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Blue Apron

  1. not the future
    What, Exactly, Is Going on With Blue Apron?It was supposed to be the future of cooking. But now, it’s on the brink of collapse.
    By Chris Crowley
  2. special delivery
    Can Meal Kits Ever Catch On?Recent moves by major players reveal an industry that simply can’t justify its own existence.
    By Hugh Merwin
  3. Blue Apron Will Roll Out Chrissy Teigen Meal KitsThe celebrity partnership will adapt dishes from Teigen’s best-selling cookbook.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. meal kit woes
    Blue Apron’s Shares Now Worth About As Much As Bodega CoffeeShares of the troubled meal-kit company are running about $1.80 each.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. meal kits
    Blue Apron Plans to Sell Its Meal Kits in Grocery StoresIt’s in “active conversations” with supermarkets.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. meal kit woes
    Blue Apron Lost Over 25 Percent of Its Subscribers Last YearA new report indicates that the number of people using Blue Apron has dropped from over 1 million to roughly 750,000.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. food politics
    White House Incorrectly Compares Its Proposed Food-Stamp Program to Blue ApronThe big difference: Blue Apron’s boxes contain fresh ingredients.
    By Clint Rainey
  8. ipos
    Meal-Kit Start-up HelloFresh Thinks an IPO Will Make It Worth $1.8 BillionHas the Blue Apron rival just come out of a coma?
    By Clint Rainey
  9. setbacks
    Blue Apron Laid Off Hundreds of Workers YesterdayThe CEO called it a “painful” companywide “realignment” in a letter to employees.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. meal kit woes
    Blue Apron Has Started Laying Off EmployeesThe struggling company fired its recruiting team and announced a hiring freeze.
    By Clint Rainey
  11. lawsuits
    Blue Apron Hit With Multiple Lawsuits Alleging It Misled InvestorsIts historically bad IPO has brought out the lawyers.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. meal kits
    Blue Apron Had the Most Disappointing IPO of the CenturyShare prices rank dead last for big IPOs after six weeks since the year 2000.
    By Clint Rainey
  13. A New Study Says Meal-Kit Services Could Actually Make You HappierPeople feel good when other people do things for them, like shopping for dinner.
    By Chris Crowley
  14. empire building
    Amazon Already Registered a Trademark for a Meal-Kit ServiceIt wants to use the chipper motto, “We do the prep. You be the chef.”
    By Clint Rainey
  15. meal kit woes
    Blue Apron Stock Is Now Cheaper Than a Blue Apron MealOne research firm even says the target price should be just $2 a share.
    By Clint Rainey
  16. meal kit woes
    Does Anyone Actually Like Blue Apron?The meal-kit-delivery service’s stock-market debut was unimpressive.
    By Chris Crowley
  17. Blue Apron Slashed Its IPO Price by a ThirdLaunching in the Amazon–Whole Foods aftermath is less than ideal.
    By Clint Rainey
  18. ipos
    Blue Apron Says It Could Be Worth $3 Billion After Its IPOThe Whole Foods effect is very real.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. meats
    The Founder of Niman Ranch Is Partnering With Blue ApronThe meal-delivery start-up also bought Bill Niman’s BN Ranch.
    By Chris Crowley
  20. meal kits
    Blue Apron Shipped Food for 3 Years Without Proper Government ApprovalIt registered last month, three days after a damning report came out.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. food start-ups
    Nearly All Meal-Kit-Delivery Customers Bail After 6 MonthsData shows that half of Blue Apron’s leave after the first week.
    By Clint Rainey
  22. workers’ rights
    Second Blue Apron Warehouse Supposedly Plagued by Ongoing ViolenceA New York Post report claims Jersey’s distribution center is “a real fight club.”
    By Clint Rainey
  23. Did Blue Apron’s Fast Growth Create Sweatshoplike Conditions in Its Warehouse?A report says violence, safety violations, and low pay plague the meal-kit service’s Bay Area fulfillment center.
    By Clint Rainey
  24. food waste
    A New Start-Up Says It’s Solved Meal-Delivery Services’ Biggest ProblemIt’s replaced kits’ tremendously wasteful packaging with a single reusable cube.
    By Clint Rainey
  25. Interviews
    One of Brooklyn’s Favorite Chefs Is Headed to a Meal-Delivery Start-upJohnathan Adler will leave Franny’s at the end of March to take over as the culinary manager of Blue Apron.
    By Alan Sytsma
  26. The Environment
    Meal-Kit Deliveries Are Actually Terrible for the EnvironmentThey’re literally full of so much garbage.
    By Clint Rainey
  27. The Grub Street Diet
    Josh Lucas Starts Each Day With Café Grumpy’s Biscuits, Feasts at Hometown“I topped of a day of burgers with a Black Angus burger.”
    By Vanita Salisbury
  28. Lists
    Dominique Ansel, Jason Wang Named Crain’s ‘40 UnderThis year’s bumper crop of achievers includes the Cronut man himself.
    By Clint Rainey
  29. Leftovers
    Crab Boil at Ditch Plains; Rosemary’s Pop-up at Brooklyn GrangePlus: Blue Apron expands West, Tommy Bahama wants you to chillax, and more, in today’s Leftovers.