Sunbasket Review

Tuesday, October 15th

2024 Meal Delivery Company Reviews

Sunbasket

• Meal kit service that includes some prepared meal options
• Prices start at $9.99/serving, but as low as $4.27 with promo pricing
• Recipe options include Paleo, Vegetarian, Lean & Clean, Gluten-Free, Carb-Conscious, Mediterranean, Diabetes-Friendly, Pescatarian, Fresh & Ready
• Add items from the Market to round out your shopping: breakfasts, lunches, snacks, sauces and more
• $9.99 shipping
• "A-” rated by the BBB

Sunbasket is on a mission: "to empower people to live their healthiest lives, starting with what's on their forks”. This meal delivery service works closely with farmers, ranchers and fishermen who take good care of the animals and land under their stewardship. Sunbasket makes every effort to use 100% organic fresh produce in every meal and recyclable or compostable packaging on every delivery.

Meal kit or heat-and-eat - or both

Most meal delivery companies make you choose between kits that provide ingredients and recipes for you to prepare at home, or heat-and-eat meals that are super-convenient on those busy days. Sunbasket gives you both. Mix and match as needed: meal kits can be ready in 15-40 minutes, while all menu choices designated as Fresh & Ready come in a compostable tray that's microwave- and oven-safe, and ready to eat in as little as four minutes. We love that kind of flexibility.

Easy to filter for preferred diet or ingredients to avoid

That's just one of the things you'll specify as you set up your Sunbasket account. You'll also check the boxes if you follow any of these eating plans:

• Paleo
• Gluten-Free
• Vegetarian
• Pescatarian
• Mediterranean
• Diabetes-Friendly

You'll always be able to shop from their full menu, but they'll never assign you a meal that doesn't fit your desired diet. We appreciate that Sunbasket takes it a step further and asks how you prefer to eat. You can indicate ingredients you'd like to avoid - dairy, soy, lamb, pork, beef, shellfish, fish, poultry - or if you'd like meals that are high in fiber and/or protein. Low carb, low calorie, low added sugar, and low sodium round out the rest of the available preferences here.

See all the menu selections upfront

Sunbasket meals can serve either two or four people, and your boxes can come with anywhere from 2-5 dinners per week. Even better, you get to pick your first week's meals before you enter your payment information, so it's practically guaranteed that you'll love everything you get, and you won't have any unpleasant surprises like we've seen with some Sunbasket rivals (customers enter payment information first, decide they don't like the selections after all, but still wind up getting a box of food they didn't want). And, it's really intuitive to use: look at the top to indicate the first week you think you'll want deliveries, so that you see the corresponding menu, and change any of the preferences you set earlier by clicking on the dropdowns beneath that.

Discounts are available

Watch for special offers too. When we visited the Sunbasket site recently, there was a promo we could activate at the top of the page to get $90 off, free shipping, and a free gift. That reflected a discount of $50 off our first order of $65 or more, then $15 off deliveries two and three, and $10 off delivery four.

Price varies by meal

Pricing is structured a little differently with this meal delivery service: just like at a restaurant, recipes with more ingredients (and higher-quality ones too) will come with a higher per-serving cost. You might get a heat-and-eat meal of creamy spaghetti carbonara with pancetta and sweet peas for just $9.99, or a spicy Thai green curry with shrimp, zucchini and jasmine rice for $17.99 per serving. The cost is clearly listed on every entree here.

Don't forget to change your meal choices

Once you've made your selections, you're subscribed just to those specific recipes and ready-made meals. You'll need to go in and make new choices for the next week if you don't want to get the same ones. Also, after you've set up your subscription, you can choose add-ons for snacks, breakfasts or lunches. You can preview everything that's available under the Menu heading, and it's almost like having an organic grocery store on hand: smoothies, loaves of bread, yogurt, you name it.

Stellar reputation

Happily, Sunbasket gets an "A-” rating from the Better Business Bureau, with a mere 14 complaints filed there over the last three years. Beyond the BBB, this meal delivery service receives lots of enthusiastic feedback from customers, most notably ones who have used it for years and wouldn't dream of switching to a different company. Delicious, organic, on time, and very client-centric: everything you want that can be so elusive with many of Sunbasket's rivals.

#1 meal delivery company

For all of these reasons, Sunbasket is our newest first-place winner among meal delivery companies. Although Sunbasket tends to be more expensive, we think it's definitely worth it. You just couldn't ask for more: healthy, organic ingredients combined to make delicious meals that you can either have fun cooking yourself or enjoy the simplicity of microwave-and-done, all backed by a fantastic customer support team that genuinely cares about your satisfaction. Put Sunbasket at the top of your list if you're looking for a meal delivery service that will exceed your expectations.