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Thank you. Your loaf is reserved.

A confirmation email is on its way. Susanna will contact you with pickup details. If the batch does not reach its minimum, every payment is auto-refunded within 48 hours.

Pickup

Sat 20 Jun, 11:00 to 13:00

Central Zürich. Exact address shared by email.

Or arrange a different time directly with Susanna.

What happens next
  1. 01   You will get an email confirmation in the next minute.
  2. 02   If the batch fills (min 5), Susanna starts baking on Friday.
  3. 03   If not, you are refunded automatically within 48 hours.
  4. 04   Saturday morning, walk over and meet your baker.
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Zürich pilot

Made only when you want it.

You reserve. Your producer cooks. You collect.

Real food.· Real people.· Zero risk.
What

Homemade food by a neighbour in Zürich.

One person. One recipe. One Zürich street.

Why

No one cooks what no one eats.

No surplus. No leftovers. No food in the bin.

How

You reserve. They cook. You collect.

If the batch does not fill, no one pays.

Open this week

Reserve before they're spoken for.

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Your past batches, your upcoming pickups, your preferences. Everything in one place.

6
Producers
Zürich neighbours cooking under their own name. Each one met by Theoni in person.
6
Batches delivered
From strawberry marmalade to tiropita. Every loaf, jar and slice picked up by hand.
27
Verified reviews
Written only by neighbours who collected. Moderated by Theoni. First names only.
0
Ingredients wasted
Across every batch, every time. We cook only what neighbours asked for.
From the neighbours

What they said.

"This is what happens when someone actually cares. Not a factory, not a label. Just real ingredients, real effort, and a jar that tastes like it was made for you. Because it was."
Vasilis · Strawberry marmalade by Theoni · verified
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The hands behind every batch

Meet the producers.

{prodN} Zürich neighbours cooking under their own name. No factory, no middleman.

Every batch

The full list.

All solo.quando batches, in order.

What is a batch?

One homemade product, one neighbour. If enough of you say yes, they cook. If not, nobody pays.

Registry

Every batch, in one table.

A scannable index of every batch. Open, coming, or delivered.

# Product Producer Status Price
The hands behind every batch

The producers.

Behind each batch there is a person, not a brand and not a factory. Someone a few streets away who makes one thing properly.

Become a producer

Your recipe deserves more than your kitchen.

We bring the neighbours. You bring the recipe. Money lands before you cook, paperwork carried for you, your name on every batch. Cook on your hours, your kitchen, your pace.

Why

Earn under your own name.

Every batch is paid up front by the neighbours who reserved it. You cook what was already paid for. If the batch does not fill, you owe nothing and we earn nothing.

  • · No commute, no commercial kitchen, no boss.
  • · Cook only after the batch fills. Never carry the risk of unsold food.
  • · nDSG, LMG and LGV walked through with you before your first batch.
  • · Theoni reads every application personally.
How

Four steps. About two weeks.

  1. 01 · Sign up
    Email + password + a short profile (your kreis, what you cook, languages).
  2. 02 · 30-min walkthrough
    Food-safety chat with Theoni. Identity check. Allergen labelling primer.
  3. 03 · Propose your first batch
    Recipe, price, cap, pickup window. We turn it into a page.
  4. 04 · Cook only when full
    We notify you the moment the cap fills, with the money already in.
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How it works

Made only when you want it.

Four steps. Two sides. One shared moment.

Producer
01

Open a batch.

A producer picks a recipe, sets the price, the cap, and a pickup window. The page goes live the same day.

Neighbour
02

Reserve before Friday noon.

Neighbours pre-order what they want. If the cap fills, the batch is on. If not, every payment is auto-refunded inside 48 hours.

Producer
03

Cook the exact cap.

No surplus, no leftovers. The producer cooks the exact quantity that was reserved. Money already in the bank.

Both
04

Meet at pickup.

Saturday. One door, one window, one hello. The neighbour collects in person. The maker has a name and a face.

Producer paid
Before cooking

Money lands the moment the batch fills.

If the batch fails
48h refund

Every payment returns automatically. No paperwork.

Ingredients wasted
Zero

By design, not effort. The whole point of the flip.

Neighbour

Reserve a jar from your street.

