A website to do more lunch alone

On the model of afterwork, the site offers colunching.com employed, unemployed or self-employed to meet people at lunch time.
Tired of lunch alone? On the model of afterwork, these evenings after work, the site offers its members colunching.com discover new heads for lunch. Self-employed, unemployed, women on maternity leave or employees will find an opportunity to break the isolation of working at home, or an ordinary day at the office, around a restaurant meal with strangers.
The original concept, the Ras-bowl Sonia Zannad, founder of the site and self-entrepreneur, who lunched alone every day. "Many assets are isolated at noon, she notes, they work at home, looking for a job or just do not always want to go for lunch with colleagues ... It was to break this isolation by allowing people who would not have met otherwise share a moment together, "she says.
This is for example the case of Pascal, CFO in a large company. "Usually I have lunch in the canteen with my team. Today is the first time I go to a "colunching", a concept which I found out about via Facebook. I go to meet other people, change of scenery too, without the formality of the dinner. " Specifically, registered members are invited to dinners organized by the site staff. They can also run their own invitations to other members of colunching.com in a restaurant they choose. Each lunch consists of four to eight people, with a budget ranging generally from 20 to 30 euros.
Feed your professional network
If the site initially directed primarily to freelance, as Sonia Zannad, it now reaches a wider audience, not only willing to do friendly matches. "Currently, about half of our members are professionals who are looking to expand their networks by meeting people who work in the same area as them, sometimes potential clients," says Frederic Bourguet, associate Sonia Zannad. Also a way for some job seekers approach the job market.
Few sites currently offer the same service type. United States, justforlunch.com also encouraged to meet over lunch, but his main objective remains the romantic encounter. The originality of this version is directed primarily to assets, often for business. "Of course, some also come sometimes to meet a soul mate, but this is not the most common," says Frederic Bourguet. Fortunately, because on that point, women will be disappointed. They currently represent about 75% of members, so the average of six GameCafé meet women for two men ...