Are You Overpaying For Your Meal Kit Delivery Service?

In recent years, meal kit delivery service has become very popular. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were isolated at home and did not go grocery shopping. At the same time, others feel these services are much more convenient, especially if you don't enjoy cooking or grocery shopping. However, a recent study finds that you could be paying double for your meal kit delivery service.

If you use a meal kit delivery service for one or more meals a week, that’s great. They are very convenient. In addition, most have easy to follow directions if you don’t enjoy cooking.

Although you may expect to be paying a premium for this convenience, many people using these services are paying double what the ingredients would cost at your neighborhood grocery store.

A recent study conducted by the team at FinanceBuzz.com reveals that you can expect to pay twice as much for the ingredients delivered to your home compared to shopping for them yourself.

FinanceBuzz.com studied the six most popular meal kit delivery services including Purple Carrot, Home Chef, Blue Apron, HelloFresh, Dinnerly, and EveryPlate. Except for Purple Carrot, which is 100% vegetarian, they compared ten different meals and cuisines from each website. Chicken, beef, pork, and vegetarian meal kits were included in this study.

Then, they compared those prices to Walmart prices, since they’re the nation’s largest grocery store chain. Of course, if you do not do your shopping at Walmart, the comparison results would vary.

Overall, when comparing ingredient costs for all six meal kit delivery services, you’re paying anywhere from 51% to 64% more on average.

If you currently subscribe to one or more of the previously mentioned meal kit delivery services, you can see how yours compares in this informative article by Josh Koebert by clicking here.

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With inflation hitting everyone, especially at the store, here are some money saving meals you can take advantage of at the grocery store. Now these might be money saving meals we loved as a kid, but now enjoy as adults.

According to a recent survey put out by Reddit, some might refer to these as their favorite "poverty meals". However, when it comes to saving money, we can all agree they are meals we can all like! One of the biggies on the list, but did NOT make the Top 5 is Hamburger Helper! As a kid, we loved Hamburger Helper, so it makes sense that as an adult we might think about using it to save when we can.

Another childhood favorite was a simple Cheese quesadilla. "Total cost to make one would be about 40 cents." Talk about money saving! You add a bit of chicken or beef and you have a treat! One more that might bring back some great memories, Kraft Mac & Cheese! Hey, you add some hot dogs to it and you're talking gourmet...of course, who can afford hot dogs right?

Not high on the list, but doable, it's Lasagna! Sure, why not. Make enough of it and freeze the rest, you are talking about for entire month! Again, keep in mind that everything tastes good in small doses, but if you're trying to save money, you do what you have to do!

Keep in mind that you probably couldn't eat all this day after day, but when it comes to cutting cost, every little bit helps. Just go back in time when life was easy and everything your mom made tasted great. The meals might have been pretty simple to make, but times being what they are now, may it's time to go back! So what are the Top 5 Money Saving Meals? Scroll down further to see the list...and enjoy!

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One of the money saving meals that cracked the Top 5 List was Lentil Rice Casserole. Seems easy enough to make and doesn't cost an arm and a leg to make...that's why it makea the Top 5!

Is there anything better than a grilled cheese sandwich and a warm bowl of tomato soup on a slightly chilly day in Las Vegas? Didn't think so! Cheap to make and it always tastes good...that's why it's #4 on the list!

This is probably the one meal we can all agree on. Easy to make, fun to eat and very cheap! To spice things up, go ahead and chop up some hot dogs to add to the mix...one reason why this money saving meal ends up at #3 on the list!

It seems that any "noodle" dish is going to be cheap to make and Maruchan Ramen is no different. Again, easy to make, fun to eat and you can add anything to it to spice it up a bit. All good reasons as to why it ended up #2 on the list!

Didn't we just say that anything "noodles" is going to be on the list? Well, there's a reason as to why Instant Noodles made it to #1...cheap and easy! That's why when you need to cut corners and save a couple of bucks at the grocery store, this is what you might want to stock up on. The main reason Instant Noodles is #1 on the list of Money Saving Meals at the Grocery Store!

Larry Martino is the long-time afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC.

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