Blue Apron (aprn, -6.27%) could have a smaller workforce soon, news that comes barely five weeks after its underwhelming IPO.
The meal-kit delivery system is eliminating 1,270 jobs from a Jersey City, N.J., facility it is closing in October, according to a public notice this week required of employers by federal law when they are planning large scale layoffs. (Blue Apron, which went public in June, had 5,202 employees as of March 31, according to its initial public offering prospectus. The fast-growing company 1,051 employees only two and a half years ago.)
But it is consolidating its New Jersey operations at a new 495,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Linden, some 15 miles away from Jersey City and Blue Apron says it has given all that staff the option of going to work at that facility. A spokeswoman said some 800 of the affected employees have opted to make the move to Linden, while the rest have yet to tell Blue Apron their decision. Still that means…