Blue Apron Brings 400 Jobs to Bay Area

NEW YORK, May 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Apron, a New York based startup that delivers all the fresh, pre-portioned ingredients needed to cook incredible meals at home, plans to add 400 full-time employees at its fulfillment center in Richmond, CA. Blue Apron offers all full-time hourly employees a competitive benefits package, as well as free lunch daily and a discount on Blue Apron subscriptions.

Employment opportunities currently available at the Richmond, CA facility include (but are not limited to) Hourly Fulfillment Center Roles. Applicants for these roles will join one of two core teams within the fulfillment center: The Kitchen Team that is responsible for ensuring full execution for all ingredients in each week's box, or The Packing Team which is responsible for putting Blue Apron's finished ingredients into boxes and serves as the final quality check on all items.  Team members work eight-hour shifts, four to five days per week.

Blue Apron launched in 2012 and ships over 600,000 meals per week to home chefs across the country from its fulfillment centers. For more information about Blue Apron and these job opportunities in California, please visit http://www.blueapron.com/cali-hire.

About Blue Apron

Blue Apron makes incredible home cooking accessible by delivering original recipes and fresh ingredients to customers nationwide.   Launched in 2012, Blue Apron delivers over 600,000 meals a month to its loyal following of home chefs. By reinventing the grocery supply chain from the farm to the dinner table, Blue Apron is able to source top-quality, seasonal ingredients, that are fresher and more affordable than customers can get on their own at their local supermarket. Chefs around the world wear blue aprons when learning to cook, and the blue apron has become a symbol of lifelong learning in cooking.  Blue Apron encourages this lifelong learning by introducing members to new ingredients, flavors and cooking techniques with every recipe it creates. For more information, visit: http://www.blueapron.com.

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SOURCE Blue Apron