Meal-kit expansion
Along with the launch of Kroger Express, Walgreens is adding Home Chef Express meal kits in 65 Walgreens locations in Chicago. This increases the reach of Home Chef Express’s products, which are already available at various Kroger family of stores, including Mariano’s. During the pilot, Walgreens will offer three Home Chef Express meal kit options, with recipes rotating biweekly.
"Customers have responded favorably to the retail meal kits at our Mariano's stores in the market and other Kroger family of stores located in different cities,” said Clark. “The Walgreens expansion provides more Chicagoans convenient access to a quick, simple meal.”
Chicago-based Home Chef is a leading meal kit delivery company, providing more than 3 million meals nationwide on a monthly basis. The company offers fresh, preportioned ingredients and easy-to-follow recipes.
Kroger, based in Cincinnati, operates about 2,800 retail food stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens operates 9,560 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.