Meal Optimiser

Figure out the cheapest — or fastest, or most-protein-per-pound — way to feed yourself in the UK.

Today: ranks ~25 ready-meal strategies (DIY cooking, supermarket frozen, local delivery services) by cost, calories, protein and active prep time. Tell it what your hour's worth and it tells you which actually beat cooking from scratch.

Where it's going: pick your own ranking formula (weight protein vs cost vs time however you want), then expand beyond ready meals into per-item shopping-cart routing — drop a Mars bar into a basket and find the supermarket that wins it.

Main dashboard
Open the analysis →
Live charts, ranked options, your settings save in your browser. Configure per-store drive times and delivery fees, exclude services that don't deliver to your area, and see the rankings shift in real time.
meal-analysis.html →

Per-supplier filter tools

Drill into any supplier's full product list to tick off items you'd never eat (kids' meals, sandwiches, etc.). Your exclusions persist in your browser and feed straight back into the analysis above — averages recompute live.

Supermarket Tesco Frozen
147 products £0.99 – £5.00
Supermarket
Supermarket (online) M&S via Ocado
302 products 3-for-£10 deal flagged
Supermarket
Supermarket Iceland
237 products £0.75 – £6.00
Supermarket
Delivery service Parsley Box
Ambient ready meals UK-wide delivery
Delivery