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October 30, 2006

37 Foods by Subscription

Over on SenseList today, I posted a list of 70 different things you can get in the mail every month with a subscription. More than half of these are foods. I’ve personally been a member of a fruit-of-the-month club and a chocolate-of-the-month club, and for a while we subscribed to the Illy a Casa program to get coffee delivered every month. My overall impression of these programs is that the quality and convenience tend to be quite good, though that the prices seem out of proportion, at least if you have decent local markets. Even so, who wouldn’t like getting cookies or wine in the mail every month?

  1. Avocados: Avocado of the Month Club
  2. Bacon: Bacon of the Month Club
  3. Barbecue Sauce: BBQ Sauce of the Month Club, BBQ Sauce of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), BBQ Sauce of the Month Club (The Month Club Store), BBQ Sauce Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  4. Beef Jerky: Beef Jerky of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  5. Beer: Beer of the Month Club (Clubs of America), Hog’s Head Beer of the Month Club, Micro Beer of the Month Club, Beer of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Beer Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  6. Cake: Cake of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Mrs. Beasley’s Cake Plan (Delightful Deliveries)
  7. Candy: Candy of the Month Club
  8. Cheese: Cheese of the Month Club (iGourmet), Wisconsinmade Award Winning Cheese of the Month Club
  9. Cheesecake: Cheesecake of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs)
  10. Chicken Soup: Once-a-Month Chicken Soup Club
  11. Chocolate: Chocolate of the Month Club (Clubs of America), Chocolate of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Ethel M Chocolate Club (Delightful Deliveries), Nirvana Chocolate Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  12. Coffee: Coffee of the Month Club (Clubs of America), Coffee of the Month Club (iGourmet), Illy a Casa (Illy), Coffee of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Green Mountain Coffee Tours (Delightful Deliveries)
  13. Cookies: Cookie of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Cookie of the Month Club (The Month Club Store),j Mrs. Beasley’s Cookie Plan/The Nutty Cookie’s Cookie Club/Cookie Club by Pacific Cookie Company (Delightful Deliveries)
  14. Desserts: Dessert of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs)
  15. Fruit: Fruit of the Month Club (Clubs of America), Fruit of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Fruit of the Month Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  16. Gourmet Foods: Connoisseur’s Club
  17. Gourmet Meals: Dinner of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs)
  18. Hot Sauce: Hot Sauce of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Hot Sauce of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  19. Ice Cream: Ice Cream Club, Ice Cream of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs)
  20. Jelly Beans: Bean-of-the-Month Club
  21. Jelly: Jelly of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  22. Lobster: Lobster of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs)
  23. Mustard: Mustard of the Month Club (Mustard Museum), Mustard of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  24. Nuts: Nut of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  25. Olive Oil: Olive Oil of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  26. Olives: Olive of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  27. Organic Fruit: Organic Fruit Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  28. Pasta: Pasta of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Pasta of the Month Club (The Month Club Store), Pasta of the Month Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  29. Pickles: Pickle of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  30. Pizza: Pizza of the Month Club (Clubs of America)
  31. Popcorn: Popcorn of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  32. Potato Chips: Potato Chip of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  33. Salsa: Salsa of the Month Club (iGourmet), Salsa of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  34. Soup: Soup of the Month Club (The Month Club Store)
  35. Steak: Steak of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Monthly Smile Maker (Omaha Steaks)
  36. Tea: Tea of the Month Club (iGourmet), Tea of the Month Club (Adagio Teas), Tea of the Month Club (The Month Club Store), Green Tea Club/Black Tea Club/Assorted Tea Club/Herbal Tea Club (Delightful Deliveries)
  37. Wine: Wine-of-the Month Club (Clubs of America), California Wine Club, Wine of the Month Club (Amazing Clubs), Wine Club (Delightful Deliveries)

Posted by Joe Kissell in Foods, General | 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “37 Foods by Subscription”

  1. Brian J. Geiger said:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 11:47 am

    So the question is, if I subscribed at least one of each of these, could I manage to go a whole year without at least needing to go shopping? And how much would it cost, all told?

    Oh, I’m sure I’d want to go shopping, as there’d be cooking staples and the like to get, and it might be hard to use the jelly without some bread or similar. Still, it sounds like a crazy experiment, and likely one that someone has already documented on a web page somewhere. Probably worth a Google search.

  2. Joe Kissell said:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 1:32 pm

    Brian: Some of these are mighty expensive, though the rates sometimes depend on how many months you purchase your subscription for. But take the Lobster of the Month Club. Its cheapest rate is $89.95 per month, or $1079.40 per year! I don’t think I’ve ever spent $90 on (fresh/frozen) lobster in a single month. Some of the beer/wine clubs are up there in cost too. So in terms of money, it could turn out to be a costly experiment.

    I suppose that you could wrangle things in such a way that you could actually live off (only) this stuff, at least if you got extra subscriptions to fruit and so on, but you’re still going to be mighty short on vegetables, and the diet would have an awful lot of fat, cholesterol, and carbs!

  3. Brian J. Geiger said:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 2:39 pm

    I suppose, if I wanted to not die by the end, I could combine it with my CSA subscription (though that’s more of a weekly thing), so at least from spring through autumn I could be vaguely healthy and get some vegetation in.

    No, this is probably not the quest for me, but it’s a fun thought in any case. Maybe if I got corporate sponsorship…no, no.

  4. Erica said:
    November 14th, 2006 at 11:00 am

    Do you know if any of these places deliver to Canada?

  5. Joe Kissell said:
    November 14th, 2006 at 10:39 pm

    Erica: I’m afraid I don’t know if these places deliver to Canada, but I’m somewhat doubtful. Between higher shipping costs, duties, and agricultural regulations, it might be more trouble than it’s worth to ship these sorts of things across the border.

  6. Dana A. Romero said:
    November 14th, 2011 at 5:54 am

    Great article. I would like to add a website that actually has over 30 different gourmet gift clubs ranging from the above mentioned salsa, tea, olive oil and BBQ sauce of the month clubs to clubs like soda of the month and Ketchup of the Month. Take a look at http://www.ofthemonthshop.com/ to get a true look at a of the Month club website.