Cheapest Meal Delivery Services in Australia

There are dozens of criteria you may be looking for when choosing a meal delivery service that suits your family’s needs – taste, meal size, allergin control, etc. – but the most common differentiating factor is the price.

I have personally tested each product and keep them updated in terms of price and number of recipes available. This list ranks the top 8 meal delivery services in terms of cost – both pre-packaged and cook yourself.

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1. Dinnerly

Most Affordable
Dinnerly
8.5/10Our Score
  • Cost: 10/10 - $5.49 per serving 
  • Choice: 8/10 - 50+ recipes per week
  • Quality: 6/10 - There is a noticeable drop in quality compared to Marley Spoon 
  • Taste: 7/10 - The recipes are noticeably plainer and smaller than the more expensive alternatives
  • Flexibility: Skip, pause, or cancel any time
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: No

2. Every Plate

Every Plate
7.8/10Our Score
  • Cost: 9/10 - $6.50 for 20 meals 
  • Choice: 5/10 - Only 22 recipes to pick from each week
  • Quality: 7/10 - The quality of the ingredients is still high, but they offer less per meal
  • Taste: 6/10 - The reduced number of ingredients does sometimes make the meal feel less complex and flavourful
  • Flexibility: Skip or cancel any time
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: No

3. Core Powerfoods

Core Powerfoods
6.5/10Our Score
  • Cost: 9/10 - Less than $7.00 per meal
  • Choice: 7/10 
  • Quality: 5/10
  • Taste: 5/10 
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: No

4. Marley Spoon

Close 2nd
Marley Spoon
9/10Our Score
  • Cost: 7/10 - $8.49 per serving based on 4 people and 5 recipes per week
  • Choice: 10/10 - 50+ recipes to pick from each week.
  • Quality: 8/10 - The ingredient quality is on par with Hello Fresh
  • Taste: 8/10 - I found the taste of the Marley Spoon recipes to be great along with the serving size
  • Flexibility: Skip, pause, or cancel any time.
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: Only some meals

5. Youfoodz

Youfoodz
7.6/10Our Score
  • Cost: 7/10 - $8.49/serve based on 18 meals.
  • Choice: 8/10 - Over 60 recipes to pick from each week, but over 50% of meals are chicken-based.
  • Quality: 7/10 - Prepared meals means less preparation but not as fresh ingredients. Certainly less variety or number of ingredients as alternatives.
  • Taste: 7/10 - Tastes nice but relatively basic. Cheaper than My Muscle Chef but I would prefer their meals from a taste perspective.
  • Flexibility: Skip a week or cancel anytime.
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: No

6. Lite n Easy

Lite n Easy
6.5/10Our Score
  • Cost: 7/10 - $8.50 for 21 meals 
  • Choice: 10/10 - By far the most variety with over 200 meals to choose from
  • Quality: 6/10 - Compared to the more athletic packaged meals, and the cook yourself options, they are lower quality
  • Taste: 6/10 - The meals are relatively plain, but their serving sizes are soooo small! 
  • Flexibility: No subscriptions, just one-off orders
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: Do not guarantee 100% allergen free

7. Hello Fresh

Our Top Pick
Hello Fresh
9.5/10Our Score
  • Cost: 7/10 - $8.75/serve based on 4 people and 5 recipes per week.
  • Choice: 9/10 - Over 37 recipes to pick from each week.
  • Quality: 9/10 - The best quality vegetables and meat from all we tested, but still not as good as selecting yourself in the grocery store.
  • Taste: 8/10 - There are certainly some meals that didn't suit my tastes, but overall I was impressed and I still replicate my favourites.
  • Flexibility: Skip a week or cancel anytime.
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: No

8. Macros

Macros
7.5/10Our Score
  • Cost: 5/10 - $9.99 per meal based on 21 meals per week
  • Choice: 8/10 - 50 recipes to pick from each week
  • Quality: 8/10 - Very high quality in terms of nutrition, no processed ingredients, and no added sugars
  • Taste: 6/10 - This is designed as a pre-packaged meal for nutrition first, so taste is a secondary consideration
  • Flexibility: Skip, cancel, or pause any time
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: They have one of the better allergin filters

9. My Muscle Chef

Most Convenient
My Muscle Chef
8/10Our Score
  • Cost: 5/10 - $10.40 for 20 meals 
  • Choice: 10/10 - Over 70 different pre-packaged meals to choose from 
  • Quality: 7/10 - I prefer the quality of cooking fresh ingredients myself, but the convenience of pre-packaged meals is significant
  • Taste: 8/10 - The taste is good but they appear to use lemon as a preservative so they are all lemon flavoured.
  • Flexibility: Skip, pause, or cancel any time, as well as one-off orders
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: Allergy safe options

10. ChefGood

Chef Good
6.5/10Our Score
  • Cost: 4/10 - $10.45 per meal for 20 servings
  • Choice: 7/10 - 40 meals per week to choose from
  • Quality: 10/10 - High quality, locally sourced ingredients - you cannot beat that
  • Taste: 9/10 - Much higher focus on taste than the alternatives
  • Flexibility: Pause or cancel your subscription whenever you want
  • Organic: No
  • Allergy Safe: Do not guarantee meals are free from allergens

I am still testing, tasting, and ranking food delivery services. If you have any suggestions for meals to try, and you have a difference of opinion with my rankings, send me an email at info@easymeals.net.au.