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 ready meals including frozen meals, that can be heated in a microwave or a conventional oven as an alternative.
For advice on shopping and paying safely online, see the Money Advice Service (external link)
The following are some examples of supermarkets and companies who offer home deliveries:
- Ocado (external link)
- Morrison's (external link)
- Sainsbury’s (external link)
- Tesco (external link)
- Waitrose (external link)
Frozen Meals
These companies will deliver a week or more supply of frozen meals
- Oakhouse Foods (external link) - weekly delivery of frozen meals
- Wiltshire Farm Foods (external link) - weekly or fortnightly delivery of frozen meals
- Hermolis (external link) - Kosher meals. Delivery of a minimum of ten meals at a time. Prices and delivery costs on request. See Hermolis Menu (PDF, 142BB) Telephone 020 8810 4321, email sales@hermolis.com
- Blue Mountain Foods (external link) - Caribbean and West Indian meals. Minimum order 12 meals
Home Meal Service (meals on wheels)
Care Premier
Daily hot meals. British, Caribbean and Asian meals available. Meal plan £7 per meal
- Email: info@carepremier.co.uk
- Phone: 020 8200 1919
- Web: Care Premier Meals Service (external link)
Susan James Meals
- Email: info@susanjamesmeals.co.uk
- Phone: 020 8443 4576
- Web: Susan James Meals (external link)
Cypriot Community Centre
Daily hot meal plus dessert delivered Monday to Friday. Cypriot-style food. Diabetic menu available. £6
- Email: cycc6363@gmail.com
- Phone: 020 8881 2329
GRACE organisation
Daily hot meal delivered Monday to Friday. Includes Caribbean/West Indian style food. £7
- Email: mailfrom@graceorganisation.co.uk
- Phone: 020 8808 0718
- Web: GRACE website (external link)
Lunch Clubs
Some community centres will provide an inexpensive cooked meal as a service for people who have difficulty cooking for themselves, or would like an opportunity to go out to be with other people
Helping you Prepare Meals Independently
Ask Sara can give you advice about equipment that may help you to prepare food and cook independently: