by Tom Kaiser | Aug 29, 2019 | Meal Kits, Third-Party Delivery
Whether it’s Costanza-style worlds colliding or a meme-era “mashup,” a new delivery-only restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You and Grubhub is both the first restaurant solely focused on the restrictive Whole30 diet craze and also the first time a third-party delivery...
by Nicholas Upton | Jun 28, 2019 | Meal Kits, News
Snap Kitchen, the meal delivery company that carved a diet-friendly niche, is going national. The Austin-based company will now ship dietitian-created meals for Keto, Paleo, low-carb and other diets nationwide. Prior to the move, customers could only pick up or order...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 20, 2019 | Meal Kits, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Everything about long-term illness is stressful, including wanting to help a friend or family member when you’re not geographically close enough to lend an actual helping hand. But there is help. By providing on-demand meal delivery and transportation services, Like...
by Nicholas Upton | May 3, 2019 | Meal Kits, News, Research
The big criticism of meal-kit companies is that while you don’t have to go to the store, you still have to cook. For those busy millennial families or people who tend to cram in everything they can, that’s a big hurdle. Producers of frozen, mass-market meals are...
by fodnews | Apr 18, 2019 | Meal Kits, News, Top Stories
Albertsons has reportedly laid off 10 percent of the staff at Plated, a national meal kit service the West Coast grocery giant purchased in 2017. According to the report, the layoffs impacted 25 of Plated’s employees. In a statement, Albertsons spokeswoman, Christine...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 28, 2019 | Finance, Meal Kits
“Don’t Be Fooled: Blue Apron Is Still in Trouble” was only one of several dark headlines about the meal-delivery standard bearer that has struggled since going public in 2017. Back then, when meal kits seemed like the beginning of a major shift in the way Americans...