FoodSt vs Soulara vs THR1VE

All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: FoodSt $22.00 a meal on a 1-meal order, Soulara $12.14 a meal on a 10-meal order and THR1VE $12.95 a meal on a 10-meal order.

FoodStready-made
Soularaready-made
THR1VEready-made
Prices checked 24 August 2026

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Green: best value in the row, shown only when every service has one	FoodSt FoodSt review Visit site	Soulara Soulara review Visit site	THR1VE THR1VE review Visit site
Price and ordering	FoodSt	Soulara	THR1VE
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers	FoodSt $22.00per meal, on a 1-meal order	Soulara $12.14Lowestper meal, on a 10-meal order	THR1VE $12.95per meal, on a 10-meal order
What the price is based on	FoodSt A la carte ordering with no fixed box sizes or subscription plan. Figure is the typical price of a single-serve main across sampled menu items (single serves ranged about $15.50 for a roti pie to $24 for a single-serve lasagne, with most mains $21 to $23). Larger family-sized trays are priced separately, for example lasagne at $39 for two serves, $68 for four and $110 for five to six.	Soulara 10-meal bundle at $121.37, ongoing order (a further 5% comes off with Subscribe and Save); single meals list at $12.20 each	THR1VE 10 meal box on an ongoing weekly subscription, published per meal rate. The 14 meal box, described as the most popular, works out at $12.50 per meal.
First-order offerNot included in the ongoing price	FoodSt	Soulara Welcome offer: 15% off with code NEW15	THR1VE Starter Box at $109.95 for 10 meals on a first, one-time order. New customers can also get up to $30 off a first box, tiered $0, $10, $20 and $30 at 10, 14, 18 and 25 meals.
Minimum order	FoodSt $70 minimum	Soulara 5 meals minimum	THR1VE 10 meals
Delivery fee	FoodSt Delivery rates vary by postcode and location; a paid membership includes unlimited free deliveries.	Soulara Delivery fee varies by postcode; free shipping on orders over $150	THR1VE Free shipping on every subscription order. One-time orders pay shipping calculated from the delivery address. $89 minimum food order applies.
Order without a subscription	FoodSt Yes	Soulara Yes	THR1VE Yes
Delivery	FoodSt	Soulara	THR1VE
Delivers to	FoodSt NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	Soulara Australia-wide	THR1VE NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, ACT
Delivery days	FoodSt	Soulara	THR1VE Saturday
Order cut-off	FoodSt	Soulara	THR1VE Tuesday 9:00pm AEST for first and one-off orders; ongoing subscriptions bill Monday 9:30am AEST and can be edited or skipped until then
Food and nutrition	FoodSt	Soulara	THR1VE
Meal type	FoodSt Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	Soulara Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	THR1VE Ready-made mealsReady to eat
Fresh or frozen	FoodSt Frozen	Soulara Fresh	THR1VE Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it	FoodSt Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Halal Dairy free	Soulara Weight loss High protein Vegan Vegetarian or vegan	THR1VE Weight loss High protein Keto Low carb Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Halal Dairy free
Calories published	FoodSt No	Soulara Yes	THR1VE Yes
Full macros published	FoodSt No	Soulara Yes	THR1VE Yes
Typical protein	FoodSt	Soulara 8g to 31ga meal	THR1VE 32g to 48ga meal
Menu size	FoodSt 100+ itemsLargest	Soulara 50+ items	THR1VE 75+ items
Ratings and checks	FoodSt	Soulara	THR1VE
Customer rating	FoodSt 3.3/535 reviews, ProductReview	Soulara 4.1/51,338 reviews, ProductReview	THR1VE 4.4/5Highest214 reviews, ProductReview
Our score	FoodSt 41/100	Soulara 75/100Highest	THR1VE 71/100
Prices checked	FoodSt 24 August 2026	Soulara 24 August 2026	THR1VE 24 August 2026

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FoodSt

Home style, multicultural frozen meals with no subscription

Order a la carte with no subscription: buy single meals, sides, soups or desserts as you need them
Over 100 dishes from 40 plus home cooks across 26 plus cuisines, including Italian, Indian, Malaysian, Mexican and Chinese
Portion sizes scale from single serves up to family trays, for example lasagne from 500g to 2.3kg
No calorie or macro information published for most meals, so it is hard to track nutrition
Delivery limited to NSW, ACT, VIC, SA and QLD, with rates varying by postcode unless you pay for membership
Per meal prices sit above typical prepared meal services, with many single serves in the low $20s

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Soulara

Vegan and plant-based ready meals with published macros

Over 50 plant-based meals with cuisines from Italian and Mediterranean through to Indian, Mexican and Asian
Full nutrition panel, macros and ingredient list published for every meal
Flat $12.20 per meal pricing with pre-built bundles from 5 to 10 meals, plus 5% off for subscribers
Entirely plant-based, so no option for anyone wanting meat or seafood meals
Delivery reaches 1,988 postcodes only, so some regional addresses miss out
Delivery fee varies by postcode and free shipping needs a $150 order

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THR1VE

Macro tracked low carb and high protein eating

Clear published price ladder: $12.95 per meal at 10, down to $9.95 at 25
Full macros and a per serve nutrition panel, ingredients and allergens on every meal
Chilled not frozen, ready in about 2 minutes, with a target of at least 7 days fridge life
Not national: no delivery to TAS or NT, and site pages conflict on whether SA is served
$89 minimum food order per delivery, so small top-up boxes are not possible
Single delivery window starting Saturday after a Friday pack, which suits weekend restocking only

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How to read this comparison

Prices: The ongoing price at a typical order size: per meal for ready-made meals, per serving for meal kits. First-order offers and delivery fees are not included. Prices checked 24 August 2026. Confirm at checkout.
Highlights: Green cells mark the lowest published price, the highest customer rating, the largest menu, the highest minimum protein, our highest score, and a Yes where the services differ. A row is only highlighted when every service compared has a value for it. Prices in different units and ratings from different review platforms are not highlighted.
Customer rating: Out of 5, with the review count and the platform the rating is from. It is a customer rating, not our score.
Our score: Out of 100: customer rating (35 points, weighted by review volume), disclosure of macros, calories and a real price (20), price against services of the same type (15), menu size (10), ordering flexibility (10) and delivery reach (10). Where a provider publishes nothing for a criterion, it is dropped and the rest are rescaled.

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