JustFoodforDogs vs. Sundays for Dogs: Who Wins?

Choosing dog food means looking beyond the ingredient list. Once you open the bag or box, what does mealtime involve? Is there any prep? Does it need room in the fridge or freezer? And how easy will it be to serve when your day gets hectic?

Those everyday details help explain the difference between Sundays for Dogs and JustFoodforDogs. JustFoodforDogs offers cooked meals in several formats, including frozen and pantry-ready options. Sundays air-dries its food, so dinner is ready whenever you are. Just scoop and serve.

About the Brands

JustFoodforDogs

JustFoodforDogs began with a simple question: what was Shawn Buckley really feeding his dog, Simon? After learning what could legally go into commercial pet food, he started cooking Simon’s meals himself. What started as dinner for Simon became JustFoodforDogs, with veterinarians and nutrition specialists helping develop recipes for more dogs’ bowls.

Today, JustFoodforDogs offers several types of cooked meals. The company also highlights its research, nutrition team and open kitchens, where dog parents can watch the food being prepared.

Sundays for Dogs

For Dr. Tory Waxman, the problem was personal. She wanted to feed her own dogs well, but as a veterinarian and busy mom, she didn’t have time to cook a separate meal for her dogs every day.

She and her husband, Michael, started working on Sundays in 2017. They were looking for a human-grade food that felt closer to home cooking but without the work of preparing a separate meal every day. Air-drying made the food easy to store in the pantry and scoop straight into the bowl.

That idea remains at the heart of Sundays: good food for your dog, without extra work for you.

Ingredients

What’s on the menu for your dog? Let’s look past the packaging and compare what Sundays for Dogs and JustFoodforDogs put into their recipes.

We compared Sundays’ Beef Recipe with JustFoodforDogs’ Pantry Fresh Beef & Russet Potato because both are shelf-stable before opening. The difference is in the format: Sundays is air-dried, while Pantry Fresh is a moist, cooked meal.

Sundays’ Dog Food Ingredients - Beef Recipe

Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Bone Meal, Sunflower Meal, Flaxseed Meal, Quinoa Seed, Pumpkin, Parsley, Zucchini, Salt, Dried Kelp, Ginger, Kale, Turmeric, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Selenium Yeast, Nutrients (sourced from Carrot, Apple, Tomato, Shiitake Mushroom, Broccoli, Spinach, Red Beet, Cherry, Strawberry, Blueberry)

JustFoodforDogs Ingredients - Pantry Fresh Beef & Russet Potato

Beef, Beef Heart, Russet Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Beef Liver, Green Beans, Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil, Apples, Egg Whites, Flaxseed, Omega Marine Microalgae Oil, JustFoodForDogs Nutrient Blend, Pantry Fresh Beef

Sundays’ Beef Recipe puts protein first, starting with beef, beef liver and beef bone meal. Since ingredients are listed by weight, each of those contributes more to the recipe than ingredients farther down the list. JustFoodforDogs also starts with beef and beef heart, then adds potatoes and carrots, giving those starches and vegetables a more prominent place in the recipe.

Both recipes start with animal protein, but Sundays takes this round for its stronger emphasis on animal ingredients and whole-food nutrition. JustFoodforDogs gives starches a more prominent place on the ingredient list and uses an added nutrient blend to complete the recipe.

Manufacturing & Preparation

Sundays and JustFoodforDogs take different approaches to preparing dog food. Sundays uses a low-and-slow air-drying process, while JustFoodforDogs cooks its foods and offers several formats, including Fresh Frozen and Pantry Fresh.

Sundays’ core meals are gently air-dried into shelf-stable food that’s ready to scoop and serve. An unopened bag can stay fresh for up to 12 months. After you open it, Sundays recommends using the food within eight weeks. You can keep it in the pantry, the garage, or downstairs in the basement for storage, and there’s no thawing or refrigeration before serving.

With JustFoodforDogs, the storage setup depends on which line you buy. Fresh Frozen meals go into the freezer for storage and are thawed before feeding. After thawing, non-fish recipes can remain refrigerated for up to seven days unopened. Pantry Fresh meals are cooked inside their Tetra Pak packaging and can stay unopened in the pantry for up to two years from manufacture.

For households that want easy storage and serving, Sundays keeps things simple. It doesn’t take up fridge or freezer space, and there’s no need to plan ahead for thawing. Keep it in the pantry, then scoop it into your dog’s bowl when dinner rolls around.

Customer Reviews

Customer reviews can show how these foods fit into real routines, but experiences can vary from one dog to another.

Sundays’ Dog Food Reviews (4.64 / 5 stars from 2,491 reviews on the Sundays review page)

• “She gobbled it right up. I will be ordering more.”—Wendy M. for Stella, Verified Buyer
• “We were recommended Sundays by our vet, and we love the nutritional profile and that the food is lightly cooked and minimally processed.”—Kristina S. for Goose, Verified Buyer
• “I do not like the large amount of tiny crumb size pieces and dust in each box.”—TC for H & L, Verified Buyer

JustFoodforDogs Site Reviews (4.2 / 5 stars from 9,255 reviews on the JustFoodforDogs customer reviews page)

• “My 15-year-old senior really loved the food.”—Mallory, Verified Buyer
• “Disappointed due to the high cost of the product.”—Pam D., Verified Buyer

• “I love Just food for Dogs! However, the last few times I ordered, the food arrived thawed out and last time a couple of the bags of food were open and spilled all over the container.”—Joye D., Verified Buyer

Several JustFoodforDogs reviews mention that the frozen food thawed before being delivered. With shelf-stable food, delivery isn’t an issue for Sundays. So, for ease of delivery and serving, Sundays wins this round.

The Winner Is…

Sundays for Dogs takes the win for households that want pantry storage before and after opening, with meals ready to serve straight from the bag. When feeding your dog needs to fit around a packed schedule, Sundays for Dogs makes the routine beyond simple. Its veterinarian-founded, air-dried approach means the food is ready to serve straight from the bag, so there’s no cooking, thawing, or extra prep involved at mealtime. 

Easy! And no need to Google “where can I buy JustFoodforDogs.” If pantry-friendly storage, no-prep serving, and a straightforward routine matter to you, you will want to explore the Sundays plan finder or browse the available recipes to find a fit perfect for your dog.

Try Sundays today, and you’ll get 30% off your first box. Free shipping on every order. So, switch to an easier mealtime routine and keep your dog happy with a bowl of Sundays.