Blue Apron

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
Type of businessSubsidiary
Traded asNYSE: APRN (2017–2023)
FoundedAugust 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08)
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, U.S.
Area servedUnited States
Founder(s)
  • Matt Wadiak
  • Matt Salzberg
  • Ilia Papas
Key people
IndustryMeal kit
RevenueDecrease US$458 million (2022)[2]
Employees165 (2023)[3]
ParentWonder Group (2023–present)
SubsidiariesBlue Apron Market
BN Ranch
URLwww.blueapron.com

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. is an American ingredient-and-recipe meal kit company headquartered in New York City, operating its services exclusively in the United States.[4] It offers weekly boxes containing ingredients, which also includes suggested recipes that must be cooked by hand by the customer using the pre-ordered ingredients.

As of September 2016, the company had shipped 8 million meal servings.[5] In June 2017, the company went public through an initial public offering.[6] Since November 2023, Blue Apron operates as a subsidiary of food delivery startup Wonder Group.[3]

  1. ^ Garber, Jonathan (April 2, 2019). "Blue Apron is soaring after its CEO steps down (APRN)". Business Insider. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "US SEC: Blue Apron Form 10-K". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference wg-fortune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Konrad, Alex (September 5, 2016). "Blue Apron's Got Big Plans For Dinner -- But So Do Its Hungry Rivals". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023.
  5. ^ Sherwood, Alison (September 5, 2018). "Meal kits put to the test". The Times Herald. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. ^ Hirsch, Lauren; Moon, Angela (June 28, 2017). "Meal-kit maker Blue Apron goes public, demand underwhelms as Amazon looms". Reuters. Retrieved June 29, 2017.