Local Health Market

What Local Health Market does

Local Health Market is a San Antonio-based meal preparation and healthy food delivery company founded in 2016 by Jason Treat. The company operates as a privately held, family-owned business with co-owner Sarah Treat, a certified nutritionist holding a Master's degree in Nutrition Science. The business combines a single physical retail location with a subscription and on-demand delivery model, serving health-conscious consumers across approximately 12 zip codes in the San Antonio area.

The company offers a diversified product portfolio spanning prepared meals, smoothies, supplements, baked goods, and catering services, alongside nutrition coaching. Pricing for individual menu items ranges from approximately $2.69 to $59.99, with subscription options providing a 10% savings incentive intended to convert one-time buyers into recurring customers. The technology stack is operated through third-party vendor partnerships — notably Wise Digital Partners for website development and digital ordering — rather than proprietary in-house platforms, and the company holds no disclosed patents or technology assets.

The business primarily serves individual consumers through direct purchase, delivery, and subscription channels, with supplemental catering for small business clients. A notable commercial relationship exists with Empower Wellness (also referenced as Empower Holistic Nutrition), Sarah Treat's separate nutrition practice, which forms an integrated referral ecosystem between nutrition coaching and meal delivery services. The company has remained privately held since founding with no disclosed external funding rounds, indicating an internally financed, lifestyle-scale operation rather than a venture-backed growth entity.

Name

Local Health Market

Legal name

Local Health Market

Website

https://localhealthmarket.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Local Health Market is a San Antonio-based meal prep and healthy food delivery company founded in 2016, serving health-conscious consumers across 12 zip codes via retail, delivery, and subscription channels with prepared meals, supplements, and nutrition coaching.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthy Meal Prep & Food Retail

NAICS

Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529), All Other Specialty Food Retailers (445298), Caterers (722320), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepared Meal Subscriptions (Chef-Prepared, Recurring) (CRAHAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special-Diet & Functional Prepared Meals (Keto, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Medical) (CRAHAJAG), Cold Prepared Foods & Meal Components (Sides, Proteins, Family Meals) (CRAHAKAC), Specialty & Dietary Catering (Vegan, Kosher, Halal, Allergy-Friendly) (HSACAGAH)

Keywords

• Healthy meal prep
• Meal delivery service
• Prepared meals retail
• Clean label food
• Nutrition coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Prepared Meals Sales: Individual prepared meals sold through delivery, pickup, and in-store channels. Meals are fully cooked and ready to heat and eat.
2. Subscription Meal Plans: Weekly recurring subscription orders for meal delivery or pickup with 10% subscriber discount. Minimum 2 orders before cancellation.
3. In-Store Retail: In-store sales of prepared meals, smoothies, supplements, and baked goods through physical retail location.
4. Catering Services: Catering services for events and groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Local Health Market sells chef-designed, fully cooked, clean-label prepared meals (gluten-free, non-GMO, seed oil-free, zero preservatives or added sugar) through a weekly subscription meal delivery service (Sunday delivery or in-store pickup) to San Antonio customers. The company also operates a physical retail store selling prepared meals, made-to-order smoothies, professional-grade supplements, and gluten-free baked goods, and offers catering services.

Product overview

Local Health Market is a San Antonio-based meal prep and healthy food delivery business offering a integrated portfolio of products and services centered on nutritious eating. The core offerings include a subscription-based Meal Delivery Service featuring chef-designed, fully-cooked meals that are gluten-free, non-GMO, seed oil-free with no preservatives or added sugar; an In-Store section providing Prepared Meals, Smoothies (10 signature flavors), Professional-Grade Supplements, and Baked Goods; and add-on services including Catering and Nutrition Coaching through partner Empower Wellness. Product bundles such as the Weight Loss Box (5-day meal and snack program), customer-choice 5-meal bundles, and top-seller sample packs provide flexible purchasing options. The company was founded in 2016 and is owned by Jason Treat (store manager) and Sarah Treat (certified nutritionist).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Meal Delivery Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Subscribe to weekly pickups or Sunday deliveries

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Empower Wellness / Empower Holistic NutritioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSarah Treat, co-owner of Local Health Market and certified nutritionist, founded Empower Wellness/Empower Holistic Nutrition offering holistic nutrition guidance. The two businesses work together providing coordinated meal delivery and personalized nutrition coaching services to shared customers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sunbasket: Meal kit and prepared meal delivery service with a strong specialty-diet and organic positioning. Comparable product taxonomy (prepared meals, clean-label, specialty diet options) and direct-to-consumer subscription model.
• CookUnity: Chef-crafted prepared meal subscription service delivering nationwide. Overlaps with Local Health Market on chef-designed, ready-to-heat meals and weekly subscription delivery, with a similar premium positioning vs. commodity meal kits.
• Territory Foods: Chef-prepared, nutritionist-influenced meal delivery service with weekly subscriptions. Comparable on clean-label, chef-designed meals and health-conscious positioning, though operating at a much larger regional footprint.
• Freshly: Nationwide prepared-meal delivery brand (owned by Nestle) shipping fully cooked, single-serve meals. Comparable on 'heat and eat' convenience, weekly subscription, and health-oriented positioning, but at materially larger scale.
• Snap Kitchen: Texas-born prepared-meal retailer and delivery brand offering chef-designed, ready-to-heat meals focused on healthy eating. Closely comparable in product format (prepared meals, multiple SKUs, local delivery subscription) and geography (Texas HQ) to Local Health Market.
• MyFitFoods: Texas-based meal prep company (Houston) with retail storefronts and meal delivery programs targeting fitness and health-conscious consumers. Model (portion-controlled prepared meals, subscription-style plans, multi-channel retail + delivery) is highly comparable to Local Health Market's.
• Factor: National chef-prepared meal delivery brand owned by HelloFresh. Comparable product (fully cooked, health-forward meals, weekly subscriptions) and customer overlap (busy professionals, fitness consumers) but with vastly greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Trifecta: Organic, prepared meal delivery service emphasizing clean ingredients, high protein, and specialty diets (keto, paleo, vegan). Strong overlap with Local Health Market's gluten-free, non-GMO, seed oil-free positioning and fitness-focused customer base.

Broad incumbents

• HelloFresh: Largest meal kit subscription operator in the US, with a broader recipe-kit model rather than fully-prepared meals. Comparable as a dominant D2C healthy-meal subscription incumbent shaping category expectations around delivery and pricing.

Emerging players

• Clean Juice: Franchised organic juice and food bar chain offering smoothies, bowls, and clean-label grab-and-go items. Comparable on clean-label, gluten-free, organic positioning and on the brick-and-mortar retail format Local Health Market uses alongside delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/localhealthmarket
• Instagraminstagram.com/localhealthmarket
• Xx.com/LocalHMSA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-health-market

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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