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Meal Delivery Services Compared

Meal delivery solves two problems at once for a lot of older adults: it removes the trip to the store, and it removes the planning. The services below differ mainly in whether they send you finished meals or ingredients to cook.

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Marley Spoon

Meal kits with pre-portioned ingredients and recipe cards.

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Dinnerly

Lower-cost meal kits with shorter ingredient lists and simpler recipes.

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Purple Carrot

Entirely plant-based. Both meal kits and prepared options.

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Home Chef

Meal kits plus oven-ready options that skip most of the prep.

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