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mealprepottawa.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202634 issues · 83 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on mealprepottawa.com, 12 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
85B- #12,378 of 91,270 reviewed websitesbeats 82%
- #7,401 of 48,149 online storesbeats 79%
- #7,176 of 43,354 Shopify storesbeats 78%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 102 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 96 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 121 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.9 s
1.3 s
1.7 s
2.1 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
3.4 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.9 s · 391 KiBAbout 391 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.9 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 63
63/100Your mobile performance score is 63. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 425 KiB10 images could be 425 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and rechargecdn.com and others), adding 1.3 MB and 348 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
340 ms · 60 KiBAbout 60 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 340 ms faster on a phone.
Shopify adds 201 ms
201 msShopify costs a phone 201 ms of main-thread work and 888 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Main-thread work: 2.7 s
A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 773 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
4 long tasks on the main thread
4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 62 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Use efficient cache lifetimes
26 KiB12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (26 KiB).
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 11 ms
11 msYour server sent the HTML in 11 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Real-user FCP: 3.2 s
3.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 3.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 13.3 s
13.3 sYour largest element takes 13.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 13.8 s
13.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 13.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.7 s
6.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.3 s
3.3 sThe first text or image appears after 3.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 20% slower for real visitors
+20%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 102 ms to 121 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
10 images without width and height
10 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
7 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 125 ms
125 msReal visitors wait 125 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 446 ms
446 msReal visitors wait 446 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 26% faster for real visitors
-26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 17 ms
17 msScripts block the page for only 17 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 9.4 MB in 316 requests
9.4 MBYour homepage downloads 9.4 MB in 316 requests on a phone: media 6.0 MB (1), other files 1.2 MB (145) and scripts 1.1 MB (112). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images far larger than shown
88 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example mpo-home-plan-clean.jpg at 1,200 px wide, shown at 318 px. Resized copies would save about 88 KiB.
3 images below the first screen load straight away
3 images further down the page (83 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.7 g of CO₂ per visit
2.66 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.66 g of CO₂e: 319.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
4 tap targets too small
4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
18 images without alt text
18 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
10 links without text
10 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
51 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 8 failed. 5 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“Meal Prep Ottawa” and “Fully cooked meal prep, delivered across Ottawa.”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
72 internal links, 26 external
The homepage links to 72 pages on mealprepottawa.com and 26 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 150 characters
Your meta description is 150 characters: “Fresh, chef-made meals delivered Sunday and Wednesday in Ottawa and Gatineau. Gluten-free keto, paleo, vegan and athlet…”.
Title: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Healthy Meal Prep Delivery in Ottawa | Meal Prep Ottawa”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.mealprepottawa.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization and WebSite.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.mealprepottawa.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
No llms.txt
There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
2 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (966 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 43 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
1 page of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 1 page that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 1 page that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
2 distorted images
2 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
24 of 27 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
About 788 words of copy
The homepage carries about 788 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Get Started Today” and “Order Clean & Mean for Oct 18 →”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 5 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo, a star rating, 2 trust badges and “over 1,000 reviews”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Ads and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
23 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 23 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at mealprepottawa.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 6 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Judge Me Reviews · Ymq Product Options · Zapiet Pickup Delivery · Inbox · trafficmanager.net · rechargecdn.com
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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