From our own order book
About 240 lb. That’s the typical household plan on the 78 twelve-month orders we delivered in the last year. Here’s how it splits between beef, pork and chicken, how wide the range really is, and how it compares to the national number.
Where these numbers come from. We took every twelve-month Shopease order with at least one delivery between October 22, 2025 and October 21, 2026. That’s 78 households. We added up the beef, pork, chicken and turkey on each order in pounds, the way it is packed and delivered, so cuts with a bone are weighed with the bone. Then we took the middle order, not the average, so a few very large or very small orders don’t pull the number. We don’t record how many people live in every home, so these are per household, not per person.
The typical household plan carried about 240 lb of meat for the year. The middle half of orders ran from about 175 lb to 300 lb. At the edges, one order in ten was under 100 lb and one in ten was over 430 lb.
Spread over a year, 240 lb is a little under 5 lb of meat a week.
Each line is the typical amount on one household’s plan, with the range the middle half of orders fell in.
| Meat | Typical year | Middle half of orders | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | about 90 lb | 60 to 130 lb | 43% |
| Chicken and turkey | about 80 lb | 45 to 120 lb | 34% |
| Pork | about 50 lb | 25 to 75 lb | 21% |
| Fish | about 4 orders in 10 include some | 2% | |
The typical amounts don’t add up to exactly 240, because the middle order for beef isn’t the same household as the middle order for pork. The shares are the average split of each order’s meat. Fish is often ordered by the piece rather than the pound, so its share by weight is low even though plenty of families take it.
The typical household takes about 50 lb of ground beef a year, more than half of its beef. That’s roughly one one-pound pack a week, and by weight it’s the single most ordered item we deliver.
Statistics Canada measures how much meat is available in the country per person. For 2025 it was about 26.1 kg of poultry, 14.2 kg of beef and 14.1 kg of pork per person, in boneless weight (Statistics Canada, October 15, 2026). That’s about 54 kg, or roughly 120 lb, per person. For a family of four it comes to close to 480 lb.
Our 240 lb is lower, and it should be. The national figure counts everything, including what restaurants serve and what gets thrown out. A family meat order covers the meals cooked at home, and most families still eat out and pick up fresh meat some weeks. The split is the other difference: nationally poultry leads, while on our orders beef does, mostly because of all that ground beef.
Use 240 lb as a starting point, not a target. Every order is built with a Food Planner around what your household actually cooks, item by item, and nothing is pre-packed.
A year of meat doesn’t have to arrive at once. Larger orders often come in two deliveries, at the same prices. The freezer space guide has the sizes.
Our five published orders run from 98 lb to 458 lb of meat, item by item, and what a year of food costs puts weekly numbers on them.
On the 78 twelve-month Shopease orders delivered in the last year, the typical household plan carried about 240 lb of beef, pork and chicken. The middle half of orders ran from about 175 lb to 300 lb, and one in ten was under 100 lb or over 430 lb. That is meat for meals at home, packed and weighed the way it is delivered.
Beef is the biggest share at about 43% of the meat on a typical order, around 90 lb a year. Chicken and turkey come next at about a third, around 80 lb. Pork is about a fifth, around 50 lb. Fish is a small part by weight, though about four orders in ten include some.
On our orders the typical household takes about 50 lb of ground beef a year, so roughly one one-pound pack a week. By weight it is the single most ordered item we deliver.
Statistics Canada counts all the beef, pork and poultry available in the country, including what restaurants serve and what gets thrown out. For 2025 that was about 54 kg per person in boneless weight, roughly 120 lb, or close to 480 lb for a family of four. A family meat order covers the meals cooked at home, so it is naturally lower, and families still eat out and pick up fresh meat some weeks.
No. Every order is built around the household, what they actually cook and the freezer they have. Our published real orders run from 98 lb to 458 lb of meat. A Food Planner sizes it with you, and a large order can come in two deliveries.
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