Quote Originally Posted by BulldogDX55 View Post
The meal kit delivery services are still operating, at least for now, and might keep running if they get classified as groceries when the lockdown goes official nationwide.

I've tried basically all of them and can say that HelloFresh is probably the best one. I've learned that one of the discount ones, EveryPlate, is made by the same company, and has basically the same menu for about $22 less per box per week ($38 for 6 meals).

Your best bet is to use the discount codes for all of them and then cancel when the discount period is over. There are so many that you can have enough discounted boxes to last through the whole lockdown. The discount codes make the premium ones about $30/box and the cheap ones about $20/box, with each box having 3 meals with two servings each that you choose on their website or app the week before.

The main benefit is that this will help you break out of the slog of eating the same damn thing every night that you will be entering into the next few weeks. Here's how I'd rank them:

1. HelloFresh (Everyplate)
2. Blue Apron
3. Home Chef
4. Marley Spoon (Dinnerly is discounted version and the worst of all)

If you want any discount codes or have questions let me know, but my wife and I swear by them. I'll also praise their customer service. I'd say each box has about a 25% chance of having a small error in it - like maybe missing an onion or a spice. Let them know immediately and without trying to argue they'll give you anything from $10 in credit to a free box entirely.
Yeah, those are definitely convenient. But with more and more layoffs happening, I'm looking for stuff that's a little more sustainable and economical.

If you have any free first order coupons and it would help you out for referring people I will gladly take one and then just cancel, otherwise I'm trying to spend as little as possible right now and save while I still have income.

My bosses are currently in a meeting this very second deciding who will be laid off in the coming day or two. Luckily I've received reassurance from all 3 decision-makers that I am not on the block at the moment. I'm very thankful for that but have no clue how long that will actually last. I've purposely been avoiding internal work like working on our website & brochure designs, email campaigns, and other simple marketing stuff so that I can pitch working on these from home if it comes to that.

I also just paid off my CC and no longer making purchases with anything other than a debit card so I don't have to deal with banks and CC companies being the snakes they are until that time comes. But I'm not going into this with any debt other than on my house. I'd hate to see what the public reaction is if banks start trying to foreclose on homes during all of this.