace model for office catering procurement.
• ZeroCater: A workplace food solutions company offering catered meals, snacks, and pantry services to corporate clients. Direct competitor to HUNGRY's full-service workplace food platform offering.

Broad incumbents

• DoorDash for Work: The corporate catering and meal programs arm of DoorDash, leveraging DoorDash's massive logistics network to serve workplace food orders. A broad incumbent that competes with HUNGRY on group ordering and catering fulfillment.
• Grubhub Corporate: The corporate meal programs arm of Grubhub, offering group ordering and catering for workplaces. A broad incumbent that competes in workplace meal delivery.

Regional players

• Maple: A Canadian meal delivery service (now pivoted to virtual care). Comparable to hungerhub's pre-merger Canadian presence; relevant as a regional peer in HUNGRY's newly expanded Canadian market.
• Feedr: A UK-based corporate catering platform connecting offices with local independent restaurants. Comparable business model to HUNGRY's chef/restaurant marketplace, though operating in a different geography.

Others

• Garten (acquired by HUNGRY): Office kitchen and pantry management platform now powering HUNGRY's snacks and pantry business post-2025 acquisition. Listed for context as a now-internal platform that previously competed in the office pantry space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tryhungry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tryhungry
• Instagraminstagram.com/tryhungry/?hl=en
• Xx.com/tryhungry

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors26 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A6 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about HUNGRY