Supermarket food boxes

More supermarkets are offering pre-packed food boxes. Here’s what you’ll get.

A few supermarkets are offering pre-prepared boxes to make shopping easier and faster during social distancing.

These are perfect for anyone sheltering and can’t leave the house – though you don’t get to choose what you get.

Aldi Food Box

The latest supermarket to offer a box of essentials is Aldi. It costs £23.99 including delivery (calculated at roughly £20 worth of food). Contents can vary but here’s what to expect.

• Lacura Anti Bacterial Handwash
• 4 Pack of Aloe Vera Toilet Tissue
• Choceur Milk Chocolate
• British Semi-Skimmed Milk Long Life
• Rice Pudding
• Snackrite Salted Peanuts
• Biscuit Barrel Assortment
• Gold Blend Tea Bags
• Alcafé Gold Roast Coffee
• Premium Baked Beans
• Premium Plum Tomatoes
• Cucina Bolognese Pasta Sauce
• Pack of 4 Tuna Chunks in Brine
• Bramwells Chicken Noodle Soup
• Bramwells Cream of Tomato Soup
• Bramwells Medium Chilli Con Carne
• Basmati Rice
• Fusilli
• Part Baked Rolls
• Sliced Carrots in Water
• 4 Pack of Sweet Harvest Sweetcorn
• Minestrone Soup

> Get a food box from Aldi

Asda food boxes

A new addition for May is a box from Asda. It’s dry and tinned goods. What you get will vary depending on stock but it’ll contain 31 items such as:

• Tea
• Coffee
• Baked beans & canned soup
• Long life Milk
• Bread
• Cereal & cereal bars
• Biscuits
• Tinned vegetables
• Toilet roll
• Rice, pasta & pasta sauce

> Get a food box from Asda

Morrisons Food Boxes

There are loads of boxes from Morrisons now. 

Essentials boxes

There’s a meat-eaters box and a vegetarian box. The actual contents will vary on each order – it’s all down to what’s in store. However you will get a mix of food and household essentials such as loo roll, bread and milk. A box costs £35.

Morrisons says both boxes will typically have

• Canned baked beans, soup and pasta sauce
• Milk
• Dairy products such as butter and cheese
• Bread
• Rice and pasta
• Vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots and onions
• Essential household items

In addition, the meat box will have meat products, such as sausage, bacon and cooked meat, and fresh meat such as chicken or beef. While the vegetarian box will also have “Vegetarian proteins”.

Family Meat Box (£45)

There’s also now a Family meat box, which is pretty much all meat – so ideal for a BBQ or a roast dinner. It costs £45 and includes the following or similar.

You’ll also receive two of the following sauces in your box: Peppercorn Sauce (200g), Diane Sauce (200g) or Chicken Gravy (300g).

Other boxes

You can also get a fish box, Ramadan box, Eid food box, Gluten free box, BBQ food box, a best meat box and a British food box. More on these here.

Marks and Spencers Food Boxes

M&S have changed their food box offering. Rather than a single essentials box, you can pick between meat, fruit, veg and wheat free. Prices vary from £15 to £45. Delivery is £4.99 on top unless you spend over £50.

Here’s what you’ll get in each one – though they reserve the right to vary contents.

Mixed Vegetable box (£15)

• Potatoes (2kg)
• New Potatoes (1kg)
• Leeks (x3)
• Garlic Bulb
• Spring Greens (500g)
• Broccoli (300g)
• Carrots (1kg)
• Parsnips (500g)
• Onions (1kg)
• Courgettes (325g)

Mixed Select Vegetable box (£17)

• Boston Beans (350g)
• Stringless beans (250g)
• Chantenay Carrots (500g)
• Red Chillies (70g)
• Garlic Bulb
• Mangetout (200g)
• Asparagus (300g)
• Butternut Squash
• New Potatoes (1kg)
• Onions (1kg)

Fruit box (£20)

• Bananas (8)
• Pineapple (1)
• Mango (1)
• Red Grapes 800g
• Soft Citrus (6)
• Ripen at Home Nectarines (4)
• Pears (6)
• Apples – Jazz (6)

Meat box (£45)

• 4 Aberdeen Angus Beef Burgers (454g) – Suitable for Home Freezing
• 12% Fat British Beef Mince (500g) x2 – Suitable for Home Freezing
• British Beef Casserole Steak (450g) – Suitable for Home Freezing
• British Rump Steak (220g) x2 – Suitable for Home Freezing
• 6 British Outdoor Bred Pork Sausages (400g) – Suitable for Home Freezing
• 12 British Outdoor Bred Pork Chipolatas (375g) – Suitable for Home Freezing
• 10 Rashers of British Unsmoked Back Bacon (300g) – Suitable for Home Freezing
• 4 Slices of British Outdoor Bred Wiltshire Cured Breaded Ham (120g) x2 – Not Suitable for Home Freezing

Gluten-free box (£25)

• Made Without Gluten Free Porridge Oats (320g (10 x 32g))
• Made Without Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Crunch (360g)
• Made Without Gluten Free Brown Seeded Loaf (400g)
• Made Without Gluten Free Cheese Crackers (100g)
• Made Without Gluten Free 4 White Soft Rolls (300g)
• Made Without Gluten Free Flour (1kg)
• Made Without Gluten Free Super Seeded Sandwich Thins (200g)
• Made Without Gluten Free All Butter Shortbread Rounds (140g)
• Made Without Gluten, Milk and Egg Spaghetti (500g)
• Made Without Gluten Free Lightly Salted Tortillas (200g)
• Made Without Gluten Free Cheese Puffs (100g)