Tell us your Kreis and how you eat. We only show you batches that fit.

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Producer

Cook the way you already do.

Recipe, price, pickup window. Money lands before you cook. Paperwork is carried for you.

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Our story

It started with a jar of marmalade.

My grandmother never made more than the table needed. Every jar had a name on it.

A letter

From my kitchen.

Dear neighbour,

I live alone in Zürich. My friends have eaten everything I have ever made. Twice.

One evening I threw away a jar of Sicilian orange marmalade I had spent two hours making. It was not just wasteful. It felt wrong. I had made something with love and had nowhere to send it.

I learned to cook in my grandmother's kitchen in Greece. She never made more than the table needed. Every jar she sealed had a name on it. The food was a way of saying I remembered you.

I spent fifteen years across Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, inside companies that built what nobody asked for and threw away what didn't move. I was told to be a ship and follow orders. I refused, more than once, and lost jobs over it. I would lose them again.

So I started solo.quando. Only when. Nothing is made until someone asks. If enough neighbours say yes, it gets made. If not, nobody pays. Nothing is wasted. The producer keeps their name. You keep your trust.

I am a visionary, a dreamer, a romantic soul. I am also stubborn enough to build it.

Theoni

A city that cooks for itself.

No surplus. No factory. No food in the bin.

The flip

Most food is made first, then sold. Ours is sold first, then made.

A producer proposes a batch. Neighbours pre-order. If enough say yes, the producer cooks. If not, every payment is auto-refunded within 48 hours.

Pre-order is how crowdfunding works for products and how subscription works for media. We bring it to food, one street at a time.

The problem

The data behind the flip.

2.8M t
Wasted each year

Switzerland alone. 330 kg per person.

90 kg
Wasted at home

Per person, per year. Food that someone bought, then threw away (FOEN).

1 in 4
Adults feel lonely

Delivery apps deliver food. Not connection.

How we hold the line

Three things we will not bend on.

Sustainability

Circular by default.

A jar is made only after a neighbour asks. Ingredients bought to the gram. Nothing left over.

Community

A street with a face.

You meet the person who cooked. You learn their grandmother's name. Person by person.

Dignity

Every kitchen welcome.

Retired hands. Stay-at-home parents. Disabled creators. Their name on the jar.

Where this goes

Zürich first. Then a neighbour at a time.

soloquando starts in twelve Zürich postcodes. The platform is built so it can run the same way in any city with a kitchen and a name on a jar. We will not chase scale. The next city joins when this one is steady.

Testimonials

What neighbours said.

Every word here comes from someone who collected. First name only. Theoni reads each one before it appears.

"
This is what happens when someone actually cares. Not a factory, not a label. Just real ingredients, real effort, and a jar that tastes like it was made for you. Because it was.
Vasilis · Strawberry marmalade by Theoni · verified
27
Approved reviews
Across six delivered batches. Every one verified.
5.0
Average rating
Every approved review is five stars.
100%
Verified buyers
Only neighbours who collected can write one.
0
Anonymous reviews
Real first name on every quote.
Every word, verified

Twenty-seven reviews. Nothing edited.

How reviews work here

After each pickup, every neighbour gets a private link. Only verified buyers can write a review. Theoni reads and approves each one. Only a first name and a rating are ever shown. Nothing is edited.

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Common questions

Honest answers.

Contact

Say hello.

Theoni reads every message personally and replies within 48 hours.

In Zürich

Central Zürich. Pickup address shared after you commit to a batch.

Send a message

We answer within 48 hours. No bots.

Before you write

The questions we are asked most.

Every payment returns automatically and in full within 48 hours. No exceptions, no credits, no partial refunds.
Any time before the batch is confirmed. Once confirmed and the producer has started cooking, the order is final.
The producer pre-declares one to three pickup options when they create the batch. You choose the one that fits you when you reserve. Pickup is in person, we do not deliver.
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Newsletter

Our newsletter.

A short note when a new batch opens, when a producer joins, when there is something worth your inbox. Never spam, never sold, never shared.

Subscribe to the newsletter

Just your email. Confirm via double opt-in.

Welcome back

Log in.

Email and password. Same as everywhere else.

New here? Create an account →

One last step

How do you want to use solo.quando?

