Community Chat

[goldensrbest]

Taking a look at some,in order to see the plans one has to sign in.

[On It]

I encountered that problem when I tried to look. I hope others on here will have some information to share. I will be watching for responses.

[AngelPuppy1]

Same here!  I have been thinking about this but I want value as well as simplicity and taste.  I hope some here will have some input as to what plans are worth the money.

[cindyNC]

My BF wanted to sign up for one after having a dish at his son's house.  The dish he liked was from Gobble - which is not the most or least expensive. 

He ended up selecting Hello Fresh and we received our first order this week.   We live in the country.......UPS delayed the delivery for one day and one of the packages of meat in the shipment was broken. 

Hello Fresh refunded our money for that order.  Most of the dishes included in the  free selections appear to use lots of ground meat. The soy beef bowl we had was very good, but the beef was greasy. Have not tried the pork burritos or the chicken sandwiches yet.  

I have a second email account set up for all the food blogs I subscribe to - you could do that when you are checking the services out. 

[conlt]

I had Freshly for a while and they have since went out of business. I found the meals to be repetitive and I guess part of the decline for me is that I do not like carrots. Almost every meal had carrots. 

I got tire of the meals and sometimes would forget to cancel. I ended up with uneaten meals. 

So my experience was just OK. at first, I liked the convenience but realized I could buy a few lean cuisine meals and have about the same thing for less expense. 

[goldensrbest]

So much sodium  in meals you buy at grocery store, i do get tired of thinking of what to buy, just me,i cook several times a week ,freeze.

[Mmsfoxxie]

I haven't used one in a couple of years but I've used Blue Apron, Home Chef, Hello Fresh and a couple of others that I don't remember the names of.  They all were good but the portions were small and the slicing and dicing was very tiresome which is why I stopped.  Never any leftovers to make a none cooking next day.  Hello Fresh was the most expensive.

[Rose429]

@goldensrbest  I have been looking and it makes me mad that u have to give email, phone and payment on some to even look at prices and meals. I am alone and I get very tired of trying to come up with healthy meals or spending a lot of time in the kitchen to cook just for me.

[PhilaLady1]

I have an apartment condo, and I noticed that one of my neighbors gets Dinnerly boxes delivered for a few years.   Haven't tried it but looked it up, it's advertised as affordable and the reviews appear to be good.  The website pictures make the food look delicious,  but that's what they all do, so who knows?  My point is that apparently she likes it because the boxes keep coming. 

ETA:  oh, I  see what you mean.  Unless I am doing something wrong, the website won't let me see what the meals,  ingredients,  etc. are, without signing up first.   To heck with that!

[Squirrels Are Trash]

I subscribed to several Sunbasket, Munchery, Factor 75, Hello Fresh, and Blue Apron a few years ago. Most of them want your email in exchange for seeing their menu. I created a burner account. At the time, I was WFH at a very high-stress job (eventually giving me a stroke.) So convenience and prep speed were important. 

All the selections get repetitive, and there were weeks where they would emphasize one ingredient so it would be in everything. Portion size was fine for me, but I'm not a big eater. I could imagine where a man wouldn't feel satisfied. I have no idea what they cost now, but at the time they were at the high end of reasonable (for me). There were lots of specials and BOGOs that I leveraged. At the time, getting myself fed in a reasonable time, with decent healthy food, was my priority.