Can the Meal Kit Make It?
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2018
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Today is Thursday, July 26, and we’re looking at Chef’d vs. the meal kit industry.
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| 1:07.7 | You know, it seems like such a smart idea. |
| 1:12.4 | Make meal kits for consumers who just don't have time to shop but still want the satisfaction of cooking for their families. That's the category that Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, |
| 1:18.1 | and a handful of other startups pioneered just a few years ago. The problem is that meal kits may |
| 1:24.2 | not be such a smart idea after all. That's what some industry observers are saying |
| 1:29.5 | following last Monday's sudden shutdown of Chef. The California meal kit firm had been struggling for |
| 1:36.0 | months to get more financing. Chef wasn't as well known as its competitors, but observers |
| 1:41.3 | say it had promise. It offered a choice of some thousand recipes |
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