Stretch Recipes

"A few years ago, when I was in grad school, my estranged brother asked to live with me. At the time, I couldn’t afford to feed him, so he had to go on food stamps. He exhausted his entire first months budget on chips and ground beef. After I yelled at him, I quickly came to realize it wasn’t his fault. Even though we did not grow up in the same household, my parents left when I was young and I knew all too well what it was like to not know how to grocery shop, eat healthy, plan on a budget, etc. I was raised by my retired grandmother who was diabetic and had heart disease. If I was hungry, I was sent around the corner to get fast food. The learning curve from teen into adult was extremely steep…

I stepped out to build Stretch. A tool that could empower people to find recipes according to their budget and coupons according to what they are going to purchase. It is a seemingly small idea, but placed into motion, this app used daily could reduce food waste, save money & time, while connecting people to food decisions to improve health.

We spent over 2 years entering competitions in hopes of finding funding and people who would help bring this platform to life. While the lessons learned were invaluable, it did not produce our desired outcome. We did not get the funding to build the platform. However, we know that as of today, we have over 2,000 Likes from people who want this solution. To me, 2,000 lives is amazing and enough to continue.

We find ourselves following the advice of a wise man and starting at the end.

Our end vision is a world where we solve problems by providing people with the tools they need, will use, and understand in order to implement the changes necessary to protect the planet and advance humanity.

We find the easiest way to gather enough resources to effectively make this happen is to become an Insurance company. So we're starting as an agent and providing lifestyle protection so that when you're down, we step in to lift you up to keep a roof over your head & food in your belly.

As you see, we have a long road to go and look forward to partnering with you for life! It's not just an app, it's not just an insurance company, it's Stretch Recipes for life. ;-)

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