Hit the early window
Plan around tight morning windows so meals arrive before the customer’s day starts.
Meal plan delivery
Meal plan delivery software for daily, early-morning routes.
Meal plan subscribers expect today’s meals before they leave for work, at home one day and at the office the next. Plan the same customers every day without planning the same mistakes.
Daily subscriptions
Same customers, every day, never quite the same route.
Subscribers pause, skip, switch address and change their window. The route has to be rebuilt from today’s orders, not copied from yesterday’s.
Follow today’s address
Each day’s order carries its own address, so home, office and gym deliveries route correctly.
Keep meals with the right vehicles
Chilled orders can require refrigerated handling, so they stay on vehicles that have it.
Deliver without waking anyone
Drivers leave the bag at the door with a photo, and follow the customer’s note on where to put it.
Workflow
How a meal plan delivery day runs in Circle Routes
From the kitchen cut-off the night before to the bag at the door before breakfast.
- 1Each evening, tomorrow’s deliveries arrive from your subscription system through the API, Zapier, a spreadsheet or CSV, skipping paused customers.
- 2Routes are optimized around each customer’s window and today’s address, with traffic at that hour of the morning.
- 3Bags are scanned at load-out so every driver leaves with the right customers’ meals.
- 4Customers get a tracking link and can leave the driver a note, like a building access code.
- 5Drivers deliver with a photo at the door and collect yesterday’s cooler bags on the same route.
- 6Dispatch follows every route live and sees any late delivery while there is still time to act.
Capabilities
What meal plan teams use most
Time-window planning
Early-morning windows are part of the optimization.
Daily order import
Send tomorrow’s deliveries from your subscription system every evening.
Photo proof of delivery
A photo for every bag left at the door.
Collections on the same route
Pick up cooler bags while delivering today’s meals.
Customer tracking and notes
Customers see when the driver is close and leave access notes.
Live dispatch board
Spot a late route before customers start messaging.
WhatsApp
Message customers the way they already talk to you.
Drivers can open WhatsApp from the stop with an approved message already filled in, for when the gate is locked or the building needs a call. The driver stays in control of sending it.
FAQ
Common questions from meal plan teams
Can we plan the same subscribers every day?
Yes. Send each day’s deliveries from your subscription system through the API, Zapier, Google Sheets or CSV, and Circle Routes optimizes that day’s routes. Paused or skipped customers simply are not in that day’s orders.
What if a customer wants delivery at work on some days?
Each day’s order carries its own address and window, so a customer can be routed to home one day and to the office the next.
Can we deliver early in the morning before customers wake up?
Yes. Plan around early time windows and let drivers leave the bag at the door with a delivery photo, following any note the customer left on their tracking page.
Can drivers collect cooler bags on the same route?
Yes. A route can include deliveries and collections, and drivers can record a return pickup while they are already at the customer’s address.
How is Circle Routes priced?
By monthly stop volume, from USD 99 a month for 500 stops. Every plan includes every feature and unlimited drivers, and there is no setup fee.
Next step
Bring tomorrow morning’s delivery list.
We’ll plan it around your windows and addresses, and show how drivers, customers and dispatch see the day.