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Wait, does your local Safeway/King-Soopers/Albertsons/Publix not already do that? It's right next to the 'deli' section of mine, styrofoam packs (like what meats come in) and plastic wrapped, all the stuff inside. Yeah, they don't have the instructions, but it's not too hard to figure out what to do.

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None of those companies exist in my country. But no, I haven't seen it done here. Though 80% of a product is 0% of a product, so just a box of ingredients isn't quite what I'm getting it. What I'm talking about is the whole shebang and the design to drive you towards being able to wield the full power of your grocery store.

That being said, I wish we at least had what you describe :)

Oh, my bad, I didn't know. Hmm, maybe you could talk to the manager of your store and suggest it. It's not too hard for the folks there to just pack it all up like BlueApron or how we do it here. Plus, they could charge +10% or so to do that, essentially free money for them. I'd bet the manager would be pretty happy to do it. Then again, this a US perspective, so YMMV.

Our Publix does this with even a free sample of the food (entree and side) and a recipe card. But of course they're going to use gourmet ingredients and run you $25-30 if you need them all and buy off the endcap.

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