What's new in 2020

There are some exciting changes afoot at Next Mile Meals.

Some of the changes you'll see on our site and in your mailbox are simply new names for the same great meals. The ingredients and contents are exactly the same, but for various (and somewhat hilarious) reasons, we've needed to tweak a few names as we upgrade our facilities and undergo the next level inspection required to eventually make Next Mile Meals available in stores!

Other changes are a bit more of a re-launch, as we continue to seek out healthier and cleaner ingredients for our products.

Check out the changes below (and tell us what you think!)

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

We learned that product names that contain places (like "Denver") are more regulated when online products move into physical stores. Unless our product is literally made in the Mile High City (which it isn't, unless our kitchen in California suddenly gains a few thousand feet of elevation), the title is quite restricted. Thus, we've renamed our Denver Omelette to Steak Omelette, still illustrating the amazing flavors you get with this breakfast bonanza (without confusing anyone geographically).

Similarly, our Italian Meatball created quite a naming conundrum as [1] we do not make this meal literally in Italy (though we tried to pitch a European vacation as a "business research expense") and [2] this meal is not literally in the shape of a ball… ಠ_ಠ . In our thousands of customer orders and amazing reviews, not a one mentions a sadness that our most-popular deconstructed meatball-esque meal isn't literally orb-shaped. But, alas, these are the new rules we need to play by. So, we give you — our Italian Style Beef Marinara! Same great taste, less-fun-but-more-accurate name.

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A GLOW-UP

Whether you've been a fan since our very first pre-order (we love you!), or just found us recently, one thing that we hope you know is that we take customer feedback VERY seriously. And, as a small, nimble business, we can make changes to our products to directly incorporate that feedback much faster than the big dogs in our industry.

And that, my friends, is how Coconut Chicken Curry got its veg on. You asked, we listened. Our spicy-yet-approachable fan favorite is now chock full of delicious curried vegetables such as yellow and red bell peppers as well as savory broccoli. As we added more ingredients, we removed the slivered almonds to make this meal more accessible to folks with nut allergies; we'll miss the crunch but we're really excited with how this overall recipe turned out (and the curry spices and sauce haven't changed a bit!)

We won't even go into how our Buffalo Ranch Chicken isn't literally made in Buffalo, NY (another geographic naming regulation), but one of the repeated points of feedback we heard was wishing for a healthier ranch packet. Alas, there was none to be found. The ones made with avocado oil spoiled too quickly for a shelf-stable meal, and the ones that were shelf stable had unpopular oils like soy and canola. So, we made our own! We created our own custom ranch sauce blend and had it powderized, which also means you're carrying less weight per pouch! Our new Buffalo Style Ranch Chicken meal is now lighter, more calorically dense, and tastes like a Buffalo wing from (not) Buffalo, New York.

LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER

Every year we've launched new recipes to our lineup, and this summer is no different. We are SO excited to release our newest dinner recipe… but not today 😉

We're putting the final touches on this backcountry feast and will be announcing it on our instagram channel in early July (with some discount codes to be the first to try), so make sure to head over there and follow us!