Several of my friends had been a part of that meal kit 2020 spike. Maybe the meal kits have better combatted inflation? It was worth exploring. Add to that the twice a week when nothing in my fridge and pantry sounds good and I end up ordering out, costing us, at best, $35 (and really more like $70). My reliably $100-a-week grocery bill is now at least $120. But I see the appeal: Many meal kits are healthier than eating out you can skip a trip to the grocery store they can help you learn to cook and it’s one less thing to have to decide upon or worry about.

(Fine it’s because I’m cheap.) Many of them hit $14 a serving, comparable to a restaurant, and if I’m spending that much for dinner, I prefer to not have to cook and clean up after. I spent 2020 stuck at home alone with two elementary school-age kids and somehow never ordered a meal kit. We can go back to restaurants maybe we can chop those carrots ourselves after all. Blue Apron lost $26.4 million in the fourth quarter of 20 will likely be even worse HelloFresh’s stock price dipped 55 percent. But after skyrocketing in 2020, the delivery meal kit giants have been struggling. That’s when we threw our money at companies like Blue Apron and HelloFresh in a desperate attempt to relieve us of yet another night of summoning the energy to answer the question of what’s for dinner.ĭelivery meal kit companies were at the right place at the right time and, similar to Zoom and apps like DoorDash and Postmates, they cashed in on our homeboundness.

Like dread, uncertainty and sourdough starters, delivery meal kits peaked in 2020. Sunday, March 19th 2023 Home Page Close Menu

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