Allyse Jackson prepares a freezer meal at Beehive Meals. The company’s goal is to take the stress out of dinnertime. (Photo by Parker Shaw)
What’s for dinner? Beehive Meals has it covered. After a busy day with work, kids and sports, the thought of cooking can sometimes be exhausting. That’s where Beehive Meals comes in with the goal of making dinner prep as easy as possible.
“It’s usually the busy mom that’s making a lot of those decisions as far as what is going to be made and then eating for dinner,” said co-founder Adam Jackson, who runs the business with his wife, Allyse. “Our main audience tends to be women. With that in mind, my wife was really our first customer in the sense that she is the founder of the company. So we are very much female-owned. The majority of our labor force is female, including leadership.”
Beehive Meals does all the prep work, he said. “That means anything from the planning and prepping and then we put everything in a vacuum-sealed bag that you can store for upwards of 12 months in your freezer.”
There are two primary ways to cook the meals. “The first being a slow cooker, and that’s the core of our product. They’re freezer meals,” said Jackson. “But this past summer, we introduced a secondary one, which is more of your flat-top griddle or skillet. You can cook similar meals but in a different way.”
It’s been really fun to be able to cook those out back, he said. “It’s just a different type of meal. When you’re ready, you just pull them from the freezer. You cook them up and usually you can have dinner in a really easy and efficient way.”
Jackson said the meals are delivered directly to the customer’s home. “We really focus on making it as convenient as possible. So you order online and we’re going to ship it straight to your doorstep so you don’t have to even leave your house.”
The meals are sold in batches, he said. “So we typically sell things in sets of 10. You take those out of the shopping box, put them in your freezer and then we typically suggest you just eat two to three a week and you’re able to get through all 10 throughout a month.”
There is a rotating menu of different items, he said. “Every month is a little bit different.”
Jackson said the cost per serving, which typically starts at $3.25, is generally close to grocery store pricing — just without the time spent in the planning, the shopping and the prep. “We try to be more competitive with grocery store pricing than maybe some of the national brands that can be upwards of $8 to $12 per serving, on average. So we definitely would be very economical in a lot of ways.”
Beehive Meals offers three different sizes. “The smallest feeds up to three to four servings. The medium is five to six, and the largest is seven to eight. For the most part, you’re going to be able to feed your family for between $20-$25. Compare that to going out to eat. I have four little kids and if we go out to just a drive-through right now, we’re going to spend between $50 and $75 just to feed my family.”
Jackson said their product is really run by moms. “I think we get the mom lifestyle and what they’re going through. As I said, my wife was our first customer and the company’s been built around her life and having four little kids and trying to work a job. As costs rise, it does feel like we’re getting busier than ever before and we rely on more convenient services such as meal prep.”
The company was recognized as a 2026 Company Championing Women alongside 144 other companies for exceptional work in helping women thrive in Utah. The CCW is a partnership between the Utah Women & Leadership Project, Sego Leadership (formerly the Women’s Leadership Institute), PowerHouse Events and the Salt Lake Business Journal.
For more information, visit beehivemeals.com.
