** Shares in meal kit firm Blue Apron APRN.N rise 6.1% to
$7.82
** Stock commentary website Citron Research says it expects
https://bit.ly/3JhkIWh exercise bike maker Peloton Interactive
PTON.O to buy or make a strategic investment into APRN
** Offering meal kits and integrating food in its
programming to its subscribers is the natural progression for
Peloton under new CEO Barry McCarthy - Citron
** Citron last month tweeted APRN is too cheap to ignore and
PTON needed to buy APRN fast before stock is $30
** PTON and APRN did not immediately respond to Reuters'
requests for comments
** APRN shares gained 20% last year
(Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam)
((Praveen.Paramasivam@thomsonreuters.com;))