{"id":26809,"date":"2017-06-01T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=26809"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:31:58","slug":"toronto-cousins-launching-food-app-wework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/toronto-cousins-launching-food-app-wework","title":{"rendered":"In Toronto, cousins launch their food app at WeWork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Josh Walters was so excited about launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedbackapp.ca\/\">Feedback App<\/a> that he almost didn\u2019t graduate from Queens University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was tough to not leave before my last semester,\u201d the 21-year-old entrepreneur admits, \u201cbut my family talked me out of it. So I started working full-time on the project immediately after final exams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walters is cofounder of the Toronto-based company, which aims to eliminate wasted food at restaurants by giving them a way to sell it at deeply discounted prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a project he\u2019s been working on for nearly a year with his cousin Ben Walters. It was one of many business ideas they brainstormed, but the first to leave them both excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t shoot it down immediately,\u201d says Walters, \u201cso I knew we were onto something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Josh-Walters-Feedback-App-2-1-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Walters - Feedback App 2\" class=\"wp-image-26814\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And the idea is catching on. Feedback App was one of the winners at the <a href=\"https:\/\/creatorawards.wework.com\/\">Creator Awards<\/a>, a program sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/\">WeWork<\/a> that will give out $20 million to entrepreneurs over the course of a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does Feedback App work? At the end of the day, restaurants can post that they have a certain number of meals available. Consumers can purchase the remaining meals for up to 80 percent off normal prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRestaurants hate throwing away food, especially prepared foods,\u201d says Walters. \u201cThis app benefits restaurants and customers at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A wide range of restaurants have already signed on the dotted line. That means once the app launches this summer, consumers in Toronto can order everything from salads to sandwiches to whole pizzas. (Walters says he\u2019s psyched that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northofbrooklyn.com\/\">North of Brooklyn Pizzeria<\/a>, with the \u201cbest slice in Toronto,\u201d was the first business to make its food available on the app.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walters, who studied biology and chemistry, says entrepreneurship has always been a hobby and is thrilled he could jump into it full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the hardest I\u2019ve ever worked,\u201d he says. \u201cYou don\u2019t have nights. You don\u2019t have weekends. You have to back out of plans with friends if something comes up at the last minute. But honestly, I\u2019ve learned more this past month than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walters has been working from his cousin\u2019s one-bedroom apartment. But he knew they needed a more permanent base\u2014preferably one where they could make connections with other entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback App will be one of the first members to move in when Toronto\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/buildings\/richmond-street-west--toronto\">WeWork 240 Richmond St W<\/a> opens in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had a friend tell us about the WeWork,\u201d says Walters. \u201cWhen I looked into it, I saw it was opening an office in Toronto. We went to a couple of events, and we were impressed. We signed up right away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Walters was so excited about launching Feedback App that he almost didn\u2019t graduate from Queens University. \u201cIt was tough to not leave before my last semester,\u201d the 21-year-old entrepreneur admits, \u201cbut my family talked me out of it. So I started working full-time on the project immediately after final exams.\u201d Walters is cofounder of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":895,"featured_media":26810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43903],"tags":[39218,39221],"class_list":["post-26809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-stories","tag-small-businesses","tag-entrepreneurs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In Toronto, cousins launch their food app at WeWork<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Josh Walters was so excited about launching Feedback App that he almost didn\u2019t gradua\u2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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