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 the growth of ready-to-go meal subscriptions outpaces that of traditional meal kits, Blue Apron is launching non-frozen prepared meals — part of an industry-wide trend toward more convenient options. The meal kit company announced Tuesday (Dec. 12) the expansion of its ready-to-eat category with...
As supermarkets look to provide one-stop shopping, Wegmans is pushing beyond the typical grocery format to open a hybrid supermarket/food hall in New York City. According to Time Out New York, the new Manhattan location, set to open Wednesday (Oct. 18), will be set up...
With consumers looking for lower-cost options to replace restaurant delivery and pickup without compromising on speed or convenience, Kroger is expanding its meal solutions business. The grocery giant’s meals business Home Chef announced Wednesday (Oct. 4) the launch of a heat-and-eat meal delivery service, Tempo,...
March 26, 2025
With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, return to office has become the dominant work mode. According to PYMNTS Intelligence survey data from January 2025, about 80% of employed consumers now work either in-office or in a hybrid setting and 63% of formerly remote workers are back in the office full time. It’s a stark […]
October 04, 2023
Rebooted as a direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand, Jenny Craig will now benefit from the widespread expansion of its audience beyond just the locations it can service within reach of brick-and-mortar locations....
April 09, 2023
Whole Foods is reportedly considering opening commercial kitchens amid rising consumer demand for prepared foods. The Amazon-owned grocer would launch these kitchens to make meals for its food bars and refrigerated cases, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (April 9), citing people familiar with the matter. The report notes this reverses the company’s trend of […]
April 05, 2023
Blue Apron and DoorDash’s DashMart have expanded their partnership to 11 new markets. The expansion makes Blue Apron’s Heat & Eat meals available in a number of new locales, including...
October 27, 2017
HelloFresh co-founder Dan Treiman is helping to get kids involved in the kitchen, teaming up with Joanna and David Parker to launch a healthy prepared meal service for children. According...