Wonder Announces Closing of Blue Apron Acquisition to Enhance its Leading Platform for Mealtime

Business Wire2023-11-13

Customers in New York City and New Jersey can now buy Blue Apron meals via delivery and pick-up from Wonder locations NEW YORK, November 13, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wonder Group, a company founded by ...

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Through faster, more convenient delivery options and greater menu choice, customers have even more ways to create incredible home meal moments anytime, anywhere.\"\nBeginning today, Blue Apron customers within Wonder delivery zones will have their subscription boxes delivered by Wonder couriers. This enhanced, direct delivery is provided to customers at no additional cost. Service to Blue Apron customers will continue as normal.\nAdditionally, Wonder customers throughout New York and New Jersey now have access to Blue Apron on the Wonder app. This rotating offering of Meal Kits and Heat & Eat options are available starting today at Wonder Upper West Side, Chelsea, Downtown Brooklyn, Westfield and Hoboken, available for delivery or pickup.\nThe launch menu, with plans to expand in the future, features some of Blue Apron’s top-rated recipes with the same quality ingredients. Heat & Eat meals are microwave-ready to heat up in 5 minutes or less - with no prep work or clean up required - while the Meal Kits offer Blue Apron’s traditional cooking experience without any commitment to a subscription.\n\nMeal Kits Boxes include the following recipes:\n  \nShawarma Chicken & Couscous Bowl // Salmon & Avocado Rice Bowl\nSheet Pan Pesto Salmon // One Pan Udon Noodle & Spicy Peanut Stir Fry\nGnocchi Mac & Cheese // Chicken & Chickpea Curry\n\nHeat & Eat microwavable single serve portions include:\n  \nLemon Chicken\nCheesy Mexican Chicken & Rice\nCheesy Truffle Cavatappi\nEgg Noodles & Beef Meatballs\n\n\nWonder’s tender offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock of Blue Apron (the \"Common Stock\"), which constituted all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Blue Apron, at a purchase price of $13.00 per share of Common Stock (the \"Offer Price\"), net to the stockholder in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding, expired as scheduled at one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on November 9, 2023. Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary and paying agent for the tender offer, has advised Wonder that as of the expiration of the tender offer, a total of 5,136,073 shares of Common Stock were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, representing approximately 66.7% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Such shares of Common Stock have been accepted for payment and will be promptly paid for in accordance with the terms of the tender offer.\nFollowing completion of the tender offer, Wonder will complete the acquisition of Blue Apron later today through the previously planned merger of its wholly owned subsidiary, Basil Merger Corporation, with and into Blue Apron (the \"Merger\"), and all shares of Common Stock that have not been validly tendered will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price. As a result of the Merger, Blue Apron will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Wonder. Blue Apron’s Class A common stock will be delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market.\nAbout Wonder Group\nWonder is revolutionizing the food industry by creating the mealtime super app, operating a collection of vertically-integrated, delivery-first restaurants and pioneering a new category of \"Fast Fine\" dining. Featuring some of the world’s best chefs including Bobby Flay, Jose Andres, Nancy Silverton, Michael Symon, Marcus Samuelsson and others, along with award-winning restaurants from across the country including Tejas Barbeque, Di Fara Pizza, Barrio Cafe, Maydan and more, customers can experience any combination of these chefs and restaurants all together in one order for the first time. Everything is made-to-order in a Wonder location and delivered to your door by a Wonder courier, or available for pick-up and dine-in as well. Wonder brings an elevated, curated dining experience to you every time. Visit www.wonder.com to learn more.\nAbout Blue Apron\nBlue Apron’s vision is Better Living Through Better Food™. Launched in 2012, Blue Apron offers fresh, chef-designed meals that empower home cooks to embrace their culinary curiosity, challenge their abilities in the kitchen and see what a difference cooking quality food can make in their lives. Blue Apron is focused on bringing incredible recipes to its customers, deepening its commitment to its employees, continuing to reduce food and packaging waste, and addressing its carbon impact. Visit www.blueapron.com to learn more.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231113980883/en/\nContacts\nJosh Kipnisjosh@culturespeed.com","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.2","shortVersion":"4.29.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2383003824"}