Too tired to figure out dinner? This HelloFresh deal gets you $20 off your first three boxes

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Picture this: You just got home, it’s been dark since 5 p.m., and you’re ordering Uber Eats (again) because the grocery store requires energy that you don’t have. Sound familiar?

I mean, it’s only something most of us experience every day from November to February. 

With HelloFresh, cooking requires minimal effort — and they’re offering $20 off of your first three boxes as a Valentine’s Day treat. (*Hint date night idea hint.*)

We know that cooking every night can seem like a big undertaking — but when pre-measured ingredients for meals you chose are ready and waiting at your door, a giant chunk of the “ugh” disappears. Read more…

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Simple Feast raises $12M from Balderton and 14W to expand its weekly meat-free meal-box deliveries

The vast majority of environmental experts say that avoiding meat and dairy is the single most important, and most impactful action, you can take to reduce your personal impact on Earth. Why? Because of the sheer amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere from the process of meat production. Many would agree it’s also pretty […]

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Insight Venture Partners closes on its largest fund with $6.3 billion

Insight Venture Partners has raised $6.3 billion for its latest (and largest ever) fund as technology investors continue to amass increasingly large war chests. In the wake of SoftBank’s massive $100 billion Vision Fund, investors in technology companies have said that capital has become weaponized as a way to create a competitive moat around a startup’s […]

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Foodies, rejoice: These are the subscription boxes you’ll love

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Food rocks. Whether we’re eating it, Instagramming it, or just drooling over a recipe video, if it’s yummy, we’re into it.

There are plenty of food-themed subscription boxes out there. Some are useful for planning out your meals, while others are great for trying new foods and snacks. 

These are the food-themed subscription boxes we’re loving right now:

Home Chef — $9.95 per serving

Weekly meals that are better than takeout.

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With Home Chef, you can schedule weekly deliveries of different dishes. Your package will include pre-measured ingredients and recipe cards, so all you have to do is get cooking when the package arrives.  Read more…

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The startup that facilitates deliveries for HelloFresh in SF and LA raises $4.3 million

 AxleHire, a last-mile logistics startup that facilitates deliveries for companies like HelloFresh, Freshly, Sunbasket, La Boulangerie and others, has raised $4.3 million from Acorn Pacific, RGA Ventures and others.
AxleHire, which started back in 2015, is doing over 150,000 shipments per month and bringing in $750,000 in monthly revenues. By April, AxleHire expects to hit $1.5 million in… Read More

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What it’s like cooking with meal kit startup Chef’d

 I’ve tried both Blue Apron and HelloFresh before, but I don’t like being locked into some subscription, so I decided to go with Chef’d this time around. Chef’d, which raised $35.2 million in August from strategic investors like pork producer Smithfield Foods and online grocer Fresh Direct, is different in that you don’t need to subscribe to anything, ever. There… Read More

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Blue Apron’s future could be in question after stock plummets yet again

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Things just keep getting worse for Blue Apron.

After reporting yet another disappointing set of earnings last week, the company is now saying that a move from one New Jersey fulfillment center to another is incurring “unexpected costs.”

That was the last straw for many investors, who sent the company’s stock careening to new lows on Tuesday. 

Here’s the Blue Apron’s stock chart since going public at the end of June.

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Blue Apron chief financial officer Brad Dickerson told investors that the company is still training workers, and it could be months before the new facility is fully operational. Read more…

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Blue Apron competitor HelloFresh prices IPO, raising up to $369 million

 HelloFresh, the Berlin-based cooking kit delivery company, priced its IPO at the middle of its expected range at €10.25, or roughly $11.91. This means that the company could raise up to €318 million in the offering, or $369 million. The timing of the IPO may come as a surprise to some, given that competitor Blue Apron recently had a lackluster public debut. Read More

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