GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Owners of Grand Rapids’ San Chez restaurants are joining the meal kit business, which is booming because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The "meals delivered from home" business is booming. April 1 through June 30 saw meal kit delivery behemoth Blue Apron report its sales rose 29% over the previous fiscal quarter and customer revenue hit a five-year high. From March 30 to June 30, Berlin-based HelloFresh saw U.S. meal orders nearly double, according to its quarterly investor report.
Beginning September 1, San Chez Bistro and ROAM will begin taking orders for family meal kits that will be available Friday. Each meal will feed up to four people. Customers need only order and pay online or by phone, pick up their kit at the restaurant, and heat and eat the prepared meals at home.
Cindy Schneider, the owner of San Chez, says the meal kits are meant to give fatigued families a break from cooking while a bolstering business hit hard by pandemic restrictions and fears.
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