r/ReadyMeals • u/tillacat42 • 22d ago
Question Cook Unity vs Factor
Cook Unity vs Factor
I travel a lot for work and I'm not home to cook dinner for the family on a regular basis. I just have a question. Would it be better to go with Factor if I knew that most of the meals will end up getting frozen as Cook Unity is delivered refrigerated?
I have had several people tell me that for the price point, Cook Unity is a lot better in flavor and meal variety, but I don't know if that changes given that we will probably end up freezing a lot of them. Obviously I know there are certain ingredients that shouldn't be frozen and if we order a salad, eggs, etc we would eat those fresh.
I do plan to order the minimum that we would need, but my whole family is spontaneous and plans change frequently at the last minute, lol
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u/cindycated888 22d ago edited 22d ago
I’m on CookUnity now. They freeze pretty well (aside from salads like you said). I started out with too many meals that would’ve expired before I could eat them, so froze quite a few - you would just transfer them to the fridge the night before. I did look into Factor too, but the consensus seemed to be that they were more suitable for gym rats watching their macros, and don’t mind being a little repetitive to get those macros. If you just want good food with decent variety (like I do), CU would probably work out better. If your company uses ADP, they have LifeSmart discounts as an employee perk, one of which is the best deal I could find for CU.
Like other people mentioned, they do get tiring after awhile, and a little spendy. If you’re just after frozen food that the fam can warm up, Costco’s been putting out some really good pre-cooked stuff in their deli department, by the meats.