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Blue Apron Appoints Alan Blake as Chief Supply Chain Officer

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. (NYSE: APRN) today announced the appointment of Alan Blake as Chief Supply Chain Officer, with an expected started date of June 25. An accomplished supply chain leader with extensive expertise in operations, Blake joins Blue Apron with more than 30 years of experience at leading consumer packaged goods, beverage and food companies. At Blue Apron, he will oversee end-to-end processes across the company’s supply chain, including sourcing, procurement, planning, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, as the company continues its multi-product, multi-channel expansion. Blake will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Brad Dickerson and serve on the company’s executive leadership team.

Blake most recently served as Chief Supply Chain Officer at Revlon, Inc., where he was responsible for all aspects of the end-to-end supply chain, leading an organization of thousands of employees globally across six internal manufacturing plants in addition to overseeing the company’s distribution centers and co-manufacturers. Before joining Revlon, he was Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Ventura Foods, a privately owned producer of a wide variety of ingredients for the food service and baking industries. Prior to that, Blake spent five years at Campbell Soup Company, serving first as Vice President of North American Manufacturing before progressing to Vice President of the North American Supply Chain and US Retail Business Team. He also led Global Production Operations at Brown-Forman, one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies, and worked in plant operations and distribution at Ocean Spray. Blake began his career at Procter & Gamble, where he spent 17 years in various roles of increasing responsibility within supply chain and operations.

“We have made significant progress in increasing operational efficiencies throughout our fulfillment network, and operational optimization remains an ongoing strategic priority,” said Brad Dickerson, Blue Apron CEO. “Alan’s leadership and experience will be a valuable asset to the company as we continue to advance our end-to-end processes so that we can fully leverage what we expect to be significant and differentiating operational capabilities in order to capitalize on our future growth opportunities.”

“I am energized by the opportunities ahead of Blue Apron in such a dynamic and high-profile category,” said Blake. “I am looking forward to working closely with the team to unlock further efficiencies and provide customers nationwide with incredible culinary experiences.”

Blake received a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Xavier University.

About Blue Apron

Blue Apron’s mission is to make incredible home cooking accessible to everyone. Launched in 2012, Blue Apron is reimagining the way that food is produced, distributed, and consumed, and as a result, building a better food system that benefits consumers, food producers, and the planet. The Company has developed an integrated ecosystem that enables the Company to work in a direct, coordinated manner with farmers and artisans to deliver high-quality products to customers nationwide at compelling values.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements concerning Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. and its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Blue Apron has based these forward looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and trends that it believes may affect its business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation, risks related to its announced management and organizational changes, the continued service and availability of key personnel, its ability to expand its product assortments by offering additional products for additional consumer segments, the Company’s anticipated growth strategies, anticipated trends and challenges in its business, and its expectations regarding, and the stability of, its supply chain, and the risks more fully described in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 5, 2018 and other filings that Blue Apron may make with the SEC in the future. Blue Apron assumes no obligation to update any forward looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts:

Blue Apron
Louise Ward
Louise.Ward@blueapron.com

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