Serious question, which meal kit service actually saves you money in the long run?

I compared HelloFresh and EveryPlate for about three months each to see which one really helped my food budget. With HelloFresh, I was spending close to $80 a week for three meals for two people, which felt like a lot. EveryPlate runs about $50 a week for the same amount of food, and the recipes are simpler but still good. The real win came from how much less I spent on takeout and groceries when I had those meal kits ready to go. My weekly food bill dropped from around $150 to about $90 once I stuck with EveryPlate consistently. Has anyone else tried switching to a cheaper meal kit and seen their overall spending go down?

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the_robert1mo ago

Yo hold up, are you actually counting the cost of the ingredients you'd normally have to buy to make the same meals from scratch? I feel like that's the key thing people overlook when they say meal kits are too pricey. Like, if you're saving $60 a week on takeout and random grocery runs, then $50 for EveryPlate sounds like a steal. But are you factoring in the time you save too, or is it purely about the dollar amount for you?

wade_hall1mo ago

Time is the big one people miss. Grocery shopping, meal planning, chopping everything. That's hours. Even if meal kits cost more per plate, you're paying to get your evening back. I'd rather spend $50 and not think about dinner than save $15 and spend an hour at the grocery store. Plus you waste less food. That adds up too.