If you’re even a little meal kit curious, all the top services are making it near impossible not to try them. Black Friday has ushered in a flood of discounts on both cook-and-eat and heat-and-eat services, with some slashing the cost for new customers by as much as 50% when you sign up this week.
From inflated groceries, it’s hard to find a proper deal on something edible in 2025. Meal kit costs, on the other hand, haven’t inflated as quickly as other food categories, and most services are offering particularly massive discounts to new subscribers and returning customers for Black Friday.
We found the top offers from services including HelloFresh, Home Chef, Purple Carrot and EveryPlate. These cost less than a night of takeout and are comparable to grocery shopping for the same ingredients — without having to go to the store. These low-commitment offers are designed to tempt, and as someone who has tested all the meal kit services — these are the best — I say you should absolutely take the bait.
My pro tip: Sign up, snag the Black Friday deal, and set a reminder to pause or cancel before the full price kicks in. It’s one of the easiest ways to test-drive new menus and see what fits your schedule, whether you’re grilling poolside or just trying to stay out of a hot kitchen.
Discounts we found include deals on meal kits such as HelloFresh and Dinnerly and prepared services, including CookUnity, Factor and Daily Harvest. These offers net you savings as big as $235 for healthy meal kits, keto meal kits, prepared meals and even meat, seafood and grocery delivery.
Read more: Here’s How Much Meal Kits Cost Versus Buying the Groceries Yourself
Best meal kit deals for Black Friday
HelloFresh has the most recipe options per week of any meal kit service — more than 100 on the standard plan — with lots of substitutions and swaps available. While they can be hit or miss in terms of taste, most are rather tasty, and there’s no better service for picky eaters or to accommodate niche diets such as gluten-free, dairy-free, and diabetes-friendly. Read our full HelloFresh review here.
The deal: Save 50% on your first box when you sign up, plus get 10 free meals.
Dinnerly is one of the cheapest meal delivery services, even without a discount code. The quick and easy Meal kit company sends all the fixings for hearty and healthy meals, and the cheapest plan costs about $6 per serving. Read our full Dinnerly review.
The deal: If you take advantage of Dinnerly’s most popular discount voucher, you’ll get a total of $140 off your first five boxes.
The legendary Martha Stewart collaborated on this upscale meal kit service, so you can bet the recipes are thoughtful, inventive and tasty. It’s one of the higher-end meal kits with a price tag to match, which is why we recommend trying it at a discount for weeks of premium meal kits on the cheap.
The deal: Get $235 off spread across your first five boxes of gourmet meal kits.
You won’t find cheaper meal kits than those from EveryPlate. All three CNET editors who tested the service found there were plenty of satisfying dinners for the incoming cold weather. I tried the pork sloppy joes and the chicken and linguine in a tomato cream sauce. All the meals we made were easy to prepare and light on the wallet. Read our EveryPlate review.
The deal: EveryPlate is already our pick for best meal kits on a budget. EveryPlate’s already cheap meal kits are now down to $2.99 per serving when you try them for the first time. New users also get 10% off all orders during their first month.
Green Chef has some of the best healthy meal kits we’ve tried. It uses largely organic produce and ethically raised meats. Green Chef costs a little more per serving than other meal kits, but you’ll taste it in the final dish. Read our full review of Green Chef here.
The deal: Save 50% off your first box and enjoy a free salad per box for the first two months with your subscription.
Gobble is quite similar to the other services, except that many items come already chopped, peeled, marinated and so on — which can save you some prep time. The two meals I received, Yankee pot roast and cacio e pepe, were terrific. Dinner prices are normally a flat $12 per serving, so you do pay a bit extra for that convenience. For more, read our Gobble review.
The deal: Gobble will take $100 off your first four boxes when you try the speedy meal service.
Best prepared meal delivery deals right now
We can’t speak highly enough about CookUnity’s gourmet prepared meals, and the prices are reasonable considering the quality and selection. Read our CookUnity review.
The deal: Get 50% off your first week, plus 10% off the next three.
Thistle has earned high marks with all of the CNET editors who’ve tested it, including our vegan wellness editor Anna Gragert. The fresh food service sends two weekly deliveries of freshly prepared salads, power bowls and breakfast meals that taste like they came from the kitchen of a fancy health spa and resort. This service is dynamite for plant-based eating, but there are some meat options as well.
The deal: You’ll save $50 off your first week, then $30 off weeks 2-6 with Thistle.
It doesn’t get easier than Factor’s premade meals: Just heat and eat them for a fast lunch or dinner. Most of Factor’s weekly menu options are healthy and low-carb or low-calorie, so you can eat better in 2025. Read our full Factor review here.
The deal: Save 50% off your first box of meals, as well as enjoy MyFitnessPal Premium+ free for a year.
