Collation (meal) of Louis XIV used the term collation to refer to light meals in general. In British English today, a collation is likewise a light meal, offered to guests when there is insufficient time for fuller entertainment. It is often rendered cold collation in reference to the usual lack of hot or cooked food. The Polish word "kolacja" ("supper") is a derivation. In modern Italian, the two small meals are the "prima colazione" (breakfast) and "seconda colazione" (lunch). The word "colazione" itself in the general language now means "breakfast" (whereas the English "break their fast" for breakfast; lunch is "pranzo" in
Meal kit countries, and inspired a range of competitors. Three meal kit companies entered the U.S. market roughly contemporaneously in 2012: Blue Apron, HelloFresh (which was already operating in Europe), and Plated. According to "Inc Magazine", as of March 2017 there were over 150 meal kit companies in the United States. As of July 2017, according to Time Magazine, the meal kit business was estimated to be USD$2.2 billion globally, which represents under 1% of the estimated $1.3 trillion food market. The industry is expected to grown tremendously and estimates show that it could make up 1.3% of food and beverage sales