Qponix

Members

  • Bradley Frye
  • Nancy Paterson
  • Sarah Bilhardt
  • Alan Robbins
  • Laura Wojciechowski
  • Janine Sharff
  • Tami
  • Allison Sprott
  • Trinity
  • Marilyn
  • Kitty Rosu
  • annette
  • SAB
  • Becky Hyde
  • E - heythatsmine!
  • Jonathan

About Qponix

Qponix was formed by a group of retail and marketing industry veterans, backed by a stellar technical team.

Corbin de Rubertis, our president, comes from Fry, Inc., a leading e-commerce software and consulting company. Prior to Fry, Corbin worked for Boston Consulting Group.

Kevin Thomas, our chief operating officer, also hails from Fry. Prior to Fry, Kevin was a co-founder and principal at the AltaStrada Group, a Java software development firm based in San Francisco.

We'd like to hear from you. If you are a company interested in learning more about Qponix products and services, please fill out and submit our information form.
 

Welcome to Qponix!

We have launched a new version of our site at www.qponix.com. Check out the video below to see what it is all about.
We will be leaving the Ning community (qponix.ning.com) intact while we transition to the new site, but you will want to bookmark www.qponix.com and begin following us there.

Qponix MealBox on iPhone and Android

Qponix MealBox is now live in public beta on the iPhone (and Android) for Meijer customers, with national coverage coming in November. Point your iPhone Safari browser here: http://widget.mealbox.meijer.com/iphone or check out some screenshots in the "Photos" box below...

Everything in the MealBox widget works on the iPhone, including recipe search, menu planning, shopping lists and browsing local store specials and coupons. Even more exciting - you can scan coupons directly from the iPhone at the register (ask the store associate to use the "hand scanner"). This is NOT just another shopping list app for your smartphone!

Photos

Qponix MealBox Widgets


The Meijer MealBox is the first in a series of widgets that help consumers make the most of their weekly shopping dollars.
Thousands of recipes, menu and meal planning, interactive shopping lists, a recipe box, coupons and store savings, diet management, and social networking with other cooks - all inside the little box.

Click the "get & share" tab at the bottom of the widget and put it on your favorite portal, social-network or blog (just like we did here). It will automatically update each week with new recipes, specials and features. And be sure to check back soon for brand new widgets!

Videos

Blog Posts

SAB

Pumpkin Time!

Few things are more gratifying than growing pumpkins.

Plant a few tiny seeds indoors in May, transfer them outdoors in early June, and in four months you will have gorgeous bright orange orbs that scream "Fall is Here!".

We dug out separate pumpkin patch a couple of years ago, when our pumpkin plants began taking over the garden. Pumpkins love space; their tendrils will wander everywhere, and it got so that they spilled out of the raised beds and cluttered the pathways. Luckily, a pumpkin patc… Continue

Posted by SAB on September 22, 2009 at 11:39am

SAB

A Successful Exchange

This summer, our family went to our cottage in Canada for seven weeks. Being there is blissful, but leaving our Bainbridge generated some stress. Where will the dogs go? Who will take care of the chickens? Who will water and weed the garden?

This summer I got really lucky - my friends Nina and Ruth agreed to take care of the chickens and garden in return for fresh vegetables and eggs. On alternate days, they came to the house to feed and water the chickens, collect the eggs, and pick whatever w… Continue

Posted by SAB on September 14, 2009 at 4:08pm

SAB

Cooking and Growing Swiss Chard

Swiss chard is one of those overlooked vegetables. You have to search for it in the grocery store, usually in the corner of the produce section sharing a bin with bok choy and kale. Go find it, because once you eat it you will be hooked.

As a side vegetable, we enjoy it cooked two ways. Swiss Chard is delicious at its most simple: steamed, tossed with a pat of butter, a splash of balsamic vinegar, and some ground sea salt. For a variation, sometimes I saute it in butter over high heat with a cl… Continue

Posted by SAB on September 4, 2009 at 7:04pm

SAB

Southsides Anyone?

Ah - Summer in the Northeast....beautiful sunny days, tank tops and fireflies at night, evenings sleeping with all the windows open and only a sheet on top of you...


Not this year! We've been on the East Coast since June 17 and have barely seen the sun poke through the clouds. Every day brings a new set of showers, or out and out rain, and the fireflies are still hibernating. What's a person to do? Beckon the summer gods with an offering of Southsides!

My husband can make a killer Southside.… Continue

Posted by SAB on August 5, 2009 at 7:44am

Kevin Thomas

Hot Summer Meals: Fish Tacos in Top 25 Budget Meals (New Video)

Experimenting with different ways to tell people about all the ways MealBox can save them time and money. Thought I would shoot a new video with audio of me going in to MealBox to find a tasty fish tacos recipe that also happens to be listed in the Top 25 Budget Meals - so a bunch of the ingredients are on sale. Tell me what you think of the video. Have a nice weekend.

Continue

Posted by Kevin Thomas on July 31, 2009 at 6:00pm

Kevin Thomas

WZZM Video Shows Mom Using MealBox to Save Big on Grocery Bill

Over the holiday weekend, WZZM ran a segment on the evening news showing a stay-at-home mother in Grand Rapids using MealBox to find recipes, plan meals, identify savings and build a shopping list to take to her local Meijer store. Here is the video:



You can see it posted on the WZZM website here. The piece shows her finding recipes with ingredients on sale, stacki… Continue

Posted by Kevin Thomas on July 6, 2009 at 10:06am

steve

"It’s tougher than ever to plan your finances. But it’s also easier than ever to find help on the ch…

"It’s tougher than ever to plan your finances. But it’s also easier than ever to find help on the cheap.

There are a host of Web sites that help you lay out a budget and track your spending and investments. Some let you set up a plan for a long-term goal, like college or retirement, and others offer advice about where to put your money. And many of these services are free of charge.

Billeo is one of the best sites and offers a Bill Pay Assistant, A Shopping Assistant and a Password Assistant." Continue

Posted by steve on June 16, 2009 at 9:30am

SAB

A visit to the Wilder Homestead

I grew up on the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House series of books. Starting with Little House in the Big Woods, I read them cover to cover when I was in 4th grade, and then read them cover to cover again each summer in Quebec up through high school. The pluck and optimism that Laura and her family had, confronted with daily hardships ranging from a plague of grasshoppers to being resettled off Indian lands, inspired me and made me long to live back in the pioneer days.

Reading the books… Continue

Posted by SAB on June 2, 2009 at 12:00pm

Kevin Thomas

Meijer WineList iPhone App Hits the App Store

Last night we released the new WineList iPhone app. Allows you to browse hundreds of wines in the same ways as the widget. Also has new Wine Matrix to browse by intensity gradient. Great way to make wine choices while standing in the aisle of your Meijer store. See screencast video above. Feedback welcome.

Posted by Kevin Thomas on May 22, 2009 at 11:19am

Kevin Thomas

MB Coupon Tutorial by NW Indiana Deals

Meijer's clarification of its rules on coupon stacking is bringing new fans to MealBox. See this new tutorial on how to print coupons at NW Indiana Deals.

Posted by Kevin Thomas on May 19, 2009 at 1:55pm

 
 
 

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