General Mills rolls out subscription snacks by mail
General Mills is experimenting with shipping snacks via a subscription service to consumers. The Nibblr service, introduced in November, mails subscribers a regular snack shipment that cost about $6 per shipment. Snackers then rate what they tasted, and subsequent deliveries are based off of customer tastes (similar to what Netflix and Pandora does by suggesting movies or music).
Nibblr snacks aren’t General Mills-labeled and are mostly fruits, nuts and trail mixes. General Mills launched Nibblr through a business development unit the company calls 301 Inc. That unit, which started in 2012, was reportedly envisioned by General Mills as a way to partner with emerging companies to develop food products.