Ready Meals
Just Meals are environmentally-friendly ready meals made by Food Works in Sheffield.
Created using quality surplus and locally grown ingredients, Just Meals are frozen on site to retain flavour and quality. They also prevent further food waste by keeping fresh in your freezer until you’re ready to eat your meal.
Just Meals are a great alternative to a conventional ready meal. Each meal is packed in 100% biodegradable and home compostable packaging and can be heated in the microwave or oven at home.
Just Meals give back more to the planet than they take, closing the food sustainability loop in a convenient, tasty way.
Just Meals are available in 4 categories:
🔵 Blue – No dietary restrictions
🟢 Green – Vegetarian
🟠 Orange – Vegan & Low Allergen
🟣 Purple – Vegan (not gluten-free or low allergen)
We cook with ever changing ingredients so the dishes created change from day-to-day.
Please note our meals are all cooked in kitchens where allergens are present, so we cannot guarantee no trace contamination. The vegan and low allergen meals do not contain ingredients with any of the 14 allergens but could have trace elements in them.
Buy Just Meals in person
You can walk in and buy our Just Meals over the counter at one of Food Works cafes. These are located at Sharrow and Upperthorpe. Alternatively, you can buy them at our warehouse and market in Handsworth.
How does it work?
Each of our sites has a freezer that contains the ready meals. Simply select the meals you’d like and take them to to till. You then Pay What You Can Afford for each meal. The minimum is £1, but if you are able to give more we do rely on your contributions to continue all the work we do.
We accept both cash and card.
Other collection points
We have a network of partners who also offer collection points across Sheffield. Visit the Community Partners page to see where they are located. Some of our partners charge a fixed price per meal.
Buy Just Meals online to collect
If you want a guaranteed number and type of meals to collect, you can order through our web shop.
Once you’ve received your email confirmation, pop in to your chosen collection point when it suits you with your order number and we’ll have it ready for you.
Please note that collections from online orders are only available at Food Work hubs – Sharrow, Upperthorpe and Handsworth.
Interested in stocking our Just Meals?
We’re always looking for new partners to join the growing network of community organisations who sell our ready meals locally.
By stocking Food Works meals, you’re not just putting healthy, affordable food on shelves – and in bellies! – you’re helping to build a fairer, more sustainable food system. Every meal sold supports our work reducing food waste, growing food locally, and making good food accessible to everyone.
If you care about food, community, and making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Visit our Partner with us page for more information or contact us on info@thefoodworks.org