By What will a meal kit cost you?
Pick your household and how many dinners you want, and the calculator lines up what each box costs that week.
- Food
- $45
- Shipping
- included
- Week total
- $45
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| Provider | Per serving | Shipping | Per week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Apron | $7.49 | included | $45 |
| EveryPlate | $5.99 | $10.99 | $47 |
| Home Chef | $9.99 | $7.99 | $68 |
| HelloFresh | $10.99 | $10.99 | $77 |
| Sunbasket | $11.49 | $9.99 | $79 |
| Green Chef | $13.99 | $10.99 | $95 |
How we calculate
Price per serving times servings times recipes gives the food cost, plus that provider's shipping.
These are starting prices from the providers' own sites, read on August 17, 2026. First-box discounts are excluded - they apply once, the ongoing price is what you pay.
Advertised per-serving prices apply to the largest plan. At a smaller household the real per-serving price is higher. Welcome discounts for new customers are excluded: this is the price after the offer ends.
Are these the prices I will actually pay?
They are the advertised starting prices per serving from each provider's own site, read August 2026, plus that provider's shipping. Welcome discounts are excluded, because they apply once and the ongoing price is what you pay every week after.
Why is the per-serving price higher for a small household?
Advertised starting prices usually apply to the largest plan. At two servings the real per-serving price is normally higher than the from-price, so treat the total as a floor, not a quote.
Is my input stored?
No. The calculator runs entirely in the browser. Nothing is sent, saved or tracked.
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Starting prices without introductory discounts. The ongoing price is the one that matters.
How we calculate this
Meal kits are marketed on headline from-prices, but the number that matters is the full weekly box price: per-serving price times servings, plus shipping. That is the formula this calculator uses, at each provider's advertised entry rate as tracked on our review pages in August 2026, before welcome discounts.
Two things this deliberately leaves out. First, welcome offers: they are real money off your first boxes, up to 50% at HelloFresh and Home Chef, but they end, and the price you should budget for is the week-six price. Second, plan-size pricing: providers charge more per serving on small plans, so treat the results as the optimistic end of the range. Our HelloFresh price check found configurations running from $10.99 up to $12.49 per serving in July and August 2026.
Where the numbers come from
- Per-serving prices and shipping fees: our own tracked provider data, published on the HelloFresh, EveryPlate, Home Chef, Blue Apron, Green Chef, and Sunbasket reviews, August 2026.
- Home Chef shipping is $7.99, waived on orders over $45. The calculator applies the waiver automatically.
- Blue Apron switched to a la carte ordering with shipping calculated at checkout in its August 2025 relaunch, so its total excludes shipping.