Blue Apron Holdings Inc (NYSE:APRN) has inked a deal with Walmart Inc’s (NYSE:WMT) Jet.com to sell its meal kits online.
The e-commerce site will offer Blue Apron’s meal kits through its City Grocery Service, available to customers in New York City, Jersey City and Hoboken.
“This exciting launch is another step forward in our channel expansion strategy and reflects the strength of the capabilities we are developing to readily support a variety of opportunities to broaden our access to consumers,” said Blue Apron CEO Brad Dickerson in the company’s press release.
Amateur chefs can whip up seared steaks and peperonata with fregola sarda pasta and grana padano cheese, Dukkah-spiced beef and couscous with tahini-dressed broccoli, Togarashi popcorn chicken with sweet chili slaw and jasmine rice or Italian farro bowls with roasted vegetables and mozzarella.
The kits range in price from $16.99 to $22.99 and serve two people, available for same-day or next-day delivery.
Shares of Blue Apron surged more than 21% to $1.38 in Monday morning trading while shares of Walmart were up about 2% to $100.89.
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