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Private |
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Founded | August 2012 |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Founder(s) | Matt Wadiak Matt Salzberg Ilia Papas |
Key people | Matt Salzberg, CEO Matthew Wadiak, COO Ilia Papas, CTO |
Industry | Online food ordering |
Website | www |
Blue Apron Inc. is an American meal delivery service that provides customers across the United States with weekly pre-portioned meals with recipes to subscribers. Founded in August 2012, the company ships 8 million meals per month.
Since establishing a packaging and distribution facility in Richmond, California, Blue Apron has had several health citations, and encounters with the Richmond police department. In August 2015, after a two-week inspection from the California Division of Occupational Health and Safety led to "proposed penalties of $11,695" for unsafe work conditions. In the first three and a half years since opening the Richmond facility, four arrests have been made due to violence, or threats of violence, at the facility.