{"id":13563,"date":"2015-02-14T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=13563"},"modified":"2015-02-14T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T17:49:09","slug":"hellofresh-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=13563","title":{"rendered":"HelloFresh Reviews  &#8211; Home Meal Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13557\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150212_111806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13557\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150212_111806-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Hellofresh review\" width=\"212\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Packaging<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few years ago, I was offered a job running a home meal delivery company; it was an interesting concept, but there were bound to be some chemistry problems with the founders, so I passed. But I have noted the growth of the segment over the years, and how many different niches the industry has broadened into. You can get fully prepared, heat and eat, or cook yourself \u00a0meals sent to your home monthly, school lunches for kids, special diets for diabetics, gluten free, low carb, whatever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofresh.com\/\">HelloFresh.com<\/a> delivers fresh meal ingredients and recipes to your home weekly \u2013 in packs of meals for two, four, or more. The cost is about $11.00 per plate. Each box contains ingredients for three meals. The company claims the meal ingredients are fresh, wholesome, and healthier than purchasing ingredients elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The price is pretty spendy compared to many other programs. To compare equally however, be advised that HelloFresh includes all ingredients needed, while some other programs require you to supplement with fresh vegetables and fruit that you purchase locally.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t tell you much about the company, there isn&#8217;t an \u201cAbout\u201d section on their website, nor does their contact info reveal their physical location. I don&#8217;t really like doing business with e-companies who don&#8217;t list a physical location &#8211; that&#8217;s just a personal quirk with me.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to ascertain through other resources that the company was originally a German start-up, and has raised hundreds of millions to expand globally. It has a number of competitors in the segment. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plated.com\/\">Plated<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/\"> Blue Apron<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Someone thought I should try this service out, so I received one week&#8217;s shipment ($69 value), three meals for two:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicken a l&#8217;Orange with couscous<\/li>\n<li>Peppercorn Steak with spinach and new baby red potatoes<\/li>\n<li>Roasted Salmon with cherry tomatoes and green beans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below are pics of the entire package, how the meals are packaged, and a spread of the Chicken a l&#8217;Orange meal ingredients and recipe card.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in these kind of programs, do a little search online, and you&#8217;ll find heavily discounted introductory offers, enabling you to try them out at a more reasonable cost before committing to a long term delivery program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13558\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150212_111853.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13558\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150212_111853-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hellofresh review\" width=\"201\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t understand why all of the companies offer only three meals per week, but I am sure their research bore that out \u2013 maybe people eat out the rest of the time, or dive into leftovers?<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cmeals\u201d are not packaged with the ingredients together \u2013 instead there is a \u201cprotein portion\u201d in the box, and a produce\/fruit\/starch portion of the box. Especially if you are trying to reach people who are not very proficient in the kitchen, but want to be, I&#8217;d package ingredients together and dumb down the recipes. Just my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients are furnished by boutique suppliers, the beef comes from\u00a0USDA Estb. M5221-P5221\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefoodservices.com\/\">Home Food Services of PA,<\/a>\u00a0Bristol, PA 19007 (pictured below). They are also in the home meal delivery service, looks like the are similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CDcQFjAA&amp;url=http:\/\/www.schwans.com\/&amp;ei=TOncVMKAHYb5yATSzoKoDA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFB7V6xh27DLYGjPouDzyC8iUsNBw&amp;sig2=VhadnsmAlOXY8SNR6Ln3VQ&amp;bvm=bv.85761416,d.aWw\">Schwans<\/a>.The Chicken \u00a0is from\u00a0P18414 <a href=\"http:\/\/murrayschicken.com\/about_us.php\">MB Consultants LTD<\/a>,\u00a0South Fallsburg, NY 12779.\u00a0No indication on the salmon.<\/p>\n<p>As I started to say above, cooking, assembly is easy enough for an accomplished cook, but not so much for beginners. \u00a0While the ingredients are &#8220;quality,&#8221; \u00a0portions are small, and at $11 per plate, you could obtain much better value elsewhere, or even buying &#8216;heat and eat&#8217; products at WalMart or your preferred local grocer.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe cards list 7-8 steps, although that is kind of deceptive, as each &#8220;step&#8221; may require 3-4 steps. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think the instructions are simplified enough for beginning cooks, as a phrase like &#8220;cook until fragrant&#8221; will mean nothing to most people. \u00a0&#8220;Trim the green beans&#8221; might also be misunderstood. \u00a0Also, beginning or inexperienced cooks might take the instructions as &#8220;absolute&#8221; and there is no such thing in cooking, as burgers and ovens are often operating at temperature variances, and gradations (low, medium) will vary from unit to unit as well.<\/p>\n<p>The ingredients produce an attractive plate, and probably an ample serving, \u00a0but for the time involved, and cost per serving, in my opinion, it&#8217;s not worth the trouble.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13560\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150212_113204.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13560\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150212_113204-499x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hellofresh review\" width=\"353\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Protein Ingredients<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13581\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_103302.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13581\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_103302-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Fresh Review\" width=\"417\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Included Produce Ingredients<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13582\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_104143.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13582\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_104143-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Fresh Review\" width=\"415\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Salmon, Ready to Bake<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13587\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_111150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13587\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_111150-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Fresh Review\" width=\"446\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Beans and tomatoes in skillet<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13584\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_112501.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13584\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150214_112501-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Fresh Review\" width=\"447\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Plated Dinner<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13585\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fresh-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13585\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fresh-001-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Fresh Review\" width=\"434\" height=\"608\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Recipe Card<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13568\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Factory-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13568\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Factory-1-1024x328.jpg\" alt=\"Hellofresh Review\" width=\"443\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Home Food Services of PA<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hellofresh reviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, I was offered a job running a home meal delivery company; it was an interesting concept, but there were bound to be some chemistry problems with the founders, so I passed. 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