Karen A.
Yelp
Territory is truly a wonderful service. I'm very active and deeply care about the quality of what I eat and how it relates to my performance in my various athletic pursuits. The amount of time I spent planning my meals for the week, calculating macros, shopping, and actually cooking was exhausting during the times that my schedule was already busy from work and other commitments. Often I would just cook the same things week after week for efficiency's sake, only to get sick of certain foods and recipes. I'm horrible at portioning meals and would often make too much (and I hate wasting food!) or too little for the week. I know, I know.... I'm totally type-A and high-maintenance when it comes to food and nutrition!
The value in Territory's service, for me at least, is that it takes all of the planning and guess work out of prepping your meals. Unlike other meal delivery services where the ingredients are sent to you with recipes, Territory sends you prepared and portioned meals aimed for the athletic and/or nutritionally conscious individual. You are essentially buying your time back that you would otherwise be using to plan meals, and that for me is worth every penny.
Once you've created a Territory account, all you have to do is select which meals you wish to receive (breakfast, lunch and/or dinner), what your dietary preferences are (paleo, vegetarian, or mixed), which days you want meals (M-W and/or Th-F), what portion size you want your meals in, and where you would like have meals delivered to. Every week you select from a menu of which meals you wish to receive (you can mix and match from different dietary preferences if you want). You don't have to be a member of the fitness community to which they're delivered, many of which are Crossfit boxes. In my experience there is usually a fridge by the front door that you can pick your food up from, no assistance required, as long as you're doing it within the gym's business hours. Your food will be waiting in a box for you with your name on it.
The most important detail: the food is delicious and there's great variety. There was maybe one or two meals I tried out of dozens that I thought, "meh, this isn't for me." You can rate meals on your online account to keep track of what you like and don't like, and even submit feedback to the Territory staff. You can also look up macros and specific ingredients for each meal online (they're also printed on the meal container labels). I really think they do listen to feedback, as I saw some of the suggestions I made about the food reflected in repeat recipes weeks later.
All meals come in recyclable containers. When Territory was still branded as Power Supply, their food containers for the week came packaged in layers of Saran Wrap. I won't lie, as someone who cares a lot about the environment it made me cringe! They've since made the move to shipping their weekly meal orders in cardboard boxes. The company is obviously taking steps for an environmentally-friendly approach, of which I respect and appreciate.
Customer service is also fantastic. If you ever need to pause your meals, you can do so through your account.
I can't say enough positive things about Territory. The staff obviously has a vision for an amazing and valuable service, and they ironed out pretty much every detail possible for a flawless user experience. This meal service is definitely worth a try.