---
title: "Business Model Canvas – Food"
url: "https://lumosbusiness.com/analyses/business-model-canvas-food/"
date_published: "2019-05-06T15:27:00"
date_modified: "2024-03-12T19:34:03"
domain: "Food, grocery, logistics & housing"
format: "canvas"
author: "Joel Finningley"
source: "https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-canvas-food/"
---

# Business Model Canvas – Food

## Key claims

- The ‘Food Business Model’ has experienced many changes in the years past.
- Inflation had led to margin pressure, and changing consumer preferences have shifted demand.
- Alex Osterwalder et al invented the Business Model Canvas to help individuals and organizations conceptualize how to analyze, create, and develop business models.

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> “The food industry is ripe for a revolution. And while many companies have helped jumpstart the **#realfood** revolution by bringing in organic, there are few examples of food companies using business model innovation to spark scalable change. That’s why in this blog we are going to look at how BMi can be used to go beyond organic and reinvent our entire food chain. ”
> 
> Original LFB Blog – 2013

# Food Business Model

The ‘Food Business Model’ has experienced many changes in the years past. Inflation had led to margin pressure, and changing consumer preferences have shifted demand.

Here are some relevant trends around the food business model into 2024:

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-   [Can Ghost Kitchens be Resurrected?](https://foodinstitute.com/focus/can-ghost-kitchens-be-resurrected/ "Can Ghost Kitchens be Resurrected?")

**“The next generation of ghost kitchens will be in highly visible environments making pickup and delivery convenient from a location that customers pass by every day.”**

*\*Additional Context – [Ghost Kitchen BMi](https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-innovation-ghost-kitchens/ "Business Model Innovation – Ghost Kitchens")*

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-   [Do We Have to Subscribe to Restaurants Too?](https://www.eater.com/23707322/restaurant-trend-subscription-membership-why-sign-up "Do We Have to Subscribe to Restaurants Too?")

**“The subscription is a way to curate the things in your life that you enjoy. I think it’s something we’re going to see a lot more of going forward.”**

*\*Additional Context – [Restaurant 2.0](https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-canvas-restaurant-2-0/ "Business Model Canvas – Restaurant 2.0")*

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-   Are Food Delivery Apps pushing the limits with fees? [The Year Food Delivery Prices Went Insane](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/food-delivery-apps-like-doordash-got-so-expensive-in-2023.html "The Year Food Delivery Prices Went Insane")

**” … a recent order from Oita, a sushi restaurant in Brooklyn, over DoorDash. A single Make Your Own Temaki set cost $32. Add on to that a $4.99 delivery fee, then a $4.80 service fee, $2.84 in tax, and a $4.00 tip and Paulucci ended up with a $48.63 bill for dinner.”**

*\*Additional context – [Food Delivery Apps](https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-canvas-food-delivery-apps/ "Business Model Canvas – Food Delivery Apps")*

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## **Food [Business Model](https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-toolkit/ "Business Model Toolkit")** Canvas

**A business model is defined as:**

> “the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers and captures value.” 

*Alex Osterwalder et al* invented the Business Model Canvas to help individuals and organizations conceptualize how to analyze, create, and develop business models.

### Food [Value Proposition](https://lumosbusiness.com/value-proposition-canvas/ "Value Proposition")

Using food to shake up the FOOD industry:

-   Ingredient innovation
-   Technological innovation
-   Distribution innovation

A New Era of Food Enterprises

![Business Model Canvas - Food](/assets/2022/03/BusinessModelCanvas-Food.webp)

## More Food Posts

[Food Delivery Apps Business Model](https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-canvas-food-delivery-apps/ "Business Model Canvas – Food Delivery Apps")

[Business Model Canvas – Restaurant 2.0](https://lumosbusiness.com/business-model-canvas-restaurant-2-0/)

[Strategy & Restaurants – Paradox of Choice](https://lumosbusiness.com/strategy-restaurants-paradox-of-choice/)