Meez Meals

What Meez Meals does

Meez Meals is a privately-held, direct-to-consumer meal kit delivery service headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, with 11-50 employees and operations dating to 2010. The company delivers hand-prepped ingredients — chopped, diced, sliced, and measured — along with hand-made sauces, enabling customers to cook restaurant-quality dinners in approximately 20-30 minutes without knife skills or meal planning. It serves busy professionals, working families, diet-restricted consumers, novice cooks, and gift buyers across the United States, with two distinct logistics models: a dedicated in-house messenger team serving Chicagoland using reusable insulated cooler bags, and national parcel shipping using 100% recyclable, carbon-neutral materials to nearly every US zip code.

The company's technology is operational rather than platform-based: a proprietary ingredient prep and packaging workflow run from a single A+ rated commercial kitchen, supported by a customer profile system that tracks individual ingredient preferences and kitchen notes (dietary restrictions, allergies, taste preferences) for customized meal assembly. Product surface includes weekly rotating menus of 10+ recipes at $9-15 per serving, optional add-on proteins, ready-to-heat desserts, fresh baked goods, and e-gift cards, plus a live Dinner Hotline staffed 5-8pm CT daily for in-the-kitchen customer support. The firm holds a 3-star Certified Green Restaurant designation — claimed as the only such DIY meal kit service in the country — and sources from a roster of local Midwestern suppliers.

Meez Meals operates on a no-subscription, pay-as-you-go e-commerce model with free delivery, no shipping charges, and unit pricing ($9-15/entree serving, $7-11/side, with volume discounts for larger serving orders). Acquisition is driven by a 50% first-order discount code (MEETMEEZ50), press coverage in regional Chicago media, organic social presence (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), and YouTube recipe content. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investment, M&A activity, or executive leadership changes on record. CEO Scott Zuckerman and founder Jen Moore lead the firm; revenue, customer count, and growth metrics are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Meez Meals

Legal name

MEEZ MEALS, LLC

Website

https://meezmeals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Meez Meals is a privately held, direct-to-consumer meal kit delivery service based in Evanston, Illinois, delivering hand-prepped ingredients with hand-made sauces nationwide. It serves busy professionals, families, diet-restricted consumers, and gift buyers with no-subscription, pay-as-you-go orders priced at $9-15 per serving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meal Kit Delivery

NAICS

Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Meal kits & subscription meal components manufacturing (AFAKAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Meal Kits Featuring Meat/Seafood (Heat-and-Eat Components) (AFANAFAG)

Keywords

• Meal kit delivery
• Prepared meal kits
• DIY meal kits
• Home cooking kits
• Meal delivery service

Headquarters

HQ city

Evanston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Meal kit sales: One-time meal kit purchases at $9-15 per serving for entrees, $7-11 for salads/sides/snacks. No subscription or auto-delivery required. Volume discounts available - more servings per recipe = lower per-serving price. Free delivery. $10 refundable cooler bag deposit for Chicagoland first-time customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Meez Meals is a direct-to-consumer meal kit delivery service that provides pre-prepped, pre-portioned ingredients with hand-made sauces, enabling customers to cook dinner from scratch in about 30 minutes. Ingredients arrive chopped, diced, sliced, and measured, with no subscription or auto-deliveries required. The company delivers nationwide to nearly every US zip code, with a dedicated messenger team serving the Chicagoland area.

Product overview

Meez Meals operates as a single unified meal kit delivery product rather than a platform architecture. The core offering is a DIY meal kit service that delivers pre-chopped ingredients and hand-made sauces, supplemented by e-Gift Cards for gifting, Add Protein Options (chicken, steak, salmon, shrimp) for meal customization, One Minute Desserts, and Fresh From The Oven baked goods. The company also provides a Live with Laurie Dinner Hotline as a customer support feature. Weekly Menu Entrees feature over 10 rotating recipes priced at $9-15 per serving. The company holds the distinction of being the country's only Certified Green Restaurant® DIY meal kit service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Meez Kitchen Blog: Recipe blog for sharing members' favorite recipes and inspiration

Products and services

• Meez Meals Meal Kit Delivery Service
• Meez Meals e-Gift Cards Digital gift cards available in any denomination that are emailed as PDFs, marketed for gift occasions like new parents, newlyweds, and busy friends.
• Weekly Menu Entrees Weekly rotating menu of more than 10 entree recipes priced at $9-15 per serving, available in 2, 3, 4, or 8-serving configurations with volume-based discounts.
• Add Protein Options Optional protein add-ons for entrees including All-Natural Chicken Breast, Bistro Chateau Steak, Norwegian Salmon, and Premium Shrimp.
• Meez Meals One Minute Desserts Ready-to-heat desserts including Belgian Chocolate Vegan Brownies, Molten Chocolate Cake, and Flourless Chocolate Cake.
• Meez Meals Fresh From The Oven Baked goods including Chocolate Chunk Cookies and Kitchen Sink Cookies, shipped fresh for quick preparation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Meals ready in 20-30 minutes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Harrison's Poultry FarmminorOthersLocal poultry supplier for all-natural, cage-free, hormone-free chicken breast used in Meez recipes. Located near the Chicago area.
• Local Midwestern SuppliersminorOthersFamily-owned produce companies, 75-year-old bakery, and artisan tofu maker among local suppliers. Meez is a small business supporting other small businesses using local ingredient suppliers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HelloFresh: The largest DTC meal-kit company in the US and Europe, delivering pre-portioned weekly recipes to subscribers. Most comparable to Meez on core product, customer base (busy families), and channel (e-commerce direct-to-consumer); differs on subscription model and scale.
• Blue Apron: Pioneer DTC meal-kit brand delivering chef-designed recipes with pre-portioned ingredients. Most directly comparable to Meez on product format (DIY cooking kits) and customer persona, though Blue Apron historically relies on a subscription model.
• Home Chef: Meal-kit brand (acquired by Kroger / Schwan's) delivering pre-portioned ingredients and recipes nationwide via grocery and DTC channels. Comparable to Meez on product category and customer base; benefits from much greater scale and grocery-store retail integration.
• Sun Basket: DTC meal-kit and prepared-meal service emphasizing organic, healthy, and dietary-restricted options. Directly comparable to Meez on health-conscious and diet-restricted customer segment, plus perishable delivery model.
• EveryPlate: Value-priced meal-kit brand owned by HelloFresh, targeting budget-conscious families. Comparable to Meez on product and customer base; competes primarily on price rather than artisanal positioning.
• Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon: Premium DTC meal-kit brand co-founded with Martha Stewart delivering pre-portioned recipes weekly. Comparable to Meez on artisanal/credentialed positioning and DTC model.

Emerging players

• Purple Carrot: Plant-based DTC meal-kit and prepared-meal brand. Overlaps with Meez on the health-conscious and vegetarian customer segment but specializes in fully plant-based offerings.
• Factor (formerly Factor 75): Fully-prepared, heat-and-eat meal delivery brand acquired by HelloFresh. Adjacent to Meez in DTC perishable food delivery and target customer (busy professionals); differs in requiring no cooking.
• Daily Harvest: DTC frozen prepared-food brand (smoothies, bowls, flatbreads). Comparable to Meez on DTC channel and health-conscious consumer base; differs on being frozen-aisle rather than DIY cooking kits.

Broad incumbents

• FreshDirect: Online grocery retailer offering pre-prepped meal kits and prepared foods alongside full grocery assortment. Comparable as a DTC perishable-food delivery competitor, though it is broader in assortment and capital scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/meezmeals
• Facebookfacebook.com/meezmeals
• Instagraminstagram.com/meez.meals

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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