Spectacular Failures

Blue Apron wilts, then rises to a new challenge

The meal kit delivery service was almost belly-up before the pandemic hit. But then people stuck cooking at home gave the brand a lifeline. Investors found it tastier than ever, but will customers still hanker for the big blue box once this is all over? Our sponsors this week: Betterhelp: <a class="c-link" href="http://betterhelp.com/spectacular">betterhelp.com/spectacular</a> code spectacular NetSuite: <a class="c-link" href="http://netsuite.com/spectacular">netsuite.com/spectacular</a> Policygenius: <a class="c-link" href="http://policygenius.com/">policygenius.com</a> Sign up to receive our brand new newsletter, featuring weekly recommendations from Lauren and the rest of the team at <a href="http://spectacularfailures.org/newsletter">spectacularfailures.org/newsletter</a>. Read the transcript of the episode at <a class="default" href="https://www.spectacularfailures.org/">spectacularfailures.org</a>. You can follow Spectacular Failures on <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureShow">Twitter</a> at @failureshow and like us at Facebook.com/failureshow. We're <a href="https://www.instagram.com/failure_show/">@failure_show on Instagram</a>. Follow Lauren Ober on <a href="https://twitter.com/oberandOut">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oberandout/">Instagram</a> at @oberandout. Spectacular Failures is powered by you. Support the show with a donation at <a href="http://spectacularfailures.org/donate">spectacularfailures.org/donate</a>.

Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackles some of the most spectacular business failures of all time, and what could have been done to avoid them. Some of these stories are shocking. Some are funny. Some are just downright sad. But each one will give you a totally new perspective on big business… and big failure. From American Public Media.