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2016-03-29 19:40:57 Post No. 7519091
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Anonymous
2016-03-29 19:40:57
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As a gift to my daughter, I got her a subscription to one of those box schemes.
It works like this: you pay, they deliver a box of food every two weeks.
The reason I did this is that I'm a single dad (wife died) with a vegan 17 year old daughter.
And I thought it would be nice for her to get loads of fresh veg delivered.
I eat meat, fish, dairy - everything.
The boxes were great. We've had 3 since New Year. Loads of nice fresh veg with recipe suggestions.
But.
The packaging is so much that I had to take cardboard boxes, bags etc to the disposal myself. In my car.
The cost of these admittedly fresh and tasty vegetables is what you'd pay for at a top restaurant.
They buy cheap and sell at ludicrous profit.
Personally, it took away money and choice for me and my daughter.
I'd much prefer to give her £10 and say "go and get what you want for this week" from the local farmers' market.
The farmers tell you about their produce. It's grown locally. Minimal packaging.
I can buy top quality meat. My daughter can buy great, seasonal, locally grown fruit and veg.
tl;dr don't buy into these food box delivery schemes. pic not related
