The Lipstick Index

When money is tight, tuck in to some tasty food. Here's our selection of the best food boxes

Here at Little Birdie, we wanted to give a shout-out to the most wonderful food subscriptions money can buy. When money is tight, sales of little luxuries actually increase. This phenomenon is known as the Lipstick Index. While there are loads of good lipstick subscription boxes (hey, Glossybox), this post is all about food to keep you happy. Here goes:

1. Bacon: What meat-eater doesn’t like bacon? That’s right. No-one. Sign up to Bacon By Post to receive porky parcels delivered on a monthly basis. We’ve all heard of letterbox flowers, but what can compete with letterbox bacon?

2. Plant-based: For our non-meat-eating members, our top recommendation is All Plants. With a fabulous selection of plant-based food, delivered to your door, there is no better way to eat sustainably.

3. Weight-loss: Following the end of lockdown, we all need to be conscious of looking after our health (looking at you post #1). What better way to get back into ‘normal life’ than ensuring you’re eating healthily? Love Yourself offers incredible, healthy meals and diet plans. Check them out.

4. SAUSAGEEES: It’s hard to imagine a lazy Sunday breakfast with the family without another of the UK’s favourite foods, sausages. But who wants to trundle off to the supermarket at 7am to buy best-in-breed? That’s why we recommend the sausage subscription from Woodhouse Farm. Simply subscribe to their Sausage Club Membership for £105 per year, or why not give a gift of sausages instead of socks?

5. OMG CHEESE: Oh, how could we leave this blog without a mention of cheese? Well. We couldn’t. And after hunting high and lloumi (sorry) we have come up with the best possible cheese subscription box that we could find. For £30 a month we simply gouda recommend The Cheese Geek, who will deliver insanely delicious cheese selections for your delectation.

Little Birdie wants to help you look after your subscriptions. Sign up to the Little Birdie app for free to never again forget when you want to cancel a free trial or subscription. Although if it’s for any of these companies we are sure you won’t… Head over to www.littlebirdie.co.uk to download our app.