We tried MealPal, the subscription service that offers daily lunches for under $6

MealPal, amonthly lunch subscription service, just expandedto Londonits first city outside the US.MealPallets usersselect andpick up a daily lunch from a variety of participating restaurants. The monthly price of $119 (without tax), coverslunch Monday throughFriday which means each meal costsless than $6.Founded in Miami in January 2016, the servicehasexpanded to Boston, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.In London, where over 150 restaurants have signed on, each meal costs either4.80 ($6) or4.39 ($5.50), depending on the plan you choose.The service was founded bythe sameteam behind ClassPass, astartupthat gives customers access to a selectionof fitness classes in a particular city for a flat fee.(MealPal wascalled MealPass until it rebranded in September 2016.)OnFebruary 15, the company announced that it raised$15 million (12 million) in VCfunding.Now that MealPal has added so many restaurants for users to choose fromover 600 New York City restaurantsparticipatethe optionscan getoverwhelming.So the team launched what it callsa"Tinder for food" function in September 2016. Users can now swipe right or left on 100 ingredients they like or dislike, and the app's bot will recommend meals based on those preferences.I tried the service for a week when it launched last year (before the new update).Here's what happened.SEE ALSO:I tried a chocolate bar that replaces sugar with mushrooms ' and couldn't tell the differenceI was instructed to log on between 7 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. before each lunchtime to select my lunch and set a pick-up time. (The update now lets users choose lunch starting at 5 p.m.)To find my first meal, I filtered by location, which narrowed my options to 10 restaurants within a three-block radius of the Business Insider office (MealPal has since added dozens more). I chose pulled pork sliders from The Hog Pit.On Monday, I ventured outside to pick up my food, which felt strange since I often bring my lunch.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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