(Perfect example:
Meal kit services like Blue Apron and HelloFresh.)
If cooking dinner simply isn't a habit for you, you can try
a meal kit service like Blue Apron, Plated, or HelloFresh to get interested in cooking, suggests Brooklyn, N.Y. - based certified financial planner Pamela Capalad.
Not exact matches
John Martin, the publisher of the Brooklyn - based company's Munchies food vertical, told Inc. on Tuesday that Vice drew some inspiration from the growing
meal kit industry, which has seen popular
services like HelloFresh and Blue Apron attract large amounts of money from investors.
Alice Ting, vice president of brand development, licensing and syndication told Bloomberg the Times expects the
meal kit service to be at least as big as the Times» travel unit, where the paper's foreign correspondents act as tour guides in places
like Iran and Cuba.
Vice's new
service is part of a partnership with
meal kit company Chef'd, and customers can find Munchies
meal kits for sale on the Chef'd website, alongside
meal kits from companies
like Weight Watchers and The New York Times.
Hasbro will launch a new game subscription
service this summer, becoming the first big toy maker to try a business model that has found success for other consumer products
like razors, beauty products, and
meal kits.
Meal kits and food delivery
services from the
likes of Instacart and Google Express are all part of the broader disruption of the $ 781.5 billion U.S. grocery market that has seen little disruption from e-commerce players until recently.
While it's not surprising to see companies
like Whole Foods jumping on the
meal -
kit bandwagon with a partnership with Purple Carrot last week, the decision by the New York Times this summer to launch a
meal -
kit service may have left some scratching their heads.
Parcel's customers include Bonobos and
meal -
kit services like Chef'd and Martha Stewart's Martha & Marley Spoon, and will continue to serve current clients, Walmart said.
Not
liking the recipes (13 %) and unavailability in their area (15 %) were the second biggest factors for those who canceled their
service and those who have never tried a
meal kit service.
Albertsons» surprise purchase of the Plated
meal kit service for $ 300m could easily trigger a run for other industry players
like Blue Apron, HelloFresh, Home Chef and more.
Try gifting
meal kits from a
service like Blue Apron for perfectly portioned ingredients, which take the brainpower out of
meal prep, or a gift card to an online delivery
service that partners with local restaurants.
The retailer's affordable alternative to
meal kit delivery subscriptions
like Blue Apron, is now available at over 250 stores, and is being made available via Walmart's Online Grocery Pickup
service.