The online pre$-$prepared meals segment includes competitors Blue Apron, Cornershop, Instacart, Fresh Direct, Hello Fresh, and Shipt. What cost condition is consistent with this market structure?

Meanwhile, companies like Instacart and Blue Apron provide pre$-$prepared meals from either grocery stores $($as is the case of Instacart$)$ or in manufacturer$-$provided ingredient$-$and$-$recipe meal kits $($as is the case of Blue Apron$).$ Due to the differences in negotiation of contracts between different kinds of suppliers $($i$.$e$.,$ a grocery versus a manufacturer$),$ the costs of producing both ingredient$-$and$-$recipe meals and groceries must be higher than producing just ingredient$-$and$-$recipe meals or delivering groceries individually. The online pre$-$pared meals segment likely exhibits economies of scope $.$