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What are the best food & drink products?
Here’s your answer below! The top food & drink products sold direct to consumer:
Plated
plated.comPlated is a direct to consumer meal delivery service bringing you high-quality ingredients and delicious recipes that are easy to follow. You will be the master chef of your home with these unique and fun recipes that take an average of only 30 minutes! As a Plated member, you have the choice to pick whatever...
IKEA
ikea.comIKEA is a Sweden-based direct to consumer furniture and home furnishings brand with hundreds of company-owned stores across the world. IKEA has flexed its worldwide muscle to expand into many other categories, such as office furniture, food, electronics, lighting, mattresses, and much more. They’re one of the most popular brands in the No Middleman directory,...
HelloFresh
hellofresh.comHelloFresh is a direct to consumer meal planning service that brings easy and fun recipes right to you! They provide different purchasing options based on the number of people, number of meals per week, vegetarian/dietary preferences, and more. Each delivery includes easy-to-follow recipes and high-quality ingredients straight from the farm, making you the ultimate home...
Blue Apron
www.blueapron.comBlue Apron is a direct to consumer meal delivery service that delivers everything needed to make home-cooked meals, using healthy ingredients sourced directly from farms. The brand has also extended into a direct to consumer wine delivery service, enabling vineyard-direct wines to be paired with Blue Apron meals.
HomeChef
homechef.comHomeChef is a direct to consumer meal service created to deliver fresh, perfectly portioned ingredients and easy-to-follow recipes straight to your door. A membership with HomeChef allows you to customize your meals, with a selection of up to 26 fresh weekly options! This No Middleman favorite provides the freshest ingredients from trusted suppliers that are...
Omaha Steaks
omahasteaks.comOmaha Steaks is a direct to consumer premium beef and gourmet foods brand. They offer a growing selection of high-quality meats, seafood, desserts, and wines that are delivered directly to you. Of all the NoMiddleman favorite brands, Omaha Steaks is one of the most-seasoned (pun intended!). Founded in 1917, they first began their on-demand meat delivery in...
Bespoke Post
bespokepost.comBespoke Post is a direct to consumer “Modern Men’s Club” with monthly boxes of goods and guidance for men. Each month offers a variety of themed products (completely customizable online) ranging from shaving gear to home bar essentials. Another great perk with their subscription boxes are the deals you’ll get on their standalone products! As...
ButcherBox
butcherbox.com
Flaviar
flaviar.comFlaviar whiskey club is a direct to consumer whiskey tasting service that was launched by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The innovative try-before-you-buy service ships small samples of whiskey directly to consumers, enabling you to find your favorite(s) and ensure that your money will be well spent! Flaviar now offers several types of alcohol for sampling...
K&L Wines
klwines.com
Crowd Cow
crowdcow.comCrowd Cow is a meat delivery service that connects consumers directly with meat producers and farmers, and offers ala carte meat selections in addition to their meat subscriptions and meat delivery service. This No Middleman favorite offers a wide selection of meats—64 different meat products on their website, on the day of our review! Crowd...
Bright Cellars
brightcellars.comBright Cellars is a direct to consumer subscription wine experience that pairs you with some of the best wines in the world. The first step is taking their food and beverage quiz, and then the personalized wine-tasting fun begins! Each month you will get a box designed specifically for your wine-loving taste buds. This No...
Hopsy beer
https://sf.hopsy.beer/Hopsy Beer is a direct to consumer tabletop kegerator and minikeg brand with an innovative product and service, making it easier than ever to pour a fresh draft beer at home. This brilliant invention connects several amazing breweries with craft brew drinkers, creating an in-home taproom tasting experience. The set-up process if easy: simply insert the...
Fuego Box
fuegobox.comThe Fuego Box hot sauce subscription is a popular and fun favorite in the direct to consumer hot sauce category! After evaluating hundreds of hot sauces to find the best of the best, Fuego Box presents it’s whimsically-titled options for your monthly subscription: the Dip Your Toe In ($13/box, one mild-to-hot sauce), the Sauce Lover...
