Comparison

Melissa's Checkout vs Affiliated Foods

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Melissa's Checkout

Discover a vast selection of exotic and specialty fruits and vegetables from around the globe. This app provides recipes, serving suggestions, and nutritional information to help you enjoy fresh, high-quality produce.

Highlights
  • Global produce selection
  • Recipes and serving suggestions
  • Nutritional information
  • Product details
  • Customer service contact
Features
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The Melissa's/World Variety Produce Story "Delivering The Global Market" Los Angeles, California (2012) – Think tasty, creamy, tangy, aromatic, tart, sweet, crunchy and delectable. Within the 280,000 square feet of the Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc. warehouse, one is sure to find the freshest fruits and vegetables -- quality products with exceptional value and first-class service. Established in 1984, Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc. is currently the largest distributor of specialty produce in the United States. With over 1000 items available at any given time, Melissa's imports and distributes exotic fresh fruits and vegetables from around the globe. Located in the Vernon district of Los Angeles, California, World Variety Produce began strictly as a source of specialty produce, selling to retailers in the Southern California region. Over the years the company's Food Service Division has become a full-service operation that supplies culinary professionals with staples, exotics and Melissa's full line of organic produce. Joe Hernandez, a Texas native, founded the business with a decade of produce industry experience in a small, rented produce warehouse lunchroom. The original office had three telephones and four chairs -- no one could have guessed that, within a few short years, the company would grow to occupy a newly renovated and expanded 280,000 square foot office, warehouse complex, and state-of-the-art CCOF/QAI Certified Organic Packing Facility. Family is a big part of World Variety's success. Through the years, the company has found stable growth thanks to the support of very loyal customers and a close-knit family of employees dedicated to customer service. After all, Joe Hernandez has made the company philosophy straightforward: "Give the customers what they want and keep them happy!" World Variety is committed to industry and consumer education about specialty produce. Product headers include recipes, serving suggestions, and nutritional information. "Wet Tags" attached to bulk produce items include a PLU number for fast, accurate check-out and offer general product information. Melissa’s easy-to-navigate Web site is updated monthly with features and recipes that are easy and convenient. But more important than these educational trademarks, a Melissa's/World Variety Produce employee -- ready to track down those hard-to-find items -- can answer questions about specialty produce items toll-free at (800) 588-0151. Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc. will continue with its product innovations and customer-satisfying service. "You can never slack off," says Hernandez. "...the little guys will catch up if you get over-confident. You can count on World Variety for the Freshest Ideas in Produce. The tag line -- more than good advertising -- is a company promise to provide product and service beyond expectation.”

About

Affiliated Foods

Features
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Order from Affiliated Foods anytime, anywhere—with just a few taps. Our mobile app lets you search our complete product catalog, manage and update your ordering guide, and buy what you need at the moment you need it. It’s part of our commitment to giving you an ordering experience you’ll love. Select benefits include: - No-headache ordering: access our full catalog & re-order easily - Better manage deliveries: track order status and view full order history - Keep everything together: delivery days, cutoff times, order updates, and promotions all in one - place - Align your team: Fully viewable records of chats and order history to make sure everyone stays on - the same page - Get in touch anytime: communicate directly with your Affiliated Foods rep in the app

Screenshots

Melissa's Checkout4 screens
Affiliated Foods4 screens

Verdict

The call

Melissa's Checkout and Affiliated Foods are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melissa's Checkout ships an update every 14 months, Affiliated Foods every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Melissa's Checkout versus Affiliated Foods: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelissa's CheckoutAffiliated Foods
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProduce Pro SoftwarePomegranate Technologies, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Melissa's Checkout

No in-app purchases

None

Affiliated Foods

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Melissa's Checkout free?
Melissa's Checkout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Affiliated Foods free?
Affiliated Foods is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Melissa's Checkout or Affiliated Foods have ads?
Neither Melissa's Checkout nor Affiliated Foods shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Melissa's Checkout or Affiliated Foods?
Melissa's Checkout ships an update every 14 months, and Affiliated Foods every 8 months. Most recently, Melissa's Checkout was updated on September 29, 2026 and Affiliated Foods on October 27, 2026.

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