WhichMealKit| Service | Longer break | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|
| Sunbasket | Pause up to 12 weeks | Wednesday at 12:00 PM Pacific (3:00 PM Eastern) in the week before delivery |
| Purple Carrot | Pause for 6, 8 or 10 weeks | 11:59 PM Eastern on the Tuesday before delivery |
| CookUnity | Pause up to 8 weeks | Four to six days before delivery at noon, depending on location |
| Dinnerly | Skip up to 8 weeks ahead | Six to seven days before delivery, depending on location |
| Gobble | Skip up to four weeks ahead | Wednesday at 11:59 PM, the week before delivery |
| Green Chef | Skip up to four weeks ahead | 11:59 PM Pacific, five days before delivery |
| Blue Apron | No pause; skip as often as you like, or cancel and re-enroll | The date shown below each scheduled delivery; an order already processing or shipped cannot be cancelled |
| Daily Harvest | Skip deliveries, or switch to every two weeks or monthly | Three days before your estimated delivery day |
| EveryPlate | Skip the weeks you want off; no set pause length | 11:59 PM Central, five days before the next delivery |
| Factor | Deactivate, then reactivate when you are ready | 11:59 PM Pacific, five days before the next delivery |
| HelloFresh | Skip the weeks you want off; no set pause length | 11:59 PM Pacific, five days before the next delivery |
| Home Chef | Pause, which cancels, with an optional restart date | 12:00 PM Central on Friday for the upcoming menu |
| Marley Spoon | Pause; length not stated | Six to seven days before delivery, depending on location |
| Splendid Spoon | Skip a week; no pause stated | Wednesday delivery: 4:00 PM Eastern on the prior Thursday; Friday delivery: 4:00 PM Eastern on the prior Sunday |
A real pause, with an end date
Sunbasket, Purple Carrot and CookUnity let you choose a pause length. When it ends, deliveries start again on their own, so put the restart date in your calendar: the first box after a pause ships and is charged like any other.
Breaks made of skipped weeks
At Dinnerly you can schedule skips up to eight weeks ahead, and at Green Chef and Gobble up to four. HelloFresh and EveryPlate describe a pause as skipping the weeks you want off, and Blue Apron lets you skip as many orders as you like. Green Chef and Daily Harvest can also deliver every other week or monthly, and Blue Apron’s Subscribe & Save every two, three or four weeks, which may suit you better than a long string of skips.
A pause that is really a cancellation
Home Chef calls cancelling “pausing”: choose a restart date to come back on that day, or none to stay stopped. Factor treats deactivating your plan as an open-ended pause that you end by reactivating. Credits and promotions can be lost when a plan is cancelled; Green Chef and CookUnity say so on their own pages.
Before a break
Every change must be made before the cutoff for the next box, or that box still ships. The skip, pause or cancel planner gives each service’s rule and steps, and makes a weekly reminder for your calendar.