About Us
The Real Good Life meal delivery service is currently available to anyone in Milwaukee county and the suburbs. Our menu changes every week and every dish is available in one-, two-, four-, and six-serving portions. We've dropped both the minimum for delivery and the subscription requirement so you seriously get to use us just as you want. You'll enjoy meals that just need to be reheated in the microwave or oven that are served in sturdy packaging that can be recycled.
We technically started in September of 2016 when owner Maggie Skarich Joos worked out of a church kitchen to create delicious and nutritious family-friendly food for friends and neighbors around town. But in reality, this business started a long time ago.
See, we don't know about you, but we have some great memories around food. When all else might have been a little sideways, we can still turn to those memories of Saturday mornings making French Toast with dad or Thanksgivings spent assisting mom. You may remember that first taste of chocolate chip cookie dough when baking with grandma or the pride on his face the first time the man who is now your husband made you dinner.
To us, food equals comfort, home, a place of safety. Which is all well and good, but who has the time to prepare all that nonsense? That's where we come in.
Please take us up on the offer to deliver food straight to your door. You just head straight to the table. Spend time with your family, your spouse, or a good book or passion project.
Our Mission Statement
At TRGL, we believe that every meal serves the community, the home, and the whole self.
We are committed to delivering delicious, socially responsible, and wholesome food. We strive to be a positive force in the community with the investment of time, money, & products. We believe in creating a supportive work environment for our staff, with fair wages and benefits. Our goal is to provide convenient, nutritious, and tasty meals that save our customers time and reduce stress.
Our Vision and Values
Vision
A tasty meal and full hearts at every table within reach.
Values
We support each other.
We commit to real good food.
We value everyone’s time.
Working at The Real Good Life
We have a team of employees based in Milwaukee, WI cranking out the goodness for you. Additionally, we are always looking for new folks to add to the group and new partners to work with. If you think you'd be a good fit, check out the job postings or please introduce yourself!
Doing Good While Eating Well
We won’t rest until there are tasty meals and full hearts at every table in southeastern Wisconsin. To that end, 2% of sales have gone to the Hunger Task Force from day one. Additionally, we offer complimentary Customer of the Week bags to friends in our community that need a helping hand. If we still find ourselves with extra food, that is donated to the local Ronald McDonald House or Kathy’s House.
Finally, we give our money, time, and platform to other nonprofit organizations that could benefit from our support. These organizations include Milwaukee area public and charter schools, Teens Grow Greens, Girls on the Run, and Groundwork Milwaukee.
Who's Running the Show
We have bunches of great people working at TRGL! (Want to be one of them? Check out our Job Postings page.) Here are the leaders of the circus.
Maggie Skarich Joos
After several years of figuring out what she wanted to be when she grows up, Maggie realized she kept circling around one topic – food. Maggie went to college at the University of South Carolina (Go Cocks!) to get a hospitality management degree to open a restaurant. Turns out the hours stink. After a few years testing the waters as an entrepreneur in other industries, Maggie thinks she’s finally found her home. Her favorite dinner would be a homemade pepperoni pizza made in a cast-iron skillet, fresh bread with roasted garlic to spread, and a French silk pie. Yes, the whole pie.
To Maggie, the real good life is ugly and beautiful, hard and perfect. It’s stressful and it’s amazing. It’s not all great. It’s not all bad. It’s good. It’s real. It’s real good.
