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Trump wants to slash food stamps and replace them with a ‘Blue Apron-type program’ By Caitlin Dewey February 12 at 6:57 PM The Trump administration wants to slash food aid to low-income families and make up the difference with a box of canned goods — a change that Office of Management and budget director Mick Mulvaney described in a Monday briefing as a “Blue Apron-type program.” “What we do is propose that for folks who are on food stamps, part — not all, part — of their benefits come in the actual sort of, and I don't want to steal...

The company now estimates it will price its IPO at $10 to $11 a share, down from the $15 to $17 a share it initially expected. The new pricing range implies a valuation of up to $2.08 billion, compared with $3.2 billion earlier. Last week, the company submitted a filing that kicked off the process to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "APRN." Blue Apron had said it hoped to raise $100 million with its IPO. The company is now in the final stages of preparing to go public in an already competitive meal-kit landscape....