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Meal kits
Smaller gatherings. Smaller Thanksgiving. Smaller turkeys?
Oct 23, 2020
Making last-minute pivots in farming isn't too easy. "We only have so much control over their rate of growth," one farmer says.
It's suddenly a great time to be in the meal-kit business
by
Andie Corban
and Kai Ryssdal
May 19, 2020
"Our volume has increased by about 100% over the past eight weeks," Purple Carrot CEO Andy Levitt says.
Small farmers say meal kits cut into their CSA businesses
by
Sam Harnett
Jan 18, 2018
Some small farms that participate in community-supported agriculture say that meal kit companies are cutting into their profits.
Ready to eat meals: perfect for a zombie apocalypse, hurricane... or just a busy workday?
Sep 13, 2017
Amazon’s next target — canned food, frozen dinners.
Should Blue Apron have been more transparent with investors?
Aug 10, 2017
After its first earnings report, Blue Apron's stock price went down by 15 percent.
Why investors want companies like Blue Apron to go public
by
Andy Uhler
Jun 2, 2017
The meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron has filed to go public. Investors hoping to get a piece at the IPO or later will be buying into a company that’s got a young customer base and that’s growing fast. But it’s a company with a business model that’s not all that complicated, shall we say. So […]
Grocery stores hungrily eye the $1.5 billion prepared-meal kits market
May 19, 2017
Prepared meal kits have grown into a huge market, now worth an estimated $1.5 billion. It’s been driven by startups, like Blue Apron, Purple Carrot, HelloFresh … the list goes on. But major supermarkets like Kroger and Publix are now muscling in and testing their own versions. Click the audio player above to hear the […]