The assumption that meal kits cause less food waste is dubious. This is exactly why we stopped getting Blue Apron - we found that we only ate 1 out of 3 kits we

The assumption that meal kits cause less food waste is dubious. This is exactly why we stopped getting Blue Apron - we found that we only ate 1 out of 3 kits we got, and our fridge would pile up with unused raw ingredients we would hope to be able to use before they spoiled. In the end we decided the combination of trash and food waste was too much and went back to groceries full time.