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6 Grocery Delivery Services to Get You Cooking this Winter

By Savannah Cox | January 18, 2016 6:27pm | Updated on January 19, 2016 5:45pm
 One meal prepared from the contents of a Hello Fresh box.
One meal prepared from the contents of a Hello Fresh box.
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Hello Fresh

If frigid conditions have you thinking twice about going out for dinner tonight, why not order — and cook — in?

Various grocery delivery and community-supported agriculture outfits throughout the city will bring fresh food right to your door, meaning that you can skip inflated restaurant prices, avoid inclement weather and the sad lurch toward your cereal box at 9 p.m. 

With that in mind, DNAinfo New York has rounded up a handful of delivery services to get some ideas cooking:

►Hello Fresh

What they offer: Hello Fresh offers an array of recipes on its site — such as fig and brie flatbread, salmon linguine and tempura fish tacos — from which customers can choose, and then delivers the recipe and pre-measured ingredients to their door each week.

Hoping to add some health to an otherwise wanting food delivery industry, Hello Fresh says that each recipe is "reviewed by our in-house dietician to ensure it's balanced and nutritious," and that is sources from small farmers, butchers and fishmongers.

Shipments arrive from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday thorough Friday.

Pricing information: For non-vegetarians, Hello Fresh delivers three meals per week for two people ($69, $11.50 per serving); three meals per week for four people ($129, $10.75 per serving); four meals per week for two people ($84.90, $10.61 per serving) and five meals per week for two people ($99, $9.90 per serving).

For vegetarians, they deliver three meals per week for two people ($59, $9.84 per serving) or three meals per week for four people ($129, $10.75 per serving).

For families, they deliver three meals per week for four people ($105, $8.75 per serving).

►Quinciple

What they offer: In an effort to make farmers markets available "on demand," each week Quinciple provides subscribers with a box filled with grocery items traceable back to the person who made it or grew it as well as recipes for their use, according to the site.

Likewise, boxes come with storage tips on perishable items, and advice on which food to eat first.

This week's box will contain baby arugula, eggs, Carolina gold rice, Italian parsley, parmesan cheese, prosciutto, savoy cabbage, sunchokes, black garlic and bergamot.

Pricing information: $49.90 per box/week for home delivery, $42.90 per box/week for pickup locations and company accounts.

►Instacart

What they offer: Instacart centers its services on GPS. Once you enter your zip code, the site will present you with items from groceries near you. You select the items you wish to purchase — which are listed at the retailer's price unless indicated otherwise — then select your delivery time.

You enter your delivery information and any special instructions, and then voilá, your groceries are on their way.

Pricing information: $10 minimum order. Regular delivery fees for $35+ orders are $7.99. For orders under $35, the fee is $11.99. For one-hour delivery, the fee for $35+ orders is $9.99. For orders under $35, the fee is $13.99.

The first delivery is free, and if you are an Instacart Express member, $35+ deliveries are free if you select a delivery time besides one-hour delivery.

►Peapod

What they offer: Peapod allows users to browse virtual grocery aisles such as breakfast and cereal, beverages, snacks, health and beauty as well as baking and cooking needs, and purchase their selected items for delivery.

If you're in a hurry, you can enter a grocery list into Peapod's "express shop," which the site will save for later use. Once you complete your order, you can select a delivery time (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.) as early as the next day or far as two weeks in advance.

Pricing information: Minimum order is $60. For orders under $100, the delivery fee is $9.95. For orders over $100, the fee is $6.95. The fee to pick up your order is $2.95.

►FreshDirect

What they offer: From prepared dishes (baked ziti for one is $7.99) to household items to meats (one pound of extra lean ground beef is $6.99), cheeses, fruits and vegetables, FreshDirect will deliver anything you could buy at a grocery store, every day of the week.

Once you select your items, you choose a delivery time (6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.) from an available delivery slot — and can do so as far as a week in advance.

FreshDirect also delivers wines and spirits at just about every price point: red wines go from the box ($5.99) all the way to 2011 Tuscan cabernet sauvignons ($279.99).

Pricing information: Minimum orders are $30, and the delivery fee to all five boroughs is $5.99.

►Blue Apron

What they offer: Tuesday through Friday, Blue Apron delivers recipes and ingredients to prepare items on its seasonal menu. Each week's menu accommodates a range of tastes and dietary restrictions.

Blue Apron sources directly from farms and sustainable fisheries, according to the site. If you're in need of cookware or accompanying wine, Blue Apron offers those items as well. For $65.99 a month, Blue Apron will deliver six 500ml bottles of wine that pair with your meals.

Pricing information: $59.94 per week for three recipes and ingredients that serve two ($9.99 per serving); $69.92 per week for two recipes and ingredients that serve four ($8.72 per serving); $139.84 per week for four recipes and ingredients that serve four ($8.74 per serving). No delivery fee.