Another of our favorite healthy delivery services is ModifyHealth. The company is an excellent option for those with digestive issues and offers dozens of healthy meals for those keeping to a low-FODMAP, gluten-free, low-carb or heart-friendly diet. The meals are ready to go so you can just heat them and eat them right away, prep-free. Options start at just $10 per serving. Read our full review here.
The deal: Save 35% off your first order and get free shipping with promo code EA35 at checkout.
Daily Harvest sells easy-prep vegan meals, including smoothies, grain bowls, flatbreads and soups. It’s one of the healthier meal delivery services, and it’s affordable, with most meals clocking in under $10 and some, like the pasta and grain bowls, are just $5 a serving. There’s also no subscription necessary if you want to give it a quick test run.
The deal: Save a cool 15% on your first order over $100 and save 10% on any subscription plan.
Best meat, seafood and grocery delivery deals right now
Fulton Fish Market, which sources from New York’s massive market of the same name, is the best seafood delivery service we’ve tried. This sprawling in-person and online marketplace offers a wide variety of fish, shellfish and prepared seafood. With Fulton, you can order a one-time box or subscription to keep healthy fish rolling in all year.
The deal: Subscribers choose a free item included in every box: salmon, shrimp, cod, or crab cakes — up to a $400 value.
Good Chop has chops — pork, specifically — along with tasty cuts of beef, organic chicken and a plethora of seafood options. Good Chop is a subscription meat delivery service with shipments starting at $149 per month for 36 portions of quality meat.
The deal: Save $120 off your first box of meat delivery.
ButcherBox is a meat subscription service specializing in Australian grass-fed beef, although you can also have heritage pork, wild salmon and organic chicken sent in your delivery, depending on the subscription you pick. I did the math and ButcherBox’s premium meat delivery is cheaper than if you were to buy similar high-end cuts at a grocery store. Read our full ButcherBox review here.
The deal: Try ButcherBox and get your choice of premium steaks (Ribeyes, Filet Mignons, or NY Strips) free for a year.
Omaha Steaks is one of the first meat delivery services to hit the scene. The massive website includes premium beef, chops, chicken and fish. The menu also includes a bevy of premade sides, desserts including the famous apple tartlet and even breakfast foods to peruse.
The deal: Save 50% sitewide, as well as 20% off select merchandise for a short time.
Hungryroot (grocery delivery)
We tested Hungryroot, a hybrid meal kit and grocery delivery service, and loved it. The quirky food subscription sends healthy foods that can be eaten on their own or spun into recipes via the brand’s gently suggested meal kits. Here’s what we thought after a recent testing.
The deal: Sign up and get 30% off your first order and a free food gift in each box for life.
Wild Alaskan Company has a lot of what you’d guess they have: quality Alaskan salmon of the wild variety. You can score bundles of fresh fish delivered to your door at a frequency of your choosing and never be without high-quality seafood. The service starts at $155 a month for 12 6-ounce portions, and there is a rotating menu of add-on specials that includes prawns, red king crab, cold-smoked sockeye salmon and more.
The deal: Save $25 on your first box, alongside free shipping.
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What are the best meal delivery deals?
If it’s the lowest possible cost, EveryPlate, HelloFresh, Purple Carrot and Gobble will send meal kits that are ready to cook, with some clocking in at under $2 per serving. Other popular prepared-meal services such as CookUnity are ready to send premade, ready-to-eat dinners to your doorstep, at per-serving prices that are far cheaper than takeout.
What’s the best meal delivery service?
I’ve tried most of them and they’re all solid, with differences to consider depending on your budget, diet, taste and kitchen skill level. You can check out CNET’s roundups of the best meal kit delivery services and the best healthy food delivery services for a more detailed taste. Remember, nearly all of these meal kit companies let you pause or cancel anytime, so the risk and commitment when signing up for a meal kit service is minimal.
Whether you’re looking for ways to eat healthily, learn to cook new recipes or just make fewer trips to the grocery store this fall, a healthy, versatile and budget-friendly meal delivery deal can help you do it on the cheap.
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My advice: Take advantage of one of these offers (making sure to pause or cancel after, unless you want to continue). You can see which service you like best and get super cheap takeout-style meals for weeks at a time.
Is it easy to cancel a meal kit service?
Virtually all of the services we tried allow you to pause or cancel any time just in case you don’t love it, so there’s almost no risk after the deal is up, but you may have to unsubscribe from their email blasts. Most brands just want you to try out the meals and see if you dig them and those brands are willing to make it very easy (and cheap) to do that.
To make things easier, we already tried the top meal kits and meal delivery services so you’ll know exactly what to expect and you can pick the best food delivery deal for you and your tastes.
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