Meal kit subscriptions
For many of us, meal kit subscriptions will be the first that spring to mind when we think about home subscriptions. So what better place to start? Here are a few of our favourites.
Lions Prep
Why we love it: Lions Prep meals are chef-cooked & arrive ready to go – all they need is 3 minutes in the microwave. All of Lions Prep’s meals are dairy & gluten-free, and they’ve got a bunch of options - for breakfast, lunch & dinner - plus a load of snacks to choose from. This really is microwave meals done right.
Price per meal: Starting from £4 per portion
Trustpilot rating: 4.8* from ~2000 reviews
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HelloFresh
Why we love it: Hello Fresh is probably the first name that jumps to mind when thinking about meal kit subscription boxes. And the brand deserves a lot of credit for making meal kits mainstream. Arguably, they still set the benchmark for quality too, with a broad range of options whatever your dietary requirements. And they’re carbon neutral with a strong focus on sustainability to boot.
Price per meal: Starting from £3.75 per portion
How to subscribe: Subscribe here
Trustpilot rating: 3.7* from 55,000 reviews
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Green Chef
Why we love it: Green chef is perfect for anyone with specific dietary requirements. They've got amazing choices across vegan, vegetarian, lower carb, flexitarian, keto and pescatarian menus.
Price per meal: Starting from £5.94 per portion
How to subscribe: Subscribe here
Trustpilot rating: 3.8* from ~1300 reviews
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Pasta Evangelists
Why we love it: Restaurant-quality pasta delivered straight to your door. What is there not to love? Not to mention the impressive variety - with 20+ recipes each week.
How to subscribe: Subscribe here
Price per meal: About £8 per portion
Trustpilot rating: 4.6*/5 from ~3800 reviews
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Gousto
Why we love it: Superb variety of options (more than 75 per week), including almost 30 vegetarian options & 10+ vegan options. As well as offering great meals, Gousto is also committed to sustainability. They’re now a B Corp™ registered business – meaning they meet the highest environmental and social standards
Price per meal: Starting from £3.14 per portion
Trustpilot rating: 4.3*/5 from ~32000 reviews
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Fruit & vegetables
If you’re the chef-ier type, then you may well prefer cooking up a storm with in-season, fresh produce. And that’s exactly what these subscription boxes will help with. Here are our favourites.
Oddbox
Why we love it: Oddbox lets you rescue fruit and veg that would otherwise be going to waste. Their smallest books alone saves 3kgs of CO2e emissions & 557 litres of water. So it’s great for the planet as well as your pantry.
Price per box: Starting from £10.99/box
Trustpilot rating: 4.7*/5 from ~15,000 reviews
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Abel & Cole
Why we love it: High-quality, organic food delivered straight to your doorstep. While they’re experts in fruit & veg deliveries – it’s super simple to supplement these deliveries with household staples, meat, fish & more.
Price per box: Full range of pricing
Trustpilot rating: 4.4*/5 from ~10,000 reviews
How to subscribe: Book here & get 50% off your 1st & 4th Fruit & Veg Boxes (use the code VEGBOX4)
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Wonky Veg Boxes
Why we love it: Wonky Veg Boxes rescue fresh, unwanted fruit & veg and deliver it straight to your door. Alongside delivering delicious wonky fruit & veg to you, they also donate 10% of their produce to local charities & foodbanks.
Price per box: From £3.50 for a basic bag
Trustpilot rating: N/A
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Wine subscriptions & clubs
There aren’t too many feelings as good as kicking back & relaxing on the sofa with a nice glass of wine. But faced with thousands of choices on the supermarket shelves, lots of us don’t have a clue where to start. But fear not, these wine clubs & subscriptions take the hard work out of choosing wine. Leaving you with the easy part.
Naked Wines
Why we love it: Naked wines work with independent winemakers across the globe. They’re able to offer some of the finest wines about – and at super reasonable prices too. And their model ensures that winemakers get paid fairly for their fine work. That makes everyone a winner.
