Organize your virtual kitchen drawer inside your Zumbox
We are concept testing a new feature we call the virtual Zumbox Kitchen Drawer. Every registered Zumbox user has received this Special Offer mailer that includes three tabs: Coupons, Menus, and Shopping Lists. As the feature suggests, these are things you typically keep in an actual kitchen drawer. The problem is that these drawers tend to be overrun with expired coupons, outdated menus, tools, batteries, change, keys, sunglasses, pens, and so much other stuff that they become unmanageable. Indeed, keeping these drawers organized is next to impossible. Our fully developed Kitchen Drawer feature will address this problem while adding tremendous ease and efficiency to grocery shopping, ordering food, and getting automatic discounts.
This very early concept version includes a SmartSource coupon feed that lets you search, select, and print coupons. The idea is that you can find the coupons you want for the products you need at stores nearby. Far from a finished product feature, this is meant to serve as a demonstration. And this blog post is meant to offer the full vision and big-picture view in an effort to gain feedback and insights from the Zumbox community.
By integrating coupons, menus, and shopping lists together and then associating them with your verified street address, the virtual Zumbox Kitchen Drawer can become a time- and money-saving tool for grocery shopping and ordering take-out/delivery, two of our most common tasks.
Suppose you’re in the mood for Italian food. You search for local restaurant menus in this category and find one you like (or select from your favorites), which happens to have a real-time coupon offer associated with it. You place your order through the menu itself, selecting whether you want delivery, pickup, or dine-in, and then pay for your order. The restaurant receives the order, complete with your verified street address, and sends you a confirmation. No more digging for the menu. No more repeating the order and delivery address. No more fumbling with payment options. And if you don’t know how to get there, turn-by-turn directions are just one click away. You’re saving time and saving money. The possibilities are quite compelling we think.
Next, suppose you have to do some grocery shopping. You create a new Zumbox shopping list and start to fill it out with things like peanut butter, bread, diapers, tooth paste, and bananas. If there are valid coupons available for any of these items, they will be dynamically inserted next to each item on your list. You type “tooth paste” on the list, and coupons for tooth paste appear. More than one coupon option? Select as many as you want or your preferred brand. Furthermore, local grocery stores—Vons, Albertsons, Ralphs, Whole Foods, or even the local farmers market—can offer additional incentives to shop with them. When your personalized shopping & coupon list is complete, print it out and present it to the cashier, who scans each of the coupons. Again, you’re saving time and saving money. You’re also reducing waste by printing only coupons you’ll use, and this can be eliminated through a mobile option.
The virtual Zumbox Kitchen Drawer feature will clearly be more than a Special Offer. It will be an integrated part of the Zumbox platform, complete with dedicated tools for restaurants, grocery stores, and those providing the coupons. We hope it will become an integral part of how you shop, order food, and save.
Let us know what you think about this new feature concept in the comments. You can also take a more detailed survey about the virtual Zumbox Kitchen Drawer.
