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05-27-2017, 05:47 AM
It is really hard to be a farm-to-doorstep table food startup
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Sprig raised $45 million two years ago for its vision of providing healthy meals delivered quickly. The money made the San Francisco-based startup one of the biggest entrants into the burgeoning farm-to-doorstep food market.*
On Friday, the company an**unced that it is shutting down.*
"The demand for Sprig’s convenient, high-quality food was always incredibly high, but the complexity of owning meal production through delivery at scale was a challenge," wrote Sprig CEO Gagan Biyani in an email sent to customers.*
Biyani also warned the press against drawing too straight a line between Sprig's failure and the broader food space.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/sprig-shutting-down-farm-to-doorstep-food-startup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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On Friday, the company an**unced that it is shutting down.*
"The demand for Sprig’s convenient, high-quality food was always incredibly high, but the complexity of owning meal production through delivery at scale was a challenge," wrote Sprig CEO Gagan Biyani in an email sent to customers.*
Biyani also warned the press against drawing too straight a line between Sprig's failure and the broader food space.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/sprig-shutting-down-farm-to-doorstep-food-startup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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