For meal-prep businesses, personal chefs and tiffin services
Mealiqo prices each meal from your own ingredient, packaging and labor costs. Then it turns your weekly menu into an order page with a cutoff, card payments straight to your own Stripe account, and prep, pack and delivery lists.
The form, the spreadsheet and the group chat
Most small meal-prep businesses take orders in Google Forms, Jotform or Neartail, price by feel and count boxes by hand. Here is what changes.
NowYou set prices by gut feel, or by what the shop down the road charges.
With MealiqoEach meal is costed line by line: ingredients after trimming and cooking, the container and label, and your labor. You see the price that hits your target food cost.
NowOrders arrive through a form, a DM and a text, and payment comes later, if it comes.
With MealiqoOne weekly menu page with an order cutoff. Customers order once or subscribe to a weekly plan, and pay by card when they order.
NowAfter ordering closes, you add up every response by hand to know what to cook.
With MealiqoAt cutoff, the orders roll up into prep, pack and delivery lists, on screen, printed or as a PDF.
How it works
Enter your ingredient prices, units and yields, then build each meal with its portion sizes, packaging and labor. Mealiqo shows the food cost, the full cost and a suggested price.
Pick this week’s meals and publish them as your storefront, with the day and time ordering closes.
Customers order once or subscribe to a weekly meal plan they can skip or pause, and pay by card straight to your Stripe account.
Orders roll up into a prep list by meal, a pack list by customer and a delivery list for drop-offs and pickups.
What’s in Mealiqo
Each card shows the plan where the feature starts.
Ingredients with prices, units and yields; portion sizes, packaging and labor; food cost and full cost for one portion.
A suggested price per meal for the food cost you aim for. Saved meals keep live costs when an ingredient price changes.
Build a weekly menu and order form from your saved meals and print it, before you ever take an online order.
The week’s menu on its own page, with a cutoff that closes ordering on time. One-off orders, up to 150 a month.
Customers pay you directly. Mealiqo never holds your money, card details never touch Mealiqo servers, and there is no Mealiqo fee per order.
On screen, printed or as a PDF. Every menu category has a fixed sticker color and a letter, so the lists still work in black and white.
Customers subscribe to a weekly plan and can skip a week or pause, without you editing a spreadsheet.
Delivery zones with a stop order, several pickup points, staff logins and unlimited orders.
Who it’s for
A menu that changes every week, an order cutoff and a cook day. Cost the new meals, publish the week and cook from one prep list.
Price each dish from what you actually pay for ingredients and containers, so every client menu covers your food cost and your time.
Regular customers on a meal plan they can skip or pause, paid by card, with delivery lists sorted by zone and pickup point.
Free
$0
The per-meal calculator, 10 saved meals with live costs, your ingredient price list and a printable menu and order form.
Starter
$39/month
Or $390 a year. Storefront with weekly cutoffs, card payments, and prep, pack and delivery lists for up to 150 orders a month.
Pro
$79/month
Or $790 a year. Unlimited orders, weekly meal plans with skip and pause, delivery zones, several pickup points and staff logins.
No Mealiqo fee on any order. Card payments go to your own Stripe account and you pay Stripe’s processing.
Ground rules
Storefront payments go straight to your own Stripe account. Mealiqo never holds them.
Names, addresses and order notes are your data. You can export or delete your customers and your account.
Our guides use sample ingredient prices with their source and month, so you can swap in your own.
Licensing, cottage-food rules, sales tax and food safety are set by your state and county. Check with your health department. You set your own sales-tax rate.
FAQ
No. Mealiqo charges a flat monthly price and no fee per order. Customers pay by card into your own Stripe account, and you pay Stripe’s processing on those payments.
The per-meal cost calculator, up to 10 saved meals with live costs, your ingredient price list, and a printable weekly menu and order form built from your saved meals.
Yes, on the Pro plan ($79 a month or $790 a year). Customers can skip a week or pause their plan. Starter covers one-off orders, up to 150 a month.
Yes. Prep, pack and delivery lists work on screen, printed or as a PDF. Each menu category gets a fixed sticker color and a letter, so a black-and-white printout is still easy to read.
No. Mealiqo doesn’t calculate calories, macros or allergens, and makes no health claims. Your item descriptions and “contains” notes are shown exactly as you write them.
That depends on your state and county, and Mealiqo can’t give legal advice. Many cottage-food laws don’t allow home-made perishable meals, so check with your health department before you sell.
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Early access
Mealiqo is being built now. Email us your business name and how you take orders today, and we’ll write to you when early access opens. The free calculator and 10 saved meals come with every account.