Shopping and meals

If you, or someone you care for, are having difficulties preparing and cooking your own meals there are various options you could choose to make mealtimes easier.

Supermarket shopping

Many supermarkets and food delivery services offer home delivery for foods bought online and you could choose frozen meals that can be heated in a microwave or a conventional oven as an alternative.

The following supermarkets and companies offer home delivery:

• Ocado (external link)
• Sainsbury’s (external link)
• Tesco’s (external link)
• Thornton Budgen’s (external link)
• Waitrose (external link)
• Wiltshire Farm Foods (external link) - weekly or fortnightly delivery of frozen meals

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels delivers a daily meal to people in their own homes seven days a week, all year round, between 12 noon and 2pm.

Anyone who lives in Haringey can apply for meals on wheels.  An Adult Services care manager will carry out an assessment and, if the eligibility criteria are met, you can receive a subsidised meal.

There is a charge of £3.30 per meal for those who meet the eligibility criteria. You can find out more on the meals on wheels page.

• Request an assessment

A privately arranged meals service is available to all those not meeting the eligibility criteria, via the companies below:

• Sodexo (external link)
• Wiltshire Farm Foods (external link) - weekly or fortnightly delivery of frozen meals
• Oakhouse Foods (external link)