Sophie Gilliatt and Katherine Westwood founded The Dinner Ladies, an online meal delivery service, to bring nutritious, home-cooked frozen meals to busy families. What started in their kitchen grew quickly, and they realized they needed a powerful technology solution to keep up. Supported by Apple’s ecosystem of products, they went from cooking 20 meals per week to over 90,000.
As we grew, the biggest problem was communication around consistency and product quality. That’s where Apple technology supports our business — we couldn’t have scaled without it.
Katherine Westwood, Cofounder, The Dinner Ladies
Gilliatt and Westwood love using Apple technology in their personal lives. In their business, Apple products help The Dinner Ladies run efficiently, safely, and economically. As orders grew through the pandemic, Apple devices enabled Gilliatt and Westwood to manage day-to-day tasks remotely. They log recipes and plan menus on Mac, create employee rosters on iPad, and use iPhone to track deliveries — saving time and money.
Employees also find Apple’s intuitive, user-friendly platform simple for sharing data with team members and communicating with vendors. And Apple devices can sync with third-party apps and products, so staff can easily monitor food storage temperatures remotely, ensure quality control on iPad, and optimize delivery routes on iPhone.
When technology just works — and we’ve found that to be the case with all of our Apple devices — it just makes us so much more efficient.
Katherine Westwood, Cofounder, The Dinner Ladies
Apple products help The Dinner Ladies streamline operations from stove top to send-off. Their prepared food has skyrocketed in popularity, bringing busy families together by giving them more quality time at the dinner table. And the reliability of Apple technology frees up time so these talented cofounders can focus on creating innovative and nutritious recipes, which remains the heart and soul of their business.
