Grocery Store Recipe Catalog

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Grocery Store Recipe Catalog

• Samuel Shelor

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The Problem

• People often forget what all is needed to prepare
  some of their favorite dishes.
• It would be nice to have access to recipes while
  at the grocery store.

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Why is it a Problem?

• Forgetting certain ingredients becomes a problem
  because the consumer must go out of their way to
  get things they have missed.
• Stores selling groceries can miss out on sale
  opportunities when ingredients are forgotten.

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The Customer

• Any store selling food items, particularly large
  chains.
• Grocery stores would be the primary customer for
  a system like this.

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Market Potential

• Grocery stores and supermarkets are everywhere,
  the market potential is enormous.

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Why do we care?

• If someone is not sure what they want to make,
  they can decide on something extravagant instead
  of frozen pizza.
• This system will increase sales while making the
  customer feel that they are being assisted.

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Competition

• Cell phones with internet access.
• PDAs with certain software.

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Problem Solution

• The Recipe Catalog Terminal
• A searchable catalog of recipes available to
  customers in grocery stores.

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Required Software

• Software to search the database and send results
  to the display.

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Required Hardware

• A display device
• An input device
• Storage disks

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Solution Benefits

• This solution can be provided to all people, not
  just people with capable phones or PDAs.
• Store customers will be encouraged to purchase
  more items from the stores.

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Solution Problems

• Limited access to available terminals
• Different ideas of how something should be made

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Conclusion

• This solution has positive implications to both
  the store and their customers.
• There is a market for anything that will increase
  sales for stores.