Hungry Harvest
hungryharvest.comHungry Harvest is a direct to consumer produce delivery brand that “rescues” produce destined to be thrown away for being too large, small, or odd-shaped. The popular delivery service got a big boost with a successful deal on Shark Tank in 2015. For as little as $15/week, you can get a weekly shipment of produce...
Bump Boxes
bumpboxes.comBump Boxes is a direct to consumer women’s pregnancy subscription box service. They carefully craft together the perfect mommy-to-be box of goodies for any stage of your pregnancy (and even after your little bundle of joy arrives too!) Bump Boxes offer a variety of different boxes tailored to your delivery date, with top-tier products free of...
Saucey
saucey.comSaucey is a direct to consumer alcohol delivery brand bringing boozey convenience right to your door. They offer a wide variety of liquor, beer and wine from local and nationwide sources. In as little as 30 minutes, this No Middleman favorite will deliver your alcohol of choice to your home, your hotel, your party, or wherever...
Firstleaf
firstleaf.clubFirstleaf is a direct to consumer wine club that brings customized boxes of wine right to your doorstep. This wine subscription is unique to you! Firstleaf collects your feedback on each bottle of wine in order to tailor each shipment to your personal taste profile. Each box includes 6 bottles chosen based on your preferences,...
Dirty Lemon
dirtylemon.comDirty Lemon is a direct to consumer functional beverage brand that delivers 6-packs of 16-ounce beverages formulated to achieve health benefits such as sleep, detox, energy, and more. Based in New York City, the brand is quite unique in that you can order via text message (which is currently the only way to order it)....
Porter Road
porterroad.comPorter Road is a direct to consumer butcher shop with high-quality meats delivered direct. All of Porter Road’s meat is pasture-raised in Kentucky and Tennessee, and they keep a close eye on the farms to ensure the absolute best quality is brought to your table (raised outside, vegetarian, and no GMO feed). They offer subscriptions...
How do we choose the best food & drink products?
We find and research the best food & drink products from brands that deliver exceptional value by selling their products direct to consumer.
First, we determine the food & drink brands that meet our definition of direct to consumer.
Next, we choose the best food & drink brands who deliver the most value by delivering (1) the lowest prices to consumers, or (2) premium benefits for standard prices, or (3) both. It’s rare to find food & drink products that deliver both the lowest prices and the most benefits, but we do occasionally find them!
If you know of any outstanding food & drink brands with products that are sold directly to consumers and delivering low prices, premium benefits, or both, please tell us about them! You can use our Suggest a Brand form here or drop us a quick email at yourfriends@nomiddleman.com.
What are the best types of food & drink products?
Here’s the quick answer, below! These types of food & drink products are sold by direct to consumer brands featured on our site:
(Note: if no types of food & drink products are shown above, and you think it would be helpful if we had some, please email us your product suggestions: yourfriends@nomiddleman.com. We appreciate all suggestions!)
What’s the catch? Do these brands pay to be listed here?
There’s no catch! And there’s no charge to the brands that qualify for our directory of the world’s best direct to consumer products and brands.
The No Middleman Project exists because we want to eliminate the unnecessary middleman, not add another one. That’s why we don’t sell products on our site, and we don’t take any commission or cut of product sales.
Instead, we focus on serving as an information source for consumers: we find the best direct to consumer food & drink products and connect you directly with the brand(s). Then we get out of the way!
Our mission and business model are the opposite of today’s dominant online and offline retailers, and the dominant search engines and ad networks who are now positioned as powerful middlemen, taking a cut from product sales (directly or indirectly).
NoMiddleman’s entire purpose is to connect you with the best food & drink brands and not impact the cost of the transaction in any significant way. We want to help brands keep their costs low, so they can continue to pass value through to you, in the form of lower prices or higher quality!
What are the best deals on food & drink products?
We offer two great ways to find the best deals and discounts on food & drink products!
- Search our directory and visit the brands directly to see if they have any promotions or sales on their food & drink products.
- Sign up for the No Middleman Direct Deals newsletter, for deals and giveways from the world’s best direct to consumer brands. You’ll be able to discover great brands and amazing deals on several types of products, which could include deals on food & drink products.
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