Gourmet Dinner Service vs Soulara vs THR1VE

All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: Soulara $12.14 a meal on a 10-meal order and THR1VE $12.95 a meal on a 10-meal order. Gourmet Dinner Service does not publish an ongoing price.

Gourmet Dinner Serviceready-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	Gourmet Dinner Service Gourmet Dinner Service review Visit site	Soulara Soulara review Visit site	THR1VE THR1VE review Visit site
Price and ordering	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara	THR1VE
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers	Gourmet Dinner Service Price not published	Soulara $12.14per meal, on a 10-meal order	THR1VE $12.95per meal, on a 10-meal order
What the price is based on	Gourmet Dinner Service No retail per-meal price table is published; meals are priced individually across meals for one, mains for two and family sizes, with a $75 minimum food order plus delivery. The only figure given is 'prices start at $4 per meal' for Support at Home customers paying a 30% co-payment, which is not representative of a standard retail order.	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	Gourmet Dinner Service Free Intro Pack for new Support at Home customers: $100 retail value of meals with the usual $30 co-payment waived.	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	Gourmet Dinner Service $75 minimum order value for delivery	Soulara 5 meals minimum	THR1VE 10 meals
Delivery fee	Gourmet Dinner Service Delivery pricing varies by postcode and is shown after entering your postcode. Minimum food order value of $75 applies, plus a delivery fee. Free pick up from the Sydney and Brisbane kitchens.	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	Gourmet Dinner Service Yes	Soulara Yes	THR1VE Yes
Delivery	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara	THR1VE
Delivers to	Gourmet Dinner Service NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	Soulara Australia-wide	THR1VE NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, ACT
Delivery days	Gourmet Dinner Service Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday	Soulara	THR1VE Saturday
Order cut-off	Gourmet Dinner Service 11am, two business days before your delivery day (Melbourne example: 11am Thursday for Monday delivery)	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	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara	THR1VE
Meal type	Gourmet Dinner Service Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	Soulara Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	THR1VE Ready-made mealsReady to eat
Fresh or frozen	Gourmet Dinner Service Frozen	Soulara Fresh	THR1VE Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it	Gourmet Dinner Service Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Diabetic friendly 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	Gourmet Dinner Service Yes	Soulara Yes	THR1VE Yes
Full macros published	Gourmet Dinner Service Yes	Soulara Yes	THR1VE Yes
Typical protein	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara 8g to 31ga meal	THR1VE 32g to 48ga meal
Menu size	Gourmet Dinner Service 140+ itemsLargest	Soulara 50+ items	THR1VE 75+ items
Ratings and checks	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara	THR1VE
Customer rating	Gourmet Dinner Service 3.8/520 reviews, ProductReview	Soulara 4.1/51,338 reviews, ProductReview	THR1VE 4.4/5Highest214 reviews, ProductReview
Our score	Gourmet Dinner Service 61/100Scored on 85% of our criteria	Soulara 75/100Highest	THR1VE 71/100
Prices checked	Gourmet Dinner Service 24 August 2026	Soulara 24 August 2026	THR1VE 24 August 2026

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Gourmet Dinner Service

Aged care and NDIS funded frozen meals with no subscription

No subscription or lock-in contract: order only when you want
Snap frozen with no preservatives or additives, so meals keep for up to 4 months in the freezer
Over 100 dishes spanning single serves, mains for two, family sizes, sides and desserts
No published per-meal price list, so you need to browse the menu or enter a postcode to work out costs
$75 minimum food order plus a delivery fee on top
Delivery limited to NSW, VIC, QLD, ACT and SA, with no WA, TAS or NT coverage

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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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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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