![]() Still, the news rattled investors, coming just days after Blue Apron announced the exit of operations chief and co-founder Matt Wadiak as part of a post IPO-shakeup.īlue Apron shares were down 5.6% to $5.87 on Friday in afternoon trading. Still that means that the number of jobs eliminated at the unprofitable company could be significant though not as high as some initial news reports suggested. A spokeswoman said some 800 of the affected employees have opted to make the move to Linden, while the rest have yet to tell Blue Apron their decision. ![]() ![]() The fast-growing company 1,051 employees only two and a half years ago.)īut it is consolidating its New Jersey operations at a new 495,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Linden, some 15 miles away from Jersey City and Blue Apron says it has given all that staff the option of going to work at that facility. (Blue Apron, which went public in June, had 5,202 employees as of March 31, according to its initial public offering prospectus. The meal-kit delivery system is eliminating 1,270 jobs from a Jersey City, N.J., facility it is closing in October, according to a public notice this week required of employers by federal law when they are planning large scale layoffs. ![]()
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