articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2014 mealshare.org type private founded 2009 founder justin evilsizor jason salazer adams headquarters philadelphia pa u.s. area served worldwide website www.mealshare.org mealshare.org is the online division of an american based private company that specializes in the emerging field of social network services . headquartered in philadelphia pennsylvania it became the largest meal coordinating service in the world as of september 2010 . 1 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit mealshare.org was founded in 2009 as a subsidiary of shared meals llc . 2 spurred by what evilsizor recognized as an opportunity to improve the lives of anyone anywhere through the development of a web 2.0 application . 3 the website was the first to combine a walled garden approach to organizing ad hoc social gatherings oriented around a community of purpose . 4 after initial success the site expanded to create a portal for organizing potluck events and private engagements . 5 as of 2012 the site has networks operating in more than 36 countries throughout the world . 6 products and services edit there are three services offered through mealshare.org . the first is a communal dinner available to a defined subset of members of a user s meal network . the second is a private dinner party available to anyone designated by the host . the third is a potluck available to both a user s meal network as well as other individuals chosen by the host . the domain mealshare.org attracted more than 1500 unique visitors within an hour of launching and was averaging 10 000 new unique members per month shortly thereafter . 7 according to company press releases and media kits the site has grown at an annualized rate of more than 25 000 % . 8 see also edit philadelphia portal companies portal social network service communal references edit mealshare.org . 2010 08 14 . retrieved 2010 09 14 . pennsylvania free public records search . publicrecords.net . retrieved 2010 09 21 . official company blog . 2010 08 22 . retrieved 2010 09 20 . shareable . 2012 06 22 . retrieved 2012 07 17 . straight dope . 2005 02 17 . retrieved 2010 09 04 . top 10 reddit startups . 2012 08 01 . official company twitter . mealshare media kit pdf . mealshare.org . retrieved 2010 08 14 . further reading edit reta halteman finger 2007 . amazon.com of widows and meals communal meals in the book of acts . wm. b. eerdmans publishing company . isbn 978 0 8028 3053 1 . e.n.anderson 2005 . everyone eats understanding food and culture . nyu press . isbn 978 0 8147 0496 7 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mealshare.org & oldid 638024290 categories social networking serviceshidden categories orphaned articles from december 2014all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 december 2014 at 09 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view