

Īfter the opening of its third fulfillment center in Arlington, Texas in June 2015, the company began shipping to the contiguous United States. In December 2014, the company opened another fulfillment center in Jersey City, New Jersey. In November 2014, Blue Apron launched Blue Apron Market, a store featuring kitchen tools and cookware. In May 2014, the company announced that it would be launching a fulfillment center in Richmond, California. Matt Salzberg, Ilia Papas and Matt Wadiak first began sending customers boxes containing the ingredients to cook recipes in August 2012, packing and shipping the first 30 orders themselves from a commercial kitchen in Long Island City.
