blue apron sucks. Who are the people getting an onion shipped from wherever in 12 layers of packaging and $10 chicken breast.
Blue Apron Files for IPO
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#42The amount of pollution / trash this company produces seems pretty counter to their mission statement.
We canceled after a week precisely for this reason. I couldn't believe how much trash a single shipment generated.
Trash is generally a byproduct of convenience, so I'm not surprised to hear this product generates a lot of trash. One can say the same thing about Keurigs, that hilarious Juicero thing, and many other services. I instinctively avoid this kind of thing now, not just because of the quality compromise but also this trash efficiency compromise. It's really short-sighted and lazy to consume in this fashion.
Go to a damn farmer's market and plan out your week, people!
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think going into a dirty sewer is uncomfortable, but there are sewer inspectors, and paving a hot road in the summer is uncomfortable, but there are road pavers.
uh ok? And I think sewers and roads are slightly more essential than tiny packaged bags of basil shipped to my house.
whoosh
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>They are trying to help people cook healthy food, they are doing a good thing I don't think the idea that they're "doing a good thing" is so cut and dry. Aren't they producing an astounding amount of waste? And aren't the working conditions uncomfortable at best? https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-not-so-wholeso...
I've subscribed to Blue Apron before and, regarding waste, it doesn't seem much different from going to the grocery store. Meat ingredients like chicken breast, salmon, and beef are individually wrapped exactly like they are in the store. Blue Apron doesn't wrap all their produce (but they do wrap some of it); most people I know use a lot of plastic bags for produce when going to the grocery, so that's a small differ…
Aren't the meats shipped with dry ice / styrofoam?
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#45The amount of pollution / trash this company produces seems pretty counter to their mission statement.
You can ship the boxes, gel packs, and foil bag back to them for recycling. They give you a free shipping label. https://support.blueapron.com/hc/en-us/articles/202510818-Ho...
doesn't the carbon footprint of shipping it back offset the recycling?
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#46blue apron sucks. Who are the people getting an onion shipped from wherever in 12 layers of packaging and $10 chicken breast.
No one who uses blue apron, since an onion for blue apron comes in exactly one layer of packaging (the outer box), usually.
Which is one less layer (though possibly a heavier layer) than is typical with grocery shopping.
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#47blue apron sucks. Who are the people getting an onion shipped from wherever in 12 layers of packaging and $10 chicken breast.
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#48For the lazy:
>>> In 2014, 2015, and 2016, we generated $77.8 million, $340.8 million, and $795.4 million in net revenue, respectively, representing growth of 338% from 2014 to 2015 and growth of 133% from 2015 to 2016. In the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017, we generated $172.1 million and $244.8 million in net revenue, respectively, representing growth of 42%. In the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015, and 2016, we incurred net losses of $(30.8) million, $(47.0) million, and $(54.9) million, respectively, and in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017, we generated net income of $3.0 million and incurred net losses of $(52.2) million, respectively.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have evidence that a meal kit produces more "trash" than the packaging required to ship all of the included products to a store? Additionally, your argument is incomplete without addressing the efficiencies that meal kit companies gain by limiting food waste. The real question is what provides a more efficient food system, a grocery store or a meal kit?
https://www.jennettefulda.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ing... I mean just look at this photo... A resealable plastic bag for 1 green onion?
It's packed like an MRE! (Only less ready to eat, and probably much more appetizing.) This is the first I've heard of Blue Apron, but I'm really seeing where the accusations of excessive waste come from.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
>They are trying to help people cook healthy food, they are doing a good thing I don't think the idea that they're "doing a good thing" is so cut and dry. Aren't they producing an astounding amount of waste? And aren't the working conditions uncomfortable at best? https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-not-so-wholeso...
I've subscribed to Blue Apron before and, regarding waste, it doesn't seem much different from going to the grocery store. Meat ingredients like chicken breast, salmon, and beef are individually wrapped exactly like they are in the store. Blue Apron doesn't wrap all their produce (but they do wrap some of it); most people I know use a lot of plastic bags for produce when going to the grocery, so that's a small differ…
You can buy larger bulk packages at grocery stores and cut down on the waste. And you generally get a more favorable unit-cost that way as well.
I have friends who liked it for the healthy-food-on-rails aspect and because they weren't very adventurous cooks before trying it.