Meal Kits

Retailer's ecommerce service will offer the 1-pan products

Service lacked 2 key assets physical grocers already have

Competing meal-kit company purchases brand's assets

Internal email blames 'setbacks with financing'

UNFI's acquisition of Supervalu, The Fresh Market store closures among popular reads

Concept now spreading to QSR channel

Part of grocer’s bid to offer shoppers more convenience

Independent grocer teams with chef Matt Lightner for gourmet-style kits

New 'Bob's Burgers' meal kits continue service's transformation to more experiential model

Grocer will roll kits out in brick-and-mortar stores and online

Deal further accelerates move of subscription-based, mail-order-only kits into stores

Launch follows others by independent grocers in recent months