Prepare for a turbulent dinner.
Frequent flyers missing out on prepackaged meals served on flights can now have the food delivered straight to their doors.
JetBlue Airways snack packs are available to Imperfect Foods customers, the grocery delivery service that sells ugly produce for cheaper than store prices.
Subscribers longing for the times when they could jet off without the fear of contracting COVID-19 can opt now for the inflight experience: mixed cheeses, crackers and dried cherries from the Long Island-headquartered airline that has seen a steep decline in travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Unfortunately, the company won’t be sending along a stewardess to serve a Bloody Mary to go with it.
“This was one of our first COVID-19 food waste recovery opportunities,” Philip Behn, CEO of Imperfect Foods, told the Chicago radio station WWBM. He told the Washington Post that the platform had sold 40,000 snack packs.
Flyers previously had to pony up $9 for the airline’s “EatUp” boxes, according to JetBlue’s website. Through Imperfect Foods, the trio of cheeses, plus dried fruit and crackers, will only set you back $2.99.
But don’t worry about airborne illness: The “Imperfection” of the boxed charcuterie, according to the delivery service’s website, is “excess inventory.” It’s a win-win: Grounded travelers can feast on food that would otherwise go to waste and cure their nostalgia for cross-country commuting.
Imperfect Foods might consider expanding the menu: There seems to be a surprising market for airplane food. One Twitter user wrote earlier this week, “I miss my @Delta biscoff cookies.“