The U.S. Prepared Foods Home Delivery Market

Bharat Book Bureau provides the report, on “The U.S. Prepared Foods Home Delivery Market”. This is an emerging high-growth niche market backed by huge venture capital investments. https://www.bharatbook.com/food-market-research-reports-762644/us-prepared-foods-home-delivery.html

June 04th, 2016 Mumbai, India: Bharatbook.com announces a report on “The U.S. Prepared Foods Home Delivery Market”.The report provides major statistics on the state of the industry and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the market.

This new study examines the $3.2 billion food home delivery market—consisting of

Three main sectors: healthy prepared meals and meal kits, diet food delivery, and mail order delivery of premium meats and desserts. This is an emerging high-growth niche market backed by huge venture capital investments since 2012.

The diet food delivery market and mail order premium meats and gift baskets markets are much older and well established markets, vs. the fresh and meal kits business, but the last market is the one backed by venture capital—in the hopes of disrupting the entire way that Americans shop for and prepare their meals.

The meal kits market, led by firms such as Blue Apron and Plated, has yet to face the challenge of a recession, and could be a short-lived fad fueled by affluent Milennials. Already, some companies have closed shop and a major consolidation is probably coming in the next few years—as VC firms become more picky, companies burn through their cash, and profitability is elusive.

Roughly 150 companies compete in the meal kits market, 30 in diet foods and another 30 or so in premium meats. Some ship food nationwide while others provide fresh daily delivery to local markets such as New York City and Los Angeles.

The study covers: nature/structure of the market, key demand factors, venture capital funding activity, pricing, distribution, how companies are formed and operate,...