The Fresh Diet Makes Forbes Top 20 Americas Most Promising Companies List

NORTH MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fresh Diet America's premier at-home meal delivery company proudly announces today that Forbes named it a Top 20 Most Promising Company.  The Forbes' list of America's Most Promising Companies features 100 privately held up-and-comers with compelling business models, strong management teams, notable customers, strategic partners and precious investment capital.

"Sizing up younger, privately held companies is hard: Their fortunes can change very quickly and there's a dearth of public data," says Forbes Executive Editor, Brett Nelson. "We took a more comprehensive approach to evaluate their health and potential."

To sharpen its search, Forbes teamed up with CB Insights, a Manhattan-based data firm that tracks investment in high-growth private companies. With $650,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation, CB has developed complex software called Mosaic that mines myriad online sources (from press releases and social networks to job boards and court filings) to come up with one, algorithmically derived score that measures a private company's health. Forbes married Mosaic's data-crunching with old-fashioned reporting to assemble a list of rising stars with bright growth prospects.

"Forbes has taken a comprehensive look at The Fresh Diet's business model and the role it plays in the fresh meal delivery segment and thusly, their inclusion of TFD on this list is a commendation that I am extremely proud of," says The Fresh Diet's CEO, Zalmi Duchman.  "Receiving an accolade from Forbes for positively growing my company is an entrepreneurial aspiration."

To view the complete list of companies, please visit www.forbes.com/ampc.

Media Contact for The Fresh Diet:            
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About The Fresh Diet

The Fresh Diet is America's premiere at-home meal delivery program that hand-delivers three, freshly prepared, meals and two snacks every day to our clients' doorsteps.  Our healthy meals are never frozen, freeze-dried or vacuum-packed. An innovator in the diet delivery service category, The Fresh Diet provides members with an online meal planner and hands-on control over their service plan. The Fresh Diet can accommodate certain dietary restrictions and personal taste preferences. Founded in 2005 by Zalmi Duchman and Yos Schwartz, a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef, The Fresh Diet is available in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Delaware, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, New Jersey, New York, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Southern California, Southern & Western Florida, Washington D.C., and will be available nationwide by 2012.  For more information, please visit www.TheFreshDiet.com.

SOURCE The Fresh Diet