Burlington, Iowa · Investor overview
Chasity's Garden
A farm-to-fork bistro, hot take-out meals and frozen meal prep, and a subscription brand that ships nationwide.
The food
Farm to fork, nothing added
- Organic
- Locally grown
- Free of pesticides
- Free of preservatives
The same standard runs through the bistro menu, the frozen meals and the ecommerce line.
The bistro
La Bohème aesthetic, bistro format
Reminiscent of La Bohème, run as a bistro rather than a bar.
Service
Breakfast and lunch. Pickup and online.
Build-out
4–6 months restoring the building and fitting upgraded equipment.
Frozen meals
Complete meals, heat and serve in 7 minutes.
Cooked in our kitchen
Same farm-to-fork standard as the bistro
Picked up at the bistro
Frozen, portioned, ready to go
Heated at home
Heat and serve, no prep
Meal Prep Cubes
From freezer to table
Portioned into trays
Frozen into cubes
Built into complete meals
Heated and served
Pickup and ecommerce: Meal Prep Cubes
Freezer to sous vide to table
Why freeze food in components
Zero flavor fatigue
Freeze a complete dish and you lose the chance to adjust it to what you're craving. Freezing in components lets you mix and match, so you get more variety and less of the same dish again and again.
Precision portioning
Freezing food in portioned Souper Cubes trays lets you reheat the exact amount of each component of your meal.
Rapid assembly
The components are already cooked, so you aren't cooking dinner. You're assembling and reheating it. Your meal is ready in under 7 minutes.
Behind the counter - Operations Software
Recipe and label studio: Chasity's software dev.
USDA nutrient data
Every Meal's Macro's and Ingredient Sources
FDA-Legal labels
Nutrition Facts, ingredients, allergens.
Easy QR sharing
For menus and packaging - Easy, Fast Inventory Management.
The team
Chasity Myers and Mark Effinger
Our combined history covers restaurants, ecommerce, marketing, branding and product development, including edible supplements, healthy baked goods and delicious, experiential non-alcoholic drinks.
Our history and passion lean into this opportunity.
Culinary and operations
Chasity Myers
5-Star chef · Yum! Brands operations executive
3,000+
employees managed
89
stores as Director of Operations
~$130M
annual revenue P&L
$3M+/yr
products she developed for BiOptimizers
- Has performed every task in the restaurant world
- Built performance systems for restaurant teams
- Trained thousands, including company executives
- Ground-up builds and remodels, dozens of stores at once
- Expert in food cost, FDA and OSHA requirements
- Seasoned chef, flavorist, shelf-stability scientist
Ecommerce and brand
Mark Effinger
Chief Product Officer, BiOptimizers
CPO and Cofounder, Nootopia
18
companies launched since 1986
2
grew to Inc. 500 status
$79M
BiOptimizers in 2025, grown from $5.7M
28 years
in ecommerce
- Last startup acquired by BiOptimizers in 2021 (WebNutrients)
- Developed one of the first ecommerce shopping carts (1998–2000)
- Responsible for BiOptimizers product development
- 80% of my startups were bootstrapped to profitability
- Moved to Burlington to make a positive impact on our city
Bonus Revenue Source
Upstairs apartment
The financial offset to the $175,000 building/restaurant acquisition.
$850/mo
Competitive rental income
$1,650/mo
Loan payment with PITI and flood insurance
-$800/mo
Remaining mortgage payment after rent
Chasity's Garden