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Mealime is gone as an app. To cook its recipes, open Meals Hub in the Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Jewel-Osco or another Albertsons-family app. Your Mealime favourites, plans and login did not carry over. If you want a planner that builds a week of dinners and one grocery list, pick one that shows you a plan before you pay. To rebuild the Mealime recipes you used to cook, try MealPot Rebuild.
What happened
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Albertsons Companies bought Mealime. |
| 2 September 2026 | Mealime announced the shutdown in the app and at mealime.com/closing. Pro subscriptions stopped charging and Pro features were free until the end. |
| 21 October 2026 | The app was discontinued. Mealime said personal data would be deleted at shutdown. |
| After | The recipe catalogue continues in Meals Hub, inside Albertsons-family grocery apps, free. |
Finding Mealime recipes
The official home of Mealime’s recipes is Meals Hub. It sits inside the apps and websites of Albertsons Companies stores, including Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Shaw’s and Star Market. Open your local store’s app, sign in or create an account, and look for Meals Hub or Recipes.
If you live outside the areas those stores serve, the apps may still let you browse recipes, but grocery features are tied to the store. If you saved recipes as links or screenshots before the closure, you can still cook from them. Any recipe planner that imports from a link can bring them back as long as the page is still online.
Bring your old Mealime recipes back.
MealPot Rebuild turns screenshots, links or just the names of the meals you used to cook into recipes again, then plans your week with them.
Your account and data
- Favourites and meal plans: Mealime’s notice did not promise a transfer, so assume they are gone unless you saved them yourself.
- Billing: Mealime stopped charging Pro subscriptions when it announced the shutdown. If you were charged after 2 September 2026, contact Apple or Google Play, depending on where you subscribed.
- Personal data: Mealime said it deletes personal data at shutdown. There is nothing left to log in to.
Choosing a new planner
We read 24,689 App Store reviews of meal-planning apps for our 2026 research. What people praise most is a grocery list built for them. What angers them most is how they are charged: a paywall after a long sign-up, or a trial that bills before they have seen a plan. So check these before you commit:
- Can you see a week of dinners before paying?
- Does it make one list for the whole week, sorted the way you shop?
- Do exclusions and allergies actually stick when it suggests dinners?
- Can the rest of the household see the plan and the list?
MealPot is our app. It plans the week’s dinners around your household and a budget and writes one grocery list. If you shop at Walmart, MealPot Easy puts a week of dinners straight into your Walmart cart. We also publish what a family week costs at Walmart, ALDI and Kroger each month in the MealPot Grocery Index.
See this month’s dinner prices.
Five family dinners, priced item by item at three stores.
Questions
Is Mealime coming back?
Not as far as anyone has announced. Mealime’s closing notice says the app was discontinued on 21 October 2026 and its recipes continue in Meals Hub.
Where do I find Mealime recipes now?
In Meals Hub, inside Albertsons-family grocery apps such as Safeway, Albertsons, Vons and Jewel-Osco. It is free.
Did my Mealime favourites transfer to Meals Hub?
Mealime’s notice did not promise an account transfer, and it said personal data would be deleted. Assume your favourites and plans did not carry over unless you saved them yourself.
Is MealPot connected to Mealime?
No. MealPot is an independent meal-planning app. We are not affiliated with Mealime or Albertsons Companies.