Method
How we check prices
Every price on this site comes from the brand's own page, help center or article, with the date it was read. A week is the price per serving times the servings, plus shipping where the brand publishes it. Nothing is ordered or tasted.
Where numbers come from
Prices, terms and store prices
A price is saved with the exact words on the brand’s page, the page address and the time it was read. No ZIP code is entered, so prices are the ones a visitor sees before choosing an address; sales tax is not included.
When a brand shows two different figures for the same thing, both are shown with their sources. When a brand publishes no price, the page says so.
Bottom lineEach number on a page can be traced to a dated brand page.
| Data | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Prices per serving or meal, plan grids | Brand home pages, plan pages and the brands’ own articles, quoted word for word | October 17, 2026 |
| Shipping, minimums, new-customer offers | The same brand pages; fine print quoted as written | October 17, 2026 |
| Skip, pause, cancel, delivery area, menu labels | 1016 quoted statements from 126 official brand pages and help centers | October 20, 2026 |
| Menu counts | Recipe cards on the Dinnerly and Marley Spoon menu pages, Blue Apron dish prices | October 17, 2026 |
| Grocery prices | BLS Average Price Data, U.S. city average, September 2026 | October 17, 2026 |
How a week is counted
The arithmetic
“From” and “as low as” prices are lower bounds, and the totals built on them are lower bounds too. Offers stated only as “up to” a sum, or with “discounts vary” for other plan sizes, are shown in the brand’s words and not totaled.
Bottom lineA total is never larger or smaller than the brand’s own figures allow.
Food
Price per serving × people × dinners; for ready meals, price per meal at that plan size × meals.
Shipping
Added when the brand publishes it; otherwise marked “not published” and left out.
Per serving with shipping
The week ÷ the servings in it.
Offers and a month
Boxes 1–5 by the brand’s stated discount and caps; a month is 4.33 weeks.
Order of results
How results are ordered
12 brands run partner programs in the networks this site uses; the site has not joined them yet, and the rest earn it nothing. Every review uses the same sources and the same arithmetic.
Bottom lineMoney from partners never changes a number.
Sorted by the week
The calculator and the rankings sort by the weekly price at listed rates.
Partners do not move prices
A partner program never changes a total, a sort order in the calculator or a price.
Brands without a program
Reviewed the same way; in lists they sit below partners with the same data.
How texts are checked
Texts and checks
The texts are written by AI from the saved facts of each page. Code then checks every draft: each number must appear in those facts, claims must name the brand, and drafts with health promises, superlatives or sales language are rejected. A page that fails is not published.
Bottom lineIf a fact is missing, the text says the brand does not publish it.
What totals leave out
Limits
Prices change often. Every price is shown with its date; recheck the brand’s page before you order.
Sales tax
ZIP-code pricing
Some brands change shipping or plans by ZIP code.
Premium meals and add-ons
Promo codes
Only offers on the brand’s own pages are counted.
Partner brands
Partner programs on this site
These brands run partner programs in the networks this site uses. Their place in every list is set by the week price, the same as for brands that pay nothing.
- Home ChefMeal kit · from $7.99, average $9.99 a servingRead Oct 17, 2026
Home Chef reviewSee Home Chef plans Ad - TempoPrepared meals · $15.98 (4 meals) → $10.98 (16+) a meal · shipping $10.99Read Oct 17, 2026
Tempo reviewSee Tempo plans Ad - DinnerlyMeal kit · $5.99–$11.49 a serving by box size · shipping $11.99Read Oct 19, 2026
Dinnerly reviewSee Dinnerly plans Ad - Marley SpoonMeal kit · $9.99–$13.99 a serving by box size · shipping $12.99Read Oct 19, 2026
Marley Spoon reviewSee Marley Spoon plans Ad - Blue ApronMeal kit · $6.50–$14.99 a dish, median $12.49 · shipping $9.99New customers: $25 off the first 2 orders
Blue Apron reviewSee Blue Apron plans Ad
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Sources
- 1BLS Average Price Databls.gov · checked Oct 17, 2026