# Ad summary
This ad features a food content creator showcasing Blue Apron as a way to have amazing meals with no shopping, portioning, or cleaning required.
# Brand positioning
Blue Apron is presented as the perfect solution for individuals who appreciate cooking but lack the time or energy for the associated prep work. The brand positions itself as a provider of amazing recipes that can be ordered on demand, without any monthly membership or long-term commitment. Blue Apron offers a convenient way to enjoy high-quality meals without the hassle of shopping, portioning, and cleaning, catering to busy individuals who want delicious food without the fuss.
# Product
The featured product is Blue Apron, a meal delivery service that provides pre-portioned ingredients and recipes for home cooking. The service is for anyone who appreciates home-cooked meals but lacks the time or energy for all the prep work. Blue Apron offers amazing recipes that can be ordered when the customer wants, with no strings attached and no monthly membership. The advertised Blue Apron kit includes grass-fed flank steaks, hot honey biscuits, fresh green beans, shallots, and red bell pepper. The USPs highlighted are convenience, high-quality ingredients, delicious recipes, and flexibility with no subscription commitment. Blue Apron caters to the desire for home-cooked meals without the time commitment for shopping, portioning, and cleaning, addressing the purchase barrier of time and energy constraints.
# Visual style
The ad features a clean, well-lit visual style. The editing is fast-paced, with frequent cuts to different cooking actions and ingredients. The production quality appears to be a hybrid between UGC and a polished commercial, providing a sense of authenticity while maintaining a high level of visual appeal. The cuts per minute are high, enhancing the energetic feel of the ad. Audio-visual sync is maintained throughout, with cuts and product actions timed to the voiceover.
# Hooks
Spoken: Here's what I cook when I don't feel like cooking.
Text overlay: Here's what I cook when I don't feel like cooking.
Visual: 00:00–00:01: Close-up shot of a seasoned steak being placed in a hot pan with oil, held by a hand wearing a black glove. The pan sits on a black stovetop, and the background is out of focus. / 00:01–00:02: Hands holding a clear plastic bag containing a Blue Apron meal kit package. The packaging is light blue and white, labeled "Blue Apron" and "Meal Kit" with the meal name, "Grass-Fed Flank Steaks & Hot Honey Biscuits." Text at bottom: "Keep Refrigerated."
# Funnel stage
Consideration
# Pain points
The ad implies that the central pain point is the time, energy, and effort required for meal preparation, including shopping, portioning, and cleaning. "It's the shopping, portioning, cleaning, etcetera that they don't really like."
# Value propositions
- Blue Apron provides amazing recipes, allowing you to save 65% today, and gives you the ability to order what you want when you want with no strings attached, combining convenience, cost savings, and flexibility.
# Benefits
- Saves time and energy
- Eliminates shopping
- Eliminates portioning
- Eliminates cleaning
- Enjoy amazing meals
# Features
- Grass-fed flank steaks
- Hot honey biscuits
- Amazing recipes
- On demand ordering
- No strings attached
- No monthly membership
# Call to action
Be sure to check it out and use my code to save 65% today.
# Social proof
- The presenter states "Here's what I cook when I don't feel like cooking," implying firsthand use and satisfaction.
# Point of view
- Customer 100% – The entire ad is framed from the perspective of a customer and creator, with a casual and testimonial-driven approach.
# Storyline
- 00:00–00:01 The ad begins by showing steak being cooked in a pan, suggesting a delicious meal.
- 00:01–00:03 This is followed by a shot of a Blue Apron meal kit, introducing the brand as a solution for convenient cooking.
- 00:03–00:07 The narrator admits that while everyone loves cooking, they dislike the prep work, such as shopping, portioning, and cleaning.
- 00:07–00:13 The content creator, despite cooking for a living, reveals that he sometimes lacks the time and energy due to content creation, editing, training, and website building.
- 00:13–00:18 The ad transitions to show how Blue Apron solves this problem by providing everything needed for a meal.
- 00:18–00:21 The presenter explains that he can pull this off through Blue Apron, showing amazing recipes available to order.
- 00:21–00:26 He emphasizes the flexibility and convenience of ordering what you want, when you want, with no strings attached or monthly membership.
- 00:26–00:28 The ad ends with a call to action, encouraging viewers to check it out and use the presenter's code to save 65% today.