Meal planning
Meal Prep That Actually Works for Shift Workers
Which box size makes sense if you work a rotating roster, and why the freezer stack usually beats a weekly order when your days keep moving.
Pricing
Hotoffersdaily meal delivery prices and weekly plans
Hotoffersdaily publishes its full meal delivery prices here, with weekly box rates, office lunch tiers and every delivery charge shown before you order.
No joining fee
No lock-in contract
Free delivery in Hamilton
Skip any week you like
Paid weekly, not upfront
Weekly boxes
Three box sizes, priced by the meal
Meal prices drop as you add more into the box, because the delivery run costs us the same whether we carry six meals or sixteen. Nothing else changes between the tiers. Same kitchen, same cooks, same labelling.
Single Box
$84/week
- Six meals, one adult portion each
- Works out at $14.00 per meal
- Two protein options every week
- Free delivery anywhere in Hamilton
- Swap or skip up to two days out
Most households pick this
Family Table
$152/week
- Fourteen meals across two or four portions
- Works out at $10.86 per meal
- Kid-friendly swaps on every dish
- Free delivery across the Waikato
- Two custom requests a month
Freezer Stack
$249/fortnight
- Twenty-four meals delivered every second week
- Works out at $10.37 per meal
- Built for shift workers and off-grid weeks
- Free delivery across the Waikato
- Freezer-friendly dishes only
Prices shown are current for deliveries inside the Waikato and were last reviewed on 1 March 2025. GST is included in every figure on this page.
The full menu
What each dish costs without a box plan
You do not have to sign up to anything. Order individual meals when you want them, at the prices below, and pick them up from the kitchen or pay the single delivery fee.
| Dish category | Small | Regular | Large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braises and slow cooks | $13.50 | $16.00 | $19.50 |
| Grain bowls with protein | $12.00 | $14.50 | $17.50 |
| Soups and broths | $9.00 | $11.50 | $13.00 |
| Plant-based mains | $11.50 | $13.50 | $16.00 |
| Breakfast portions | $8.00 | $10.00 | $12.50 |
| Sides and salads | $6.50 | $8.00 | $10.00 |
No plan needed
Order the odd week
Some people only want meals for the weeks they are working away from home, or the fortnight the in-laws visit. That is fine. Order any quantity, any combination, and we cook it the morning of delivery.
- Minimum order of four meals
- $7 delivery inside Hamilton, $11 across the wider Waikato
- Pickup from 181 Kahikatea Drive is free
- Payment by card at the time of ordering
Office lunches
Per head rates that fall as the team grows
Office pricing is quoted per person because that is how you will budget it. Tray sizes scale up, kitchen time scales up, but our minimum spend does not move, so small teams pay the same rate per head as large ones.
10 to 19 people
$16/head
- Two hot trays plus salad
- One delivery per order
- Allergen sheet included
20 to 49 people
$14/head
- Three hot trays plus two salads
- Vegetarian option on every order
- Named contact at the kitchen
50 to 99 people
$12.50/head
- Rotating hot menu, changed weekly
- Gluten free and dairy free trays
- Invoiced fortnightly on account
100 people and up
$10/head
- Everything from the tier below
- Dedicated kitchen slot at 10am
- Monthly menu meeting with our chef
What you are paying for
Where the money in a box actually goes
Most meal delivery companies will not show this. We are happy to, because it explains why our food costs what it does and where we could cut corners if we wanted to.
41%
ingredients, bought mostly from Waikato growers
29%
kitchen wages, all at or above the living wage
18%
delivery, vans, fuel and drivers on payroll
12%
packaging, washing and the rest of the margin
Things we charge nothing for
- Changing your box size for a week
- Pausing for a holiday or a work trip
- Delivery on the Waikato routes
- Collecting last week's empty boxes
- Ring the kitchen and talk to a cook about a dish you did not like
Things we do charge for
- Delivery outside the Waikato, quoted per address
- Replacement boxes that never came back
- Late order changes after the cut-off on the day before delivery
- Event catering, which we no longer take on
Add ons
Extra portions and weekly extras
These get added to an existing box. Tick them when you place the order and they turn up in the same delivery, which saves us a trip and saves you a fee.
Extra lunch portion
$11.00 each, added to any box order. Handy for the one day a week you are out of the house at lunchtime.
Breakfast pack of four
$34.00. Usually overnight oats or a savoury egg dish, depending on what is good that week.
Smaller portion swaps
$1.50 off any regular meal. Plenty of people ask for this and there is no reason to pay for food you will not finish.
Gift box
$95.00 for six meals posted to any Waikato address with a handwritten card from the kitchen.
Seasonal pricing
Your winter box costs less than your summer one
Between roughly May and September, the dishes we cook swap toward kumara, leeks, cabbage, silverbeet and citrus. Those crops are plentiful, they store well after chilling and they hold their flavour in a box for four days. Summer dishes lean on tomatoes, courgettes and salad greens, which cost more, travel worse and need to be eaten sooner.
We pass that difference straight through instead of smoothing it into one flat annual rate. It means the menu changes through the year, and so does what you pay.
Why winter food tastes better
June menu, built around root crops
Regular portion, 165g protein
Large next to regular, same price gap
Good to know
Billing, payments and what happens if you stop
How household boxes are billed
Card charged on the Thursday before your delivery week. Weekly amounts only, no upfront block payment and no card kept on file beyond your active orders.
How office accounts are billed
Invoiced fortnightly on account with 14 day terms. Purchase order numbers can be quoted on the invoice and we will match your finance team's reference format.
If something was wrong
Tell us within 48 hours and we replace the meal on your next delivery or take it off the invoice, whichever you prefer. The full wording sits in our refund policy.
If you want to stop
Send one message before the cut-off on the day before delivery and the next box is cancelled. No notice period, no exit charge, no phone call that tries to talk you out of it.
Questions about price
The ones we get asked most often
Yes to GST on every figure listed. Delivery is included for all weekly boxes inside Hamilton and the Waikato. Only one-off orders, out-of-region addresses and pickup alternatives carry a separate charge, and those amounts are printed above.
Two reasons. It is a bigger order, so the delivery cost is spread across more meals. And it is delivered every second week, so we make one trip rather than two. The trade-off is that you get freezer-friendly dishes only, which rules out the lighter salads and fresh sides.
You can change the size of your box, the dishes in it, or the delivery day up to two days before delivery at no cost. Anything after that cut-off gets carried to the following week, and the amount you were charged stays with it.
No. Gluten free, dairy free and plant-based trays are charged at the same per head rate as the standard menu. We build them into the order from the start rather than treating them as a special request with a surcharge attached.
Ring the kitchen and we will replace the affected meals on your next delivery or refund them, whichever suits you. It happens maybe four or five times a year out of thousands of boxes, and when it does we look at the route notes to work out why.
None at all. Order for a single week and stop. The full terms are set out on our terms and conditions page, and the refund position is on our refund policy page.
Before you commit
Read what other people worked out first
Seasonal
Why Winter Food in New Zealand Tastes Better When You Cook Seasonal
A slower ripening season means more sugar in the vegetable and better texture after chilling. That is why the winter menu costs less and eats better.
Get a number in writing
Tell us what you need and we will price it exactly
If your situation does not fit one of the boxes above, describe it and we will come back with a real figure, not a range. Offices with irregular headcount and households with two different diets are the two we get asked about most.
- Answers usually within one working day
- No sales calls unless you ask for one
- Quote stays valid for 30 days