10 Meal Delivery Services To Make Your Weekly Cooking Easier [2020]
Are you ready to save money and time on transport, cooking and grocery shopping? Well, meal delivery services are here to save the day. Having meals or meal kits delivered to your door may be a completely new and amazing discovery for you in 2020! It could also be the first step in changing your life for the better. Stop spending hours at the shops, struggling to find what you need. Get recipes, ingredients or pre-made meals sent to your door.
Choosing the best subscription for your lifestyle and needs takes a great deal of research and consideration. You need to ensure all of the boxes are ticked, so we have done the hard work for you. Have a read through each option below and see which one you find most appealing.
1. Get deliciously simple recipes and ingredients delivered with HelloFresh.
HelloFresh offers quality food every time in the form of fresh ingredients and easy-to-follow recipes that will have everyone asking for seconds. With a wide variety of meal plans to meet your needs and preferences, you will be sure to find a box you love.
What’s included?
Get everything you need in one giant cardboard box (that can be recycled). You will receive recipe cards with recipes that only take 15-30 minutes to make on average. They provide seasonal and healthy ingredients that will inspire you to eat a wider variety of meals and expand your palate. Their colour coded meal kits make life so much easier when you are rummaging around in the fridge. Every ingredient you need (meat is separated) is in that bag, so you take it out, put it on the bench and get cooking! A key benefit is that you can choose from 10 recipes, that are updated regularly and you pick 3-5 different ones depending on what your taste buds are drooling over.
Key points:
- Select a plan that suits your budget
- Choose from 3-5 people and 2-4 servings per meal
- No lock-in contracts, skip weeks or cancel anytime
- Classic, veggie or family plans. Value for money = family plan
- From only $7.49 per serve
Where do they deliver?
Multiple areas in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Pricing: From only $59.96 per week
HelloFresh
2. Have chef-made meals delivered directly to you with Chef Good.
What’s included?
Chef Good meals are already made, so you do not need to cook anything! Save time and money with their handcrafted, calorie-controlled meals that you will simply want to order again and again. Yes, all meals are made by chefs, so you will literally have your very own personal chef delivering food to your house. They also promise fresh, local and natural ingredients with no hidden sugars. Great for diabetics or those who are trying to live healthier lives.
Key points:
- Pre-made meals, no cooking required, heat and eat.
- 4 plans to choose from; Slim & Trim, Train & Tone, Mix & Match or Vegetarian
- Choose 5 days a week with 10 or 15 meals
- Choose 7 days a week with 14 or 21 meals
Where do they deliver?
Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra. Use their delivery checker to see if they deliver to your postcode and which date you need to order by.
Chef Good is a great solution if you are busy, hate cooking or maybe cooking is not something you are able to do anymore. With over 50 meals to choose from you can pick meals that suit your taste preferences every time.
Chef Good
3. Meals are made easier with Lite n’ Easy. Age well by eating well.
Lite n’ Easy offers over 100 meals to choose from so you can be sure to find food you love every time you order. So, what is the idea behind their genius? Instead of needing to rack your brain about what to cook for dinner at 4pm or planning your lunch at 9pm before bed, they do it all for you. They also offer a home care package for people who are eligible. Maybe you are no longer able to cook for yourself and need a little bit of extra help, their care pack is perfect for you. The HCP provider will pay 70% of the cost and the client pays 30%.
Where do they deliver?
They deliver Australia wide, enter your postcode on their website to find out if they deliver to your suburb.
Prices: From $50 – $290 depending on your weekly meal needs.
Lite n' Easy
4. No more asking ‘What’s for dinner?’ With Pepper Leaf.
With one box your dinners for the week are sorted. Pepper Leaf promises fresh, local, seasonal produce from small farmers and producers so you can eat delicious meals and support Aussie farmers. We love a home-cooked meal and you can enjoy the freedom to do home-style cooking and recipes that you and your whole family will love, they never even need to know you got a meal kit delivered. Their recipes are easy to follow, and you are given everything you need in your meal kit to create beautiful and delicious meals fast.
Key points:
- Delivered to your door
- Still cook, without needing to shop
- Easy recipes, fast cooking times
- Flavour combinations to die for
- Free fruit with your first 2 orders.
- Classic, vegetarian, family plans
Where do they deliver:
VIC, NSW, SA, ACT.
Prices: From $63.90 per week
Pepper Leaf
5. Fresh Meals2U means no shopping, cooking or cleaning. Perfect for the lazy cook!
Fresh Meals 2 U is perfect for the lazy cook, you can forget the pots and pans piling up as they provide you ready to eat meals that will last all week. They are located on the Gold Coast and service a wide array of suburbs. All meals are fresh and flavoursome. You can choose which meals you want in their 5 or 7-day quick pick plans. No time to choose? Let the experts pick for you! You can order a week’s worth of meals from just $182.55. This means no cooking, no cleaning, simply eating! There is nothing worse than spending hours grocery shopping with no plan of what you are going to cook, too much food is wasted and money goes down the drain. Avoid this with meals that are quality, tasty and best of all, ready to be eaten.
