For any new mom out there one big thing is having meals ready when baby is born. Eating is key when you’re a new mom, especially if you’re planning to breastfeed. Breastfeeding actually burns a ton of calories, and if you aren’t eating enough you won’t produce enough milk in order to give baby what they need. Scary thought, isn’t it? So make sure that new mom in your life is always eating! Read more about breastfeeding here.
Being a new family, no one wants to cook when they just get home from the hospital. All of your time is taken up (for both parents) by your sweet bundle of joy. If you’re like me and a first time mom and have NO CLUE what you’re doing, you really have no time. One amazing thing about today’s day and age is home food delivery services!
If you haven’t heard of home food delivery services, its food delivered right to your door! Whether its pre made food from a restaurant, pre portioned food for quick cooking, or just straight up groceries, there are companies for each of these!
In my case, I was the main cook in our household. Once our little girl was born I didn’t leave the bedroom for the first few days. A person still has to eat! Not saying that my soon to be husband can’t cook, but I can only eat macaroni so many days in a row. Am I right? My diet consisted of macaroni and coffee for those first few days until we realized there is this whole wonderful new world of food delivery.
I’m going to dive into what some of these companies are and how you can place an order online or get a gift card for that new mom in your life. She will be so grateful not to have to think about meal time! So let’s begin.
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1. GrubHub
GrubHub is a meal delivery company that works with a wide range of restaurants.
How It Works
First you have to download the app or head to their website. Next you type in an address you want it to be delivered to. Then they’ll show you nearby restaurants that will deliver to that address. You pick what you want, enter your payment information and that’s it! Food right to your door.
You can even search by cuisine, restaurant name or menu item if you’re looking for something a little more specific.
Want to give as a gift? They do both digital and physical cards. Just input the proper information and send it over to that special someone (that new mom we’ve been talking about).
Where Are They Located?
They are based out of Chicago, Illinois with over 320,000 restaurant partners in 4,000 US cities. They also run in Vancouver and Toronto CA. While they cover Canada with their original name Skip The Dishes with over 30,000 restaurant partners.
Need a gift card for someone you know who just had a baby? Order here.
2. Chefs Plate
Chefs plate is a food subscription box that makes meal planning easy. You can get everything you need in order to make a delicious dinner right out of a box. This includes recipe cards and fresh produce. Its packed with ice packs to keep everything fresh until you’re able to start cooking.
How It Works
You start by choosing what kind of meals you would like. ie: meat & veggies, vegetarian or Family Friendly. Next you choose the number of people in your household and how many meals in a week you would like.
It also tells you the different prices right up front which I found really helpful.
You then register your information (address and payment information). Once all your information is in, you get to choose the meals you want. Its really simple to go through.
They did offer gift cards at one time, though I no longer see it being offered at this time.
Where Are They Located?
They currently deliver to 95% of Canada with more cities adding on all the time.
3. Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery service. There’s over 500 million products you can have delivered right to your door from stores like Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Bulk Barn, Dollarama and more.
How it works
First you input your address, then it brings up all the stores in your city or nearest to you. You then choose what products you would like to have delivered. Anything from milk to makeup can be added to your cart. It’ll show you when the deliveries will be made, either same day or next day. You can then proceed to checkout, input your information and then you’re done.
Not sure what that new mom would want to order? They also offer gift cards you can load up and send to others.
Where Are They Located?
They service both US and CA cities.
Conclusion
Now that you have idea of each type of home food delivery services there are out there, you can choose which one you want to help that new mom with. Restaurant ready food? A box full of groceries pre portioned and packed ready to go? Or you can send her groceries so she doesn’t even have to think about it, you can even add on some diapers along with your order.
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