
I liked the concept, but I was hung up on two main things – the cost (which runs about $9-10 per person, per meal) and whether or not my children would actually eat the meals. Every week you get a box with all the ingredients and instructions to make 2-3 dinners. If you’ve somehow avoided the onslaught of paid reviews, the gist is that Blue Apron is a meal planning and delivery service. That means someone who wanted two recipes per week from the Signature menu, for example, would usually pay $47.95 a week. This new college discount would take a five-week supply of that selection costing $239.75 and bring it down to $139.75.Raise your hand if you’ve read about 50 blog posts about Blue Apron. Shipping for meals off the Signature for 4 menu is always free.

Meals are priced at $9.99 per serving across every one of these menus except for Signature for 4, which offers prices as low as $7.49 per serving for meals with four or more servings. Shipping is $7.99 for orders of only two meals a week, and free for orders of three or more meals.

Students can upload a piece of documentation from their university to confirm their enrollment, while teachers can provide proof of their state education license or upload documentation proving their status.īlue Apron has four different “menus” for shoppers to survey: Signature, Freestyle, Vegetarian and Signature for 4. The meal kit delivery service is offering $100 off the first five boxes of meals for college students and teachers, along with doctors, nurses, hospital employees, first responders, military members and seniors age 55 and over. Newcomers and returning customers can get access to the discount as long as they verify their collegiate affiliation via the ID.me portal. Get expert shopping advice delivered to your phone. Sign up for text message alerts from the deal-hunting nerds at Reviewed.

Fortunately, Blue Apron can help university kids (and teachers) skip the lines at their Student Union and cook from home. Though we're all celebrating summer at the moment, soon it'll be the time of year students dread most.back to school season! That means new classes, new schedules and, for college students, new ways to avoid paying for overpriced campus food.

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