There are a ton of different meal delivery kits/subscription boxes to choose from, so I decided to make a list of the most popular ones to help you compare prices, special diet options, etc.
Prices listed are per serving and coupon codes are included where available. I’ll update this list as new offers are released. ** This is a work in progress. More to be added soon! **
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Home Chef
What is Home Chef?
Home Chef is a weekly subscription meal kit service. Customers receive orders with all the fresh ingredients you need to make restaurant quality recipes, designed by their chefs. They save you the time of going to the grocery store, finding new recipes, meal planning, and portioning. Home Chef meals are priced starting at $6.99 per serving depending on the current available menu and options. Meals can be customized as well, which may change the cost of the meal.
Special Diet Options:
They do offer vegetarian options. While their vegetarian meals occasionally also qualify as vegan, they do not guarantee options for weekly vegan subscriptions.
Price:
Starting at $6.99/serving.
Coupon Code:
- Save $30 on your first meal delivery order (no coupon code needed).
Gobble
What is Gobble?
Gobble’s chefs do all the prep work so you can cook a fresh, homemade dinner in just 15 minutes. (Voted #1 Meal Kit by Parents Magazine!) Your weekly Gobble delivery will automatically include 3 dinner kits, each with 2 or 4 meals. Each dinner kit will include a three-step recipe card with instructions to help guide you while cooking up your exquisite dinner. Choose your meals from their diverse weekly menu.
Special Diet Options:
Each week there are meals that are dairy-free, nut-free, or gluten-free or can be prepared as dairy-free, nut-free, or gluten-free by withholding certain ingredients that will be packed separately in the dinner kit. They always offer at least three different vegetarian dinner kits that both veggie-lovers (and meat-eaters) may enjoy.
Price:
Starting at $11.99 per serving.
Coupon Code:
- Save 50% on your first box of meal kits + FREE shipping! — Just use coupon code 50OFFBOX at checkout.
Purple Carrot
What is Purple Carrot?
Purple Carrot is a 100% vegan meal delivery service that sends you all the fresh, hassle-free ingredients you’ll need to prepare delicious entrées in the comfort of your own home. All of the ingredients for your meals will arrive perfectly portioned so that all you need to do is heat up the stove, chop up some veggies, and work up an appetite!
Special Diet Options:
Everything is 100% plant-based. Gluten-free options are also available.
Price:
Starting at $9.99 per serving.
Coupon Code:
- Save $20 on your first box with coupon code PURPLE20.
Blue Apron
What is Blue Apron?
Blue Apron is a fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service that helps chefs of all levels cook incredible meals at home. They take care of the menu planning and shopping (providing you with fresh, locally sourced ingredients in pre-measured quantities), so all you have to do is cook and enjoy.
Special Diet Options:
At this time, they don’t offer specific dietary plans, with the exception of their Signature for 2 Vegetarian Plan. However, their Culinary team designs many of their recipes so they can be adjusted by making simple at-home substitutions.
Price:
Starting at $8.99 per serving
Coupon Code:
Hello Fresh
What is Hello Fresh?
While anyone can deliver a box of food, HelloFresh opens up a full experience that brings the fun of cooking back into your life with:
- 6-step, 30 min., wholesome recipes requiring minimal equipment
- Up to 19 deliciously simple recipes every week for all our plans
- Easily customizable menus, flexible deliveries, and option to skip/cancel
In addition to receiving recipes with step-by-step instructions, you’ll also receive individual meal kits containing all the pre-measured ingredients you need to make each meal. Your proteins are packed separately outside of the meal kit, with ice packs to keep cool. The only ingredients they assume you have on hand are salt, pepper, sugar, oil, and butter.
Special Diet Options:
Their Classic Plan can be customized via the following preferences: beef-free, pork-free, seafood-free, Veggie, Family-Friendly, Calorie Smart, quick, or variety. They do not yet offer the option to tailor your plan for specific allergies. That being said, HelloFresh’s Nutrition Team, which has dietitians, reviews every ingredient for any of the major 8 allergens: wheat, milk, soy, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, and shellfish.
Price:
Starting at $7.49 per serving
Coupon Code:
Veestro
What is Veestro?
Veestro is a vegan meal delivery company that offers both a-la-carte and subscription options. All of the meals offered by Veestro use only plant based ingredients and are free from meat, chicken, fish, dairy, eggs and honey. Plus, over 96% of the ingredients they use are organic and everything is preservative-free. Unlike some of the other meal delivery subscriptions that require you to prepare the meals yourself, all of Veestro’s offerings are completely prepared and only need to be reheated to enjoy.
Special Diet Options:
All of the meals offered by Veestro use only plant based ingredients and are free from meat, chicken, fish, dairy, eggs and honey. Gluten-free and soy-free options also available.
Price:
Starting at $10-11 per serving.
Coupon Code:
Yumble
What is Yumble?
Yumble is a weekly subscription service that delivers prepared, healthy, and delicious kid-friendly meals right to the doors of busy parents. Each week you’ll be sent a box of fully prepared and ready to eat and/or heat meals designed for the specific tastes and nutritional needs of children from ages twelve months to twelve years. Meals are pre-cooked and may be enjoyed cold, at room temperature, or warmed up. They will remain fresh in your refrigerator for 7 days with no need to freeze.
Special Diet Options:
They tag any meals on the website that do not include milk, gluten, soy, eggs, or are vegetarian, however, because their kitchen is not free of these ingredients they are unable to guarantee cross-contamination has not occurred, though they do take efforts to avoid it. In addition, they do not use peanuts or tree nuts (with the exception of coconut) in their recipes, but they do not cook in a certified nut-free kitchen.
Price:
Starting at $5.99 per serving
Coupon Code:
None available at this time.
Freshly
What is Freshly?
Freshly delivers chef-cooked and nutritionist-designed meals that are made with real, whole foods, and no artificial preservatives or sweeteners. Customers choose from a rotating weekly menu of 30+ meals that are ready to heat and eat in 3 minutes. Choose from 4, 6, 9, or 12 meals per week. You can change up your number of meals with every order if you’d like.
Special Diet Options:
Gluten-free meals are available. They do not offer vegan/vegetarian meals at this time.
Price:
Starting at $7.99 per serving
Coupon Code:
- Get $40 off your first two weeks ($20 off each order for your first two orders) with coupon code SPRING40
(More to come, stay tuned!)
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