DoorDash Adds $12 Meal Boxes in 20 Markets

The value boxes carry zero delivery fees and reduced service fees at participating restaurants across the United States.

Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Dining Out

Plain kraft takeout box and paper bag on a wooden counter beside a ceramic plate, with soft steam rising from the box. — DoorDash added $12 value meal boxes with zero delivery fees in 20 U.S. markets, including Miami, Chicago, Houston, and Boston. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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DoorDash added a $12 value meal box option across 20 U.S. markets, including Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Detroit, Boston, and Charlotte, North Carolina. The boxes come with a zero-dollar delivery fee and reduced service fees.

Why it matters

The boxes are priced about 30% below the average delivery entree at participating restaurants, which may address consumer sensitivity to delivery fees. Participating merchants have seen up to a 40% increase in total sales, with particularly strong growth among new customers.

The $12 meal boxes are available in 20 U.S. markets with a $0 delivery fee and are about 30% below the average delivery entree price at participating restaurants. DoorDash has offered the $12 boxes in some markets for a while, but the source does not detail how many merchants participate.

The players

DoorDash

DoorDash is a major American food delivery platform that connects consumers with local restaurants and merchants.

Love & Honey Fried Chicken

Love & Honey Fried Chicken is a restaurant that offers a $12 CBP Nashville Sandwich Meal through the DoorDash platform.

The details

The meal boxes are offered through the DoorDash platform at participating restaurants, such as Love & Honey Fried Chicken, which lists a $12 CBP Nashville Sandwich Meal. DoorDash also expanded its catering delivery offering, which includes $0 delivery fees and recommendations based on group size, budget, cuisine, and dietary needs.

- DoorDash announced the value meal boxes in a press release on Monday, November 2, 2026.

Culture Shift

The value boxes extend a broader competition among U.S. food delivery platforms that now use low-priced menu items and waived delivery fees to win price-sensitive customers. Recent DoorDash moves, including expanded catering with $0 delivery fees, follow the same pattern of targeting fees as a point of competition.

Customers in the 20 listed markets can order the $12 meal boxes with no delivery fee and reduced service fees through the DoorDash app. Catering orders also carry $0 delivery fees, which may lower the cost of group meals.

The takeaway

Shoppers comparing delivery options should check both the menu price and the fees, since a waived delivery fee can meaningfully change the total cost of an order.