Best Produce Delivery Services

Best Overall: Imperfect Foods

Why We Chose It: Not only does Imperfect Foods help reduce food wastes, but it also has great customer service. Its commitment to reducing waste includes recycled packaging and sustainable shipping.

Pros
Prevents food from being thrown away
Choose what you get
No subscription fees
Affordable options

Cons
Ships one day a week
Auto-deliveries unless you skip or cancel

Imperfect Foods started as a company to reduce food wastes and find homes for “ugly” produce that was being rejected by grocery stores. Since the company's founding, it has since added other grocery staples such as eggs, dairy, meats, and even packaged foods to its offerings.

Just answer some questions and choose your items for your weekly box. Imperfect Foods also saves broken pretzel pieces that are repurposed for chocolate-covered pretzel snacks, plus plant-based proteins, cage-free eggs, cheese, grains, and much more.

Even the packaging is made from recycled materials. The company ships once per week to keep its carbon footprint low.

Best for Organic Produce: Melissa’s

Why We Chose It: Melissa’s produce has the widest variety of fruits, vegetables, aromatics, spices, and even wines. Since the produce is grown in Southern California, most items are available year-round.

Pros
Nationwide shipping
Option to get fruits, veggies, or a mix
Company lists what's in each box

Cons
Free shipping only in Southern California
Boxes are not customizable

Melissa’s has been known by Southern Californian chefs for its great produce for years. Now, its famous produce is available nationwide. They have both organic and regular options, with a wide variety of seasonal produce and even unusual items like dragon fruits, pink pineapples, and even the kiwano horned melon (which actually tastes more like a cucumber).

The company has an assortment of organic produce. You can choose from all fruit boxes, all vegetables, or a mix. Although you can’t pick and choose what goes in the organic boxes, it does list all of the items, so there are no surprises when the shipment reaches you. You can also select individual organic fruits and vegetables.

Melissa's also offers a Fruit of the Month subscription.

Best for Ugly Produce: Misfits Market

Why We Chose It: Not only is Misfits Market committed to reducing food waste, but it also wants to make fresh food accessible and affordable to more people. The organic produce from small and mid-sized farms is packaged in compostable bags and recyclable materials.

Pros
Almost all produce is organic and non-GMO
Company handpicks farms and sources
Flat-rate shipping
Ships up to seven days a week

Cons

Does not accommodate allergy requests

Just because a potato is funny-looking doesn’t mean that it’s not tasty. Misfits Market understands that and may ship that funny potato in your subscription box. By working with smaller organic farms that may not have the infrastructure to reduce their food waste, Misfits Market passes the savings to its customers.

Misfits offers customizable boxes that you can fill with any number of items: produce, pantry staples, snacks, and even proteins. There is a $30 order minimum. Boxes ship weekly with flat rate shipping that varies by zip code, but starts at $6.99.

Its organic produce is cheaper than grocery stores.

Note: We love Misfits Market's mission and what it stands for, but keep in mind that the produce it ships isn't perfect.

Best for Exotic Fruits: Tropical Fruit Box

Why We Chose It: The name pretty much gives away what comes in your produce assortment of tropical fruits. The hefty shipment of fruits sends the flavor of the tropics to your home.

Pros
Exotic fruits you can’t get anywhere else
Fruits come in varying degrees of ripeness
Tropical roots and other items included

Cons
More expensive than other options

The Tropical Fruit Box company ships the tastes of the tropics all over the U.S. The colorful fruits are nicely packaged and arrive in varying degrees of ripeness, so you won’t have to worry about eating all of the items at once.

Other than their seasonal assortment of mangos, bananas, papaya, mamey, avocado, and dragonfruit, you can also get shipments of pink pineapple, cassava, turmeric, squash, breadfruit, yams, malanga, and even Chinese eggplant.

Getting a box is like opening up colorful burst of sunshine with large fruits.

Best for Home Chefs: Farmer Jones Farm at The Chef’s Garden

Why We Chose It: You get microgreens, edible flowers, and other restaurant-quality seasonal produce delivered right to your door directly from Farmer Lee Jones’ family farm.

Pros
Uses traditionally regenerative farming methods
Products are not available elsewhere
Produce comes from a small family farm

Cons
A lot of plastic packaging

The farmers at The Chef’s Garden have been providing seasonal produce to discerning chefs since 1983. Now, their edible flowers, specialty greens, exotic herbs, and other seasonal items can grace your gourmet home kitchen.

Although the earth to table box comes directly from the farm, the produce comes pre-washed and carefully packed, individually wrapped and labeled with your name on it. Seasonal greens are packaged to last and are nutrient-dense.

The Ohio farm is centrally located to ship anywhere in the United States overnight and fresh.