Price per bottle: Starting from £7.99 per bottle
Trustpilot rating: 4.4*/5 from ~9300 reviews
How to subscribe: Take quiz & get £30 off first order
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Virgin Wines
Why we love it: Virgin Wines have been handpicking wines for more than 20 years. And they’ve delivered over 100,000,000 bottles of wine throughout that time. Their buyers carefully consider the feedback from their subscribers & use it to help them decide which bottles to source from their network of expert winemakers.
Price per bottle: Starting from £5.99 per bottle
Trustpilot rating: 4.4*/5 from ~20,000 reviews
How to subscribe: Subscribe here
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Majestic Wine Club
Why we love it: Hand-picked, themed wine cases delivered to your doorstep once a season. Majestic’s cases always contain carefully curated bottles, designed to take you on ‘a journey of exploration’.
Price per case: From £99 per case (every 3 months)
Trustpilot rating: 4.5*/5 from ~6200 reviews (includes in-store & online store)
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Sip Champagnes
Why we love it: Sip Champagnes’ monthly subscription is a taste of luxury - right to your door, once a month. While it’s not the cheapest subscription out there, you can make savings of up-to £15 on each bottle delivered.
Price per delivery: £50 per month
Trustpilot rating: 4.8*/5 from ~100 ratings
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Beer subscriptions
Prefer beer to wine? We’ve tested plenty of subscriptions to bring you the best beer boxes about. Sign up to make sure your fridge is forever full.
Beer52
Why we love it: Beer52 is the original craft beer subscription. Their team’s scoured dozens of countries to make sure that they’re bringing their customers the very best in craft beer.
Price per case: £27 for 8 beers, snacks & a magazine
Trustpilot rating: 4.5*/5 from ~55000 ratings
How to subscribe: Subscribe here
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Camden Town Brewery
Why we love it: With the Camden Town Brewery subscription you know what you’re going to get. 12 bigger-than-normal bottles of Camden Hells lager, co-branded with Arsenal FC. But alongside a steady stream of dependable lagers, you’ll also get access to exclusive updates, competition & even free beer.
Price per case: £35
Trustpilot rating: 3.1*/5 from ~5 ratings (not focused on the subscription service)
How to subscribe: Subscribe here
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Flavourly
Why we love it: Another classic craft beer subscription service. Exceptional value for money at less than £1.50/beer. Lots of variety (at least 10 different varieties each month) with a superb welcome offer.
Price per case: £44.90 – including 30 beers, a magazine, a snack & free delivery
Trustpilot rating: 4.5*/5 from ~6700 ratings
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BeerBods
Why we love it: A slightly more selective beer subscription service. BeerBods pick a single beer to shine a spotlight on each week. Members get the next 8 beers when they sign up, with their next delivery coming 2 months later. Neat idea we think.
Price per case: £24 every two months
Trustpilot rating: 4*/5 from ~5 ratings
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BrewDog & friends
Why we love it: Brewdog has been a mainstay on the craft beer scene for what seems like forever. Now you can get their signature craft brews straight to your door. Each box contains 8 beers. They’re made up of four varieties - three from Brewdog & one from one of their craft beer brewery friends.
Price per case: £19.95 + shipping
Trustpilot rating: 3.4*/5 from ~1100 ratings (includes reviews for bars & store purchases too)
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Spirit & cocktail subscriptions
Beer & wine isn’t for everyone. So if you prefer your spirits, or love to host the odd cocktail night, these are the subscriptions for you.
Craft gin club
Why we love it: One full-size bottle of craft gin per month - with a selection of tonic waters & other mixers. Not to mention a glossy mag and a selection of sweet & savoury snacks. Sounds perfect, right?
Price per box: £42 per month
Trustpilot rating: 4.2*/5 from ~700 ratings
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TASTE cocktails
Why we love it: Bar quality cocktails, mixed at home and by you.
Price per box: From £52.50 for 3 months’ boxes
Trustpilot rating: N/A
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Muddlebox
Why we love it: A regular cocktail subscription that’s tailored to your taste. And it’s delivered at a frequency that works for you - with monthly, fortnightly & weekly options available. Plus you can customise for 2 or 4 people.
Price per box: From £16 per box
Trustpilot rating: 4.7*/5 from ~100 ratings
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