<story><title>Blue Apron falls 9% on fourth day as a public company</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/05/blue-apron-falls-9-on-fourth-day-as-a-public-company</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nsnick</author><text>Does anyone actually use Blue Apron?  They seem to do promotions all the time and yet, I don&amp;#x27;t know anyone who actually uses their service.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>methodin</author><text>I used it for almost two years for a variety of reasons - primarily it forces you to be a better cook and cook a much larger range of recipes than you would select on your own.
Eventually I had a stockpile of recipes from them to pull off of and we moved right across the street from a grocery store so was pretty ridiculous to keep using it.
I don&amp;#x27;t regret it at all - I&amp;#x27;m a much better cook and I can cook a much larger variety of stuff now than prior to using the service. These services don&amp;#x27;t seem like they are able to sustain people for long periods of time. If people are like me you&amp;#x27;d use it for a while then eventually find it unnecessary. Seems like the model is short-lived propagation than long-term use but I could be an anomaly.
Also used a few others in that time - Blue Apron was the most consistent.</text></comment>
<story><title>Blue Apron falls 9% on fourth day as a public company</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/05/blue-apron-falls-9-on-fourth-day-as-a-public-company</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nsnick</author><text>Does anyone actually use Blue Apron?  They seem to do promotions all the time and yet, I don&amp;#x27;t know anyone who actually uses their service.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sgdread</author><text>We used it a lot when they just started. For a while the quality was very good: chefs did a good job providing variety of choices, packaging was good. But after a year or so they started to cut the cost and shifted to low-quality selection which felt like fast food. We moved to Home Chef: it&amp;#x27;s pricier, but they provide what Blue Apron was when they started.</text></comment>