Only name and email are needed. Tell us more and we match you better.

Pick one or both. You can always add the other later.

The basics

How you eat

Tick anything that applies. We'll hide batches that don't fit.

A little more about you

Day one is already built.

Welcome, neighbour.

Your account

Email and password. We never store payment details, every checkout runs through Payrexx.

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For producers

Propose a batch.

Tell Theoni the recipe, the numbers, the photos, and confirm a few things about hygiene and liability. She reviews every proposal within 48 hours.

1. The batch

What you want to make. Keep it specific. One product per batch.

2. Recipe and what is inside

Every ingredient in plain language. Allergens declared accurately.

3. Numbers

What you charge, how small the batch starts, how big it can get.

Up to three windows. Date, time, and neighbourhood.

4. Photos

Up to five photos. First one becomes the hero. Auto-resized to 1200px on upload.

No photos yet

5. Food-safety self-declaration

All five must be ticked.

6. Liability acknowledgement

All five must be ticked.

7. Sign and submit

Admin

Mission control.

Everything the platform knows about every user, batch, proposal, and order. Approve, edit, delete.

Help

Ask solo.quando.

Ask anything about batches, pickup, payment, allergies, or becoming a producer. If nothing in the FAQ fits, your question goes straight to Theoni.

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Hi. I am the solo.quando assistant. Pick a suggestion below or ask anything.
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The platform

This is not a concept. It's running.

Quiet infrastructure that lets one person in Zürich cook for another without giving up their kitchen, their name, or their weekend.

Proof, not promises

Already running.

6 of 7
Batches funded

Strawberry marmalade, moustokouloura, VITA.RITUAL, ergolavoi, olive oil, tiropita. All sold out.

86%
Funded-batch rate

The single number that measures everything: demand, matching, pricing, trust.

212
Items collected

Real jars, loaves and slices. Picked up in person, every one.

27
Five-star reviews

Every approved review is five stars. Only verified buyers. First names only.

0
Ingredients wasted

By architecture, not by effort. The whole point of the platform.

Operated by five autonomous agents

Five agents. One platform.

01

Demand

Forecasts what each postcode wants, before anyone asks.

02

Matching

Right batch, right neighbour, right moment, walking distance.

03

Threshold

Runs the pre-order lifecycle. Nudges, capture, automatic refunds.

04

Community

Stories, reviews, trust. Orchestrated at the right moment.

05

Producer

Coaches every producer on pricing, timing and growth.

Zero operations staff. The platform scales without headcount. That is the core thesis.

What we are not

The quiet opposite of a marketplace.

We don't

  • Cook anything ourselves.
  • Push notifications, gamify orders, or run flash sales.
  • Charge producers per click, per impression, or per page view.
  • Hide reviews, edit them, or pay for them.
  • Sell, share, or rent neighbour or producer data.
  • Force scale on a producer who wants to stay small.

If you want to see the platform from the inside, pick a door.

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For producers

Cook the way you already do.

A guide for makers: how to propose a batch, how you get paid, what we handle for you, what stays yours.

01 · Propose

Submit a batch.

Open the dashboard. Pick a recipe, a price, a cap, a pickup window. Allergens and ingredients in plain language. Photos optional but help.

02 · Get paid

Money before you cook.

Once the cap fills, you receive the full listed price minus payment fees. We never take a cut. No subscription, no listing fee.

03 · Make and meet

Cook only what's reserved.

You make the exact quantity. Neighbours collect from you in person within the pickup window. Nothing is wasted. Your name stays on every jar.

What we handle for you

Paperwork, not your recipe.

01

Payments & refunds

Payrexx handles cards and TWINT. Auto-refund in 48h if a batch doesn't fill. You never touch a payment.

02

Hygiene & compliance

We share Zürich home-kitchen guidelines and check allergen declarations on every listing.

03

Pickup logistics

You set the windows. We share your address with reservers only. Neighbours pick up in person.

04

Reviews & trust

Only verified buyers can review. Theoni approves each one. Your name and rating are public, full names are not.

05

Marketing & reach

We bring the waiting list, the homepage feature, the social posts. You bring the recipe.

06

Your data, your kitchen

You own your recipes, your photos, your customer list. Leave any time, take everything with you.

Ready to cook?

