Meal kits represent a significant share of the total retail subscription category, with leading provider HelloFresh reaching a wide audience. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive,” drew on responses from more than 2,000 U.S. consumers in...
As restaurants look to capture more of consumers’ day-to-day meal occasions, Taco Bell is going after shoppers’ grocery spending, selling meal kits in Walmart stores. The Yum Brands subsidiary announced Thursday (Jan. 4) the launch of meal kits based on its popular Crunchwrap Supreme and...
Increasingly throughout this past year, meal kits have begun to be not so much their own discrete category as an integrated piece of a larger food eCommerce system. Take, for instance, Blue Apron. In late September, omnichannel food hall company Wonder, founded and led by...
As grocers seek ways to monetize consumers’ enthusiasm for digital culinary content, Home Chef is partnering with Delish to create meal kits based on the popular food media brand’s recipes. The Kroger-owned meal kit company on Monday (Dec. 18) announced the collaboration, which runs for...
March 04, 2024
As consumers increasingly view their food habits not in disparate segments — grocery, restaurant, meal kit — but as one connected “eats” category, Wonder is seizing on the new dining opportunities this opens up. The omnichannel food hall company, founded and helmed by Jet.com Co-founder Marc Lore, recently opened a location in a Walmart. Wonder […]
November 27, 2023
As meal kit providers look for ways to keep their customers coming back, medically focused subscription service ModifyHealth has found that supporting its food offerings with coaching and monitoring contributes...
October 13, 2023
As consumers seek out more convenient meal options, Kroger’s new Tempo heat-and-eat meal subscription service sees the opportunity to gain share from restaurants, grocers and meal kits. In an interview...
June 26, 2023
As meal kit providers look to weather the challenges of inflation, many have been forced to rethink their business models. Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley tells PYMNTS in an interview...
September 29, 2023
Blue Apron, a provider of meal kits, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Wonder Group, a company focused on at-home dining and food delivery. The acquisition aims to create a leading platform for mealtime experiences, focusing on both meal kits and fully-prepared meals, and enhance both companies’ abilities to deliver meals […]
August 09, 2023
Meal kit provider Blue Apron has its sights set on achieving profitability starting in the second quarter of 2024, executives told investors on the company’s second-quarter 2023 earnings call on Wednesday (Aug. 9). “Our internal...
October 26, 2021
RealEats has just raised some real money. The meal delivery service announced on Tuesday (Oct. 26) that it had concluded a $16.3 million Series A funding round. RealEats, a weekly...
July 29, 2020
Blue Apron Holdings Inc., the meal kit delivery service, reported second-quarter (Q2) net income of $1.1 million after reporting a $7.7 million loss in the same period last year, the...
