Heat-and-eat · not a kit

Prepared meals vs meal kits in Montreal

HelloFresh and Goodfood send ingredients. Pierina sends cooked food. If you wanted to skip the pan, you searched the right city and the wrong product — until this page.

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Montreal search results mix three offers: kits (you cook), same-day restaurant bags, and prepared meal prep. WeCook, Factor, Sublime Creations and FreshMTL sit with us in the third group. We are not a kit.

A kit still needs 20–40 minutes and a sink. Our plates are refrigerated, then reheated. Portions on a recent weekly list sat around 550–575 g for mains. Soups and bowls are smaller. Prices are the CAD numbers on each product — we do not invent competitor price tables that go stale in a week.

You still have to order by Wednesday 11:59 pm for the rotating list. That is the trade: no nightly cooking, no daily driver, no subscription auto-charge.

What arrives	Cooked meals, not a recipe card and raw chicken
Who cooks	Our kitchen at 3954 Bd Leman, Laval
Lock-in	None — skip any week
When	Sunday pickup 4:00–7:00 p.m. only, or delivery Sun/Wed 3:00–7:00 p.m.

Kits vs cooked vs apps — no invented competitor prices

Offer	You cook?	Typical lock-in	Pierina clock
Pierina	No — reheat	None	Wed 23:59 · Sun pickup 4–7 p.m. Laval · $10/day van
HelloFresh / Goodfood / Cook it	Yes	Usually a subscription	Wrong family — they send ingredients
WeCook / FreshMTL / Factor / Sublime	No — reheat	Their current plan	See WeCook vs Pierina page
Uber Eats / Skip	Restaurant cooks	App account	Same-night bag — other URL
Grocery delivery (Voilà / IGA)	You still cook	None	See vs grocery page

Quick contrast

Meal kit: raw portions, you cook, you wash.
Restaurant delivery: one hot plate, tonight only.
Pierina: cooked in Laval, you reheat, Sunday and Wednesday windows, ~50 km.

Open the weekly menu if you want heat-and-eat. Open a kit brand if you want to cook.

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Questions

Local FAQ

Is Pierina like HelloFresh in Montreal?

No. HelloFresh is a meal kit. We cook the food. You reheat it.

Are you a WeCook clone?

Same product family (prepared meals), different kitchen, different days, no subscription requirement. Compare the live menu and the cutoff; do not trust a blog table of last year’s prices.

Can I mix year-round dishes?

Yes. Year-round items have no Wednesday cutoff. They can travel on the same cook-day routes.