Create an account in 30 seconds. We'll ask about your kitchen and your recipe on the next step. Theoni reviews every producer personally within 48 hours.

Legal

Cookies.

What we store on your browser and why.

The short version. One first-party cookie for your sign-in session. One localStorage entry that remembers you accepted the cookie notice. Nothing else. No advertising cookies. No third-party trackers.

Sign-in session. When you log in with your email and password, we store a session token locally so the site knows you are signed in. This is in your browser's localStorage. Sign out clears it. It is never sent to a third party.

Language preference. If you switch between EN and DE, we remember the choice in localStorage so the site loads in your language next time.

Payment redirects. When you reserve a batch, you are redirected to Payrexx. Their cookies and privacy policy apply during checkout. We never see your card data.

Newsletter. If you subscribe, Mailchimp may set cookies on their confirmation page. Their privacy policy applies. We do not embed any Mailchimp tracking on solo.quando itself.

Hosting. Vercel and Cloudflare may keep short-lived edge logs for security and rate-limiting. No personally identifiable information is stored beyond what is needed to serve the page.

Your choice. You can clear cookies any time in your browser settings. Signing out removes the session token immediately. There is no advertising profile to delete because we do not build one.

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Privacy.

Last updated 13 June 2026. What we collect, why, and how to delete it.

What we collect. Your name, email, Zürich Kreis (optional), reservation history, and any messages you exchange with a producer through the platform. We never collect more than that. We do not track you across the web.

Why. To match you with a batch, confirm your pickup, refund you if a batch doesn't fill, and let you log in next time. That is the entire list.

Payments. Cards and TWINT are handled by Payrexx. We never see or store your card number. Payrexx's privacy policy applies to that part.

Newsletter. Mailchimp delivers our list emails. We send one short note when a batch opens. You can unsubscribe in one click.

Sharing. We never sell, share, or pass your data to anyone outside the platform. The producer of a batch you reserve will see your first name and pickup choice. That is all.

Deleting. Write to hello@soloquando.ch. Everything is deleted within 48 hours and we send you a confirmation.

Cookies. One first-party cookie for your sign-in session. No advertising cookies. No third-party trackers.

Your rights (GDPR / FADP). Access, rectify, export, or delete your data any time. Contact the address above.

Legal

Imprint.

Who runs solo.quando and how to reach them.

Operator. solo.quando is a Zürich pilot operated by Theoni Paschou.

Address. Wiedikon, Zürich, Switzerland. Postal address shared on request.

Email. hello@soloquando.ch

Responsible for content. Theoni Paschou.

Legal entity & VAT. Details available on request while the pilot is in its first months.

Disputes. The Online Dispute Resolution platform of the European Commission is available at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We prefer to settle anything directly. Write to the email above.

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Terms.

Plain rules for reserving, cooking, refunding, and pickup. Refund policy included.

1. The deal. By reserving a batch, you agree to pay the listed price only if the batch fills, and to collect your portion within the pickup window the producer set.

2. Refunds. If a batch does not reach its cap by Friday at noon, every payment is refunded in full, automatically, within 48 hours. No paperwork, no email needed.

3. Cancellations. You can cancel a reservation free of charge any time before the batch is confirmed. Once the batch is confirmed and the producer has bought ingredients, the reservation is final and cannot be refunded.

4. Pickup. You collect in person from the producer at the agreed window. If you miss the window, the food is yours. We will not redeliver and cannot refund.

5. Allergens and safety. All food is prepared in private kitchens by named producers. Each listing declares every ingredient and the major allergens. For severe allergies, read the listing carefully and contact the producer through the platform before reserving.

6. Producers. Producers receive payment for batches that fill, before they cook, minus payment processing and any platform fee disclosed at the time the batch was published. Producers may withdraw a batch before reservations open. After reservations open, only solo.quando can cancel a batch (e.g. for safety).

7. Content. You keep your reviews, your photos, and your messages. Producers keep their recipes.

8. Liability. solo.quando connects neighbours to producers. We are not the maker of the food. Producers are responsible for the food they cook. We are responsible for the platform and the refund.

9. Changes. We may update these terms. We will email you before any change that affects your existing reservations.

10. Law. Swiss law applies. Jurisdiction is Zürich.