Hearth Bakehouse vs Greenplate Meal Kits: Which Is Better for Fruit Boxes?
Price, range, shipping, returns and service compared across three months of orders from Hearth Bakehouse and Greenplate Meal Kits.
Hearth Bakehouse and Greenplate Meal Kits are two of the most searched-for names in food & drink, and readers regularly ask us which to choose. We have ordered fruit boxes and wine cases from both, tracked their prices for three months and tested their codes. Here is the head-to-head.
At a glance
| Hearth Bakehouse | Greenplate Meal Kits | |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Artisan bread and pastry by post | Chef-designed meal kits |
| Founded | 2018, United Kingdom | 2015, United States |
| Shipping | Flat £4.95 | Free delivery |
| Returns | Freshness guarantee | Skip any week |
| Editor rating | 4.4/5 | 4.3/5 |
Price
On like-for-like fruit boxes, Greenplate Meal Kits was cheaper at list price in our tracking by around 10%. With verified codes applied the gap narrowed; both brands run first-order codes, so the real comparison is sale price plus code, and that favours whichever brand is in its sale window. Check both brand pages before buying.
Range
Greenplate Meal Kits has the deeper catalogue in wine cases, while Hearth Bakehouse is more focused. If you know exactly what you want, focus is a virtue; if you are browsing, depth wins.
Shipping
Hearth Bakehouse edges this: flat £4.95 against free delivery. Dispatch times were similar in our orders.
Returns
Hearth Bakehouse offers the more generous terms (freshness guarantee). For try-at-home categories this can decide the matter on its own.
Customer service
Both answered chat queries within ten minutes in our tests. Hearth Bakehouse resolved a deliberately awkward query (a code that failed on a sale item) with a manual adjustment; the other asked us to reorder. Small sample, but telling.
Verdict
Whichever you choose, use a verified code. We keep both the Hearth Bakehouse and Greenplate Meal Kits brand pages updated with codes tested in the last 14 days.