The best ways to order groceries delivered directly to your door

I have tried a variety of food delivery services through the years, because lugging all of my children into the store and praying for no meltdowns or kids licking things that shouldn’t even be touched is a true struggle.

And I have come to find a few favorite grocery delivery services that aren’t too expensive, and are definitely worth it in terms of both time and money.

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Here are our favorite places to order food and have it delivered to our door.

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Amazon

There are actually a lot of ways to order on Amazon. More than one might think. In fact we used to have these little dash buttons they sent us for things we bought a lot. I don’t think they do it anymore, but we do have three great ways we use Amazon.

Whole Foods – we have ordered from Whole Foods via Amazon and had it at our doorstep within a couple of hours. It’s pricier than some options, but nice to have fresh foods fast. It’s also a great one to have on hand for those “weird” or hard to find items.

Prime Pantry – This is a great way to regularly stay ahead. They offer up to ten percent off based on how many things are in your box, but it’s different from S&S! It’s a nice ways to literally make sure that you’re rotating your pantry goods.

Subscribe and Save – THIS IS MY FAVORITE. I have subscribe and save set up on a lot of health remedies like high dose vitamin C and have them delivered through the sick months whereas I have sunscreen coming during the Summer months. I also have batteries, soap, and more here.

Misfits Market & Imperfect Foods –

Of all of the ways we get food delivered these two are the easiest and most helpful… not to mention the healthiest.

We get between 50 and 75 pounds of fresh produce weekly from these two services. Plus, I.F. has dairy, bread, eggs, and a whole assortment of other items! Basically they send out things that would otherwise get wasted whether because of an oversupply, the wrong label, or something else.

While I would love to dive deeper into these services, I have a comprehensive overview AND COUPON CODES in another post. Get up to 50% off your first order and see how the two services compare in this review I did of both of them. https://karacarrero.com/misfits-market-imperfect-foods-family-comparison/

Each service also offers referral bonuses when you invite friends, family, coworkers, or random strangers on the internet. Here are my codes and yes, they directly help feed our family.

Both of our families save 50% off {until the 18th!!} our next order with code COOKWME-BZ3IRQ. Copy and paste it in the coupon section at misfitsmarket.com.

We both get $10 off our next order if you use this link :]

Instacart

For over a year we have turn our express membership off and on depending on whether we had a new baby in the house or if someone was sick. Sometimes I even do a membership during the summer months because of getting fill-in items during a cookout. I have found that even ordering through ALDI the total price was cheaper than going to the store myself to a different grocer. Get $20 off your first order here.

One of the things I like the most about instacart is that I can do an order from multiple stores and have them all shopped at once and all the groceries delivered within an hour or two! Even better is scheduling it in advance.

They also keep track on your orders so I can just re-order from what i normally get from each store. It saves a TON of time and headaches, so even with a small increase in price, it’s always worth it.

Butcher Box

I order predominantly whole chickens because I can get both a meal or two out of them on top of homemade broth. But it’s a great way to get quality meat shipped to your door; the bacon doesn’t have added sugar, the beef is grass fed and finished, etc.. If you shop their extra add-ons you can really score! I have gotten organic ground beef for under $3.5/pound. Get $30 off your first order. PLUS their current sign up bonus is you can get 2 free pounds of ground beef in every order for life.

Thrive Market

We use Thrive because we can get things for dietary restrictions pretty easily and set it and forget it. We eat a lot of foods without any added sugars and have done Whole30 more than once. So it means we can easily know which foods fit which style of eating and don’t have the ingredients we need to avoid. Get 25% off your first order with my referral link.

If you’re Vegan, Gluten Free, AIP, Paleo, or anything in between, it’s easy to wade through it all! But even if you don’t have any of those, it’s a wonderful way to stock up on shelf stable items.

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Kara Carrero

Kara is an author and advocate for positive, grace-filled parenting. She is homeschooler to her 5 children living on a farm in New England. She believes in creative educational approaches to help kids dive deeper into a rich learning experience and has her degree in Secondary Education & Adolescent Childhood Development. She is passionate about connecting with and helping other parents on their journey to raise awesome kids!