Key points:
- Restaurant quality food without the price tag
- Fresh and local produce
- QLD only
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner options available
Where do they deliver?
Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Brisbane, Northern NSW, Gold Coast.
Fresh Meals2U
6. Inspire your inner chef with Marley Spoon meal kits.
Marley spoon kits are made for you, choose every recipe you desire from over 27 weekly options. With the ability to decide how many meals you want per week from 2-4 and how many portions, it becomes easier to set a weekly budget and receive fresh and quality ingredients delivered directly to you. Their recipe cards are so easy with only 6 steps! Anyone, of any age can cook these meals and enjoy them. Because they offer a flexible subscription service, you can choose how often you get deliveries and pause or cancel whenever you like. Add on a fruit box to your delivery so your weekly snacks are sorted as well.
Where do they deliver?
Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Wollongong, Newcastle, Darwin and Central Coast, NSW.
Prices: From only $8.85 per serve
Marley Spoon
7. Macros meals are for health and fitness-focused adults. Improve your health and longevity with Macros.
Macros offer meals made by dieticians so they help you achieve your individual health goals. Looking to burn some fat, maintain or increase your fitness or gain some muscle to help your body stay strong and agile? They have the plan for you, with three main categories to choose from; sculpt, performance or muscle gain. Choose how many calories, % of carbs, fat and protein to suit your body and see the results you deserve. It is so important to take care of the body you have, no matter how old you are. Macros allow you to achieve your goals, get delicious and healthy balanced meals delivered to your door and keep yourself young!
Where do they deliver?
They deliver Australia wide so check out their website and enter your suburb to see if they will deliver to your area.
Key points:
- Health-focused
- Goal plans
- Vegan options available
Pricing: From $8.70 per meal
Macros
8. Affordable meal kits delivered with Dinnerly.
Dinnerly is similar to other meal kit services but they offer much more affordable prices and simpler meals with less fancy ingredients. The recipe cards are all digital, another reason why they cost less and are great because you can keep them on your phone, laptop or tablet for future reference. If you are someone who enjoys simple, classic dishes that hit the spot and comfort you, dinnerly has a menu you will love.
They offer 14 options to choose from each week to keep things simple for you. Choose from a couple’s box or a family box that can be made vegetarian if you wish. Their prices are so good you can make meals for around $5.25 per person. Great for those who are not particularly keen on spending hundreds of dollars a week on food.
Where do they deliver?
They ship to NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, NT, ACT and TAS.
Dinnerly
9. Soulara – the plant-based alternative meal delivery service for the animal and environmentally conscious.
Veganism and plant-based lifestyles are becoming more and more popular as we start to realise the impact eating animal-based products have on our health, environment and animals. Soulara has created ready-to-eat meals that you can have delivered to your home without the hassle of trying to figure out how to cook plant-based meals.
Choose from a whole range of plant-based meals that are delicious, nutritious and full of superfoods to help you live your best life!
For the health-conscious and those who want to live longer there are a range of key benefits of eating a plant-based diet including;
- Reduced bloating
- Increased energy
- Enhanced sense of calm and mental clarity
- Glowing skin
- Boosted immunity
- Better sleep
If you think you could benefit from any of the above then Soulara is the best choice for your new plant-based lifestyle, minus the stress.
Where do they deliver?
Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Central Coast, Wollongong, Canberra, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth and Hobart.
Pricing: From $8.70 per meal
Soulara
10. Dietlicious gives you an easier to lose weight and will leave you feeling satisfied!
Dietlicious is more than just a weight-loss plan, it includes calorie counted, macronutrient measured and delicious meals that will keep you feeling full so you don’t feel the need to snack on extra calories. You have the option to pick one of their pre-made plans based on your calorie needs, whether you do the 5:2 diet or you can create your own. As part of their plans they offer high protein, vegetarian, gluten-free, low carb and pescatarian options, so no matter what you like, there is something for you. Take advantage of their body reset program as well, where your meal plan, meals, habits and movement programs are all taken care of.
Where do they deliver?
NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and the ACT.
Pricing: From $168 a week
Dietlicious
Let planning your meals for the week become easier with a meal delivery service. Not only will you be eating healthier and fresher meals, but you will be able to avoid having to go grocery shopping. Even those who struggle in the kitchen will be saved by simple to follow recipes or food that is already cooked and ready to eat!
