Chefd news and trends

True Food Innovations Buys Assets Of Chef’d
Retail // July 25, 2018

After recently suspending its operations due to financial difficulties, meal kit company Chef’d has found a buyer. True Food Innovations has reportedly bought Chef’d’s assets after it closed suddenly on July 16, The Wall Street Journal reported. With the arraignment, True Food Innovations will sell Chef’d meal...

Why Meal Kits Have Fizzled
Retail // July 20, 2018

It was only four months ago that Chef’d CEO Kyle Ransford predicted that big changes were coming to the meal kit market in a conversation with Karen Webster, and that meal kit providers were going to need to seriously update their business models to navigate a...

Retail Pulse: Chef’d Halts Operations; Gymboree Updates Brand
Retail // July 20, 2018

It’s notoriously difficult to find the right recipe for a meal kit business, and meal kit provider Chef’d has struggled: The startup, which was valued at about $160 million last year, reportedly burned through its cash from venture capitalists and food companies. The situation seemed...

Chef’d Halts Operations After Burning Through Cash
Startup Check-In // July 18, 2018

Chef’d, a the meal-kit operator, has halted its business operations after using up all its cash and failing to line up more of it. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that during the past few months the startup, which was...

Interviews & Exclusives
Chef’d CEO: Why The Existing Meal Kit Model Doesn’t Work

April 30, 2018
The meal kit delivery industry is all about pre-packed sameness wrapped around a subscription model, with convenience as a key lure. But so are famous chef-inspired recipes, and all of the ingredients that make it a cinch to cook on-demand at home. It’s also what Chef’d CEO Kyle Ransford says marks the beginning of the great meal kit model shift.

Quick Reads
True Food Innovations Buys Assets Of Chef’d

July 25, 2018
After recently suspending its operations due to financial difficulties, meal kit company Chef’d has found a buyer. True Food Innovations has reportedly bought Chef’d’s assets after it closed suddenly on July 16, The Wall Street Journal reported. With the arraignment, True Food Innovations will sell Chef’d meal kits in brick-and-mortar grocery stores. It will, however, will halt […]

Chef’d Halts Operations After Burning Through Cash

July 18, 2018
Chef’d, a the meal-kit operator, has halted its business operations after using up all its cash and failing to line up more of it. The Wall Street Journal, citing people...

Chef’d Meal Kits Coming To New York Area Drugstores

June 14, 2018
Chef’d, the maker of meal kits that can be purchased in grocery stores, has inked a deal to sell the kits in Walgreens and Duane Reade stores in the New York...

Chef’d Brings Meal Kits Into Smart Fridges

May 17, 2018
As it continues expanding into retail, Chef’d has partnered with Byte Foods to bring its meal kits into one hundred of Byte’s unattended retail locations in California. Over the next...