Sun Basket news and trends

Purple Carrot: Focus On Waste Is No Waste Of Time (Or Money)
Retail // July 02, 2018

Meal kits are a crowded vertical, so the brands behind these convenient dinner solutions must find ways to stand out. It’s not enough to offer the convenience of a subscription, even one with lots of customizable options, since that’s what every meal kit-maker is doing....

Sun Basket And Soothing Investors’ Meal Kit Indigestion
Merchant Innovation // February 06, 2018

Meal kits came to the market strong and, for a while there, it seemed like everyone was offering a variation of a direct-to-one’s-door delivery of dinner’s component parts waiting for assemblage. That market has since seen more than a bit of difficulty in sustaining the...

Sun Basket’s Push To Scale
Retail // May 15, 2017

Will ordering meal kits be the grocery shopping of the future? It seems to be becoming a more common bet in Silicon Valley and beyond.  The meal kit segment’s best known player Blue Apron is rumored to be heading toward an IPO, the New York...

Sun Basket Raises $9 Million In VC Funding To Boost Marketing
Investments // May 12, 2017

Sun Basket, the meal kit startup company that is focused on healthy recipes and organic ingredients, raised $9 million in venture funding. According to a report in TechCrunch, the round of funding was led by Unilever Ventures and included participation from Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle...

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How All-in-One Platforms Can Lower the Cost of SMB Payments

April 13, 2022
Through the past several decades, conceptually, B2B payments have been rather simple: Buyers received paper invoices, and suppliers got paper checks. Buyers want to hold on to cash as long as possible, while suppliers want funds in hand as soon as possible. But now, in the midst of supply chain frictions, the imbalances inherent in […]

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Sun Basket Raises $9 Million In VC Funding To Boost Marketing

May 12, 2017
Sun Basket, the meal kit startup company that is focused on healthy recipes and organic ingredients, raised $9 million in venture funding. According to a report in TechCrunch, the round of funding was led by Unilever Ventures and included participation from Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle Capital. With the $9 million round of fundraising, the startup […]