Given the growth
of meal kit services and Amazon's foray into the space with its acquisition of Whole Foods, online grocery sales could increase to 23 percent in 2018 and 26 percent the year after, according to Morningstar.
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Plated is also looking to up its convenience game by offering delivery
of its meal kits in as little as two hours by way of Instacart, as well as the option to order online for in - store pickup via Albertsons Companies click - and - collect service called Drive Up and Go.
Olivier Garel, who steers Unilever Ventures, said the PE arm reviewed a «large
number of meal kit players» in the U.S. before settling on an investment in Sun Basket.
When you put the pieces
together of its meal kit trademark and its pending acquisition of Whole Foods (wfm), Amazon's vision for food retailing becomes clearer.
If you consider the
size of the meal kit market it's even more apparent that this not a volume play on Amazon's part.
The
cost of the meal kit service was the number one factor for both potential and ex-customers by a wide margin.
However, the
rise of meal kits and delivery services has helped to change shoppers» expectations.
«It makes perfect sense that as online grocery shopping grows it will drive the
adoption of meal kits,» Darren Seifer, food and beverage industry analyst at The NPD Group, said in a statement.
«In
defense of meal kits, they cut down on food waste because we are sending pre-measured ingredients and the amount that you need to make a meal is what's in the box.
In response to the
success of meal kit home delivery services like Blue Apron and Amazon, more and more retail grocers are jumping into the prepared meal kit market.
By way of contrast though, today's new
wave of meal kits are marketed to home chefs who like the speed and convenience of prepared ingredients, but still want that sense of satisfaction that comes with cooking the meal themselves.
Levels as low as 0.5 % have been used to reduce salt and remove MSG from soups and snack foods, create mouth - watering crackers, and boost the meat, cheese and vegetable
flavors of meal kits, sauces and dips.
Following its $ 200 million
acquisition of meal kit startup Plated last fall, grocery chain Albertsons announced this week it would roll out Plated's meal kits to hundreds of stores by the end of
That means Blue Apron, which has already ceded some portion of its users to rival services like HelloFresh, the second - biggest meal kit company in the U.S., is now not only facing threats from competitors with similar offerings, but has to take on a
plethora of meal kit alternatives sold in stores and from the two largest retailers, Amazon and Walmart.