A hectic schedule is not an excuse to eat unhealthily. Individuals who do not have time to prepare time-consuming meals can still enjoy healthy, delectable, and nutritious meals at any time, thanks to ever-advancing technology. Delicious and healthy meal kits can now be delivered right to your door with meal kit delivery services.
What to Know About Meal Kit Delivery
If you are not familiar with a meal kit, it is a subscription service-foodservice business model where a company sends clients pre-portioned and occasionally partially-prepared food ingredients and recipes to make home-cooked meals. Meal delivery services are businesses that send prepared meals.
According to Statista's data, the market is dominated by dozens of services, and the industry is expected to grow to a value of almost $8 billion in 2022. The two leading meal kit delivery companies in the United States as of February 2018 were Blue Apron and HelloFresh. The two businesses collectively control nearly 70% of the market.
Amazon's Partnership with Blue Apron
Blue Apron is now offering its convenient meal kits on Amazon for the first time without a subscription, according to CNET. Simple kinds of pasta to delectable international recipes are among the eight options available each week, and seafood and a vegetarian option are always available in the meal delivery service.
In addition, the report tells us that Blue Apron now provides a variety of its premade meals and meal kits, such as prepared meals, family favorites recipes, ready-to-cook meals, and a few limited-time, special occasion boxes.
In an effort to expand its customer base and appeal to those who are not interested in subscribing to a meal kit service, the company on Thursday announced a collaboration with Amazon and third-party expansion.
Details and Pricing
With options to prepare two to four recipes per week and two or four servings per recipe, the price per serving typically ranges from $8 to $12. To assist you in putting together a festive spread for significant food holidays like the Super Bowl and Thanksgiving, Blue Apron frequently releases special menus.
Blue Apron's special Amazon listing now has more than a dozen options for meal kit fans. This includes 2-person kits as well as 4-person kits. You can view the offering by following this link.
A box of two standard meal kits, each with two servings, will set you back $50 ($12.50 per serving), with free shipping for Amazon Prime members.
Bundles of two meal kits for four start at $70, with prices per serving as low as $8.75. That is quite a great deal if you are aiming for healthy meals on the go for the whole family.
There is also the option to supplement the meal kits with extras such as salad and bread. A box of four prepared Blue Apron meals costs $60.
