Bloomfield-based Cigna Healthcare has partnered with a German meal-kit company, HelloFresh, to offer discounted access to healthy pre-portioned meals for Cigna customers.
Employers that are Cigna customers can select a variety of HelloFresh offerings, which they can make available to their employees. The options include e-gift cards, discounted meal-kit subscription and one-time box deliveries to employees’ homes.
HelloFresh deliveries include fresh ingredients and step-by-step instructions to make the meals.
“Business leaders recognize that healthy employees mean a healthy business, and by expanding access to affordable, healthy meals, employers can better cultivate a stronger workforce,” said Heather Dlugolenski, Cigna’s U.S. commercial strategy officer. “We’re proud to team up with HelloFresh to support the health and vitality of America’s workforce and to make a difference for communities in need.”
Cigna said it also will support HelloFresh’s Meals with Meaning program, which provides free meal kits to individuals experiencing food insecurity.
According to Cigna’s 2023 Vitality in America research, six in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease, many exacerbated by unhealthy diets. These diet-related chronic diseases account for nearly 20% of all U.S. healthcare costs annually.
HelloFresh was founded in Berlin, Germany’s capital, in November 2011. In addition to the United States, it operates in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, France, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Ireland and Spain. In Q3 2023, HelloFresh reached 7.1 million active customers worldwide.
