How It Works

One of the big questions we get is how this process works to sign up and then to receive the meals. We deliver Hot meals three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Our volunteers deliver between 11 AM and 1 PM. We also are able to deliver frozen meals for the other days of the week.

1: Contact Metro Meals on Wheels

They help potential clients move through the process to ensure they are eligible for government funding.

To start the intake process, please call 612-623-3363.

2: Information Collection

Before starting deliveries, Metro Meals on Wheels needs general information to ensure that our drivers get the correct meals to the correct location.

We are able to accommodate various diets including:

Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Mechanical Soft
Puree
Vegetarian
Renal

We are also able to provide culturally specific diets including Hmong, Halal and Latin. Check out our menu!

3: Starting Deliveries

What Meals on Wheels offers is simple, yet extremely important: Well-rounded meals delivered to your home along with a visit from a friendly volunteer. When you sign up for Meals on Wheels, you’ll get the healthy foods you want with convenient delivery and menu options that allow you to live independently in your own home.

We deliver hot meals on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Clients need to be home to receive the meals between 11 AM and 1 PM. We are also able to provide frozen meals for the remaining days of the week.

Meals on Wheels provides excellent value for what you receive – a freshly prepared, ready-to-eat meal delivered right to your door. While we ask for a modest contribution toward your meals, the price is based on need. Meals may be authorized as part of Minnesota’s Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid waiver and other subsidy programs can also help cover the cost of meal delivery service.

Pausing or Cancelling Deliveries

If there is a day that the client is unable to receive meals, we are able to put their deliveries on hold. We are able to do this for a single day, a time period, or in the case that the length of time is unknown, we can put deliveries on a longer hold until we are notified that the client wishes to continue deliveries. Please contact us!