By Hugh Garbrick

Good Uncle, a restaurant that runs out of a truck and delivers mobile-made orders to designated drop points, now offers three different meal plans for customers who use the service regularly.

The meal plans, which range from $25 to $75 per week, give customers access to a member-only menu, as well as 40 to 50 grocery item options.  Meal credits rolls over from week to week, meaning any leftover meal can still be redeemed in the future.

About 7,300 people have ordered from Good Uncle since its launch in College Park last semester, according to Mike Vecchi, who handles the company’s business development and market activation.

Wiley Cerilli, the company’s founder and co-CEO, said the meal plan is meant to fit into student’s schedules.

“The thinking behind our meal plan was to offer a meal plan with obviously great food,” Cerilli said. “Because college students have really busy schedules…we make it so that they can order all the way until 12 a.m. or 2 a.m.”

Good Uncle is open from 6 p.m. to midnight Monday through Wednesday; 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday; and 11 a.m. to midnight on Sunday.

Starting Oct. 9, Vecchi said two additional drop points will be added to the delivery route — one behind South Campus Diner, the other at the College Ave. and Dartmouth Ave. intersection near the College Park Metro Station.

In late October, the bus will offer drop points near the Cambridge, Ellicott and Denton Communities and McKeldin Library.

The company, which is also at Syracuse University, Colgate University and Lehigh University, caters their market toward college students. But Cerilli said the team has plans to expand to other college campuses and beyond over the next couple of years.

“The goal is to be the fastest growing restaurant group in the country, either in 2019 or 2020, by launching 150 locations in one month,” Cerilli said.

Currently, the food takes about 25 minutes to cook, but Cerilli said the company recently proposed a vehicle upgrade to investors that would allow for even faster cook time.

Graham Reiss, a sophomore business major, said he first tried Good Uncle out of convenience. Now he comes back because he thinks the food is good.

Brionna Young, a junior government and politics major, said that she likes that Good Uncle does not charge an extra delivery fee like many other food delivery services.

So far, Cerilli said the company has donated tens of thousands of meals to local homeless shelters and kitchens.

According to Vecchi, Cerilli’s seven nieces and his determination to be a “good uncle” originally inspired the company’s name. But with a goal to give back to the community, it has since taken on another meaning.

“We want to be that familiar presence,” Vecchi said. “We want people to be aware that we are there for them.”