Blue Apron lays off more workers

Re:Blue Apron lays off more workers by ryanmercer on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:31AM (#18449112)

>Even $15/meal is probably less than I'd pay at any restaurant/carry out that wasn't terribly unhealthy, including gratuity and tax.

15$ a meal is pure insanity for 400-600 kcals, I eat 6-8lbs of chicken a week and my weekly grocery bill is right around 50$.

I live in Indiana, the average household income is $45,943, even just one person earning that you're taking home 35,482$ a year which is about 97$ a day which makes just 1 of these meals a day 10.2% of your net income.

Most of the country is not tech workers drawing high 5 and low 6-figure incomes.

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Re:Blue Apron lays off more workers by jrochkind1 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @08:36AM (#18449709)

Right, but the person I was replying to was comparing it to prepared food.

I think more Americans may eat prepared food more often than you think (and Blue Apron or similar services are usually 2-3 meals a week, which is far from every meal).

But I agree it looks like the price they would need to charge to be profitable is not a price there is a sufficient market for.

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Re:Blue Apron lays off more workers by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:06PM (#18453942)

They're usually around 800 Cals, FWIW.

I agree that it's overpriced, but I tried it discounted and found it reasonable aside from that.

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