Is hello fresh value for money or a rip off?

[cleocleo81]

Contemplating signing up to hello fresh. It seems for a weekly box for three people for three meals a week it is £35 a week. That works out about £13.50 per meal for 4 people- 2 adults, 2 dcs. Does this sound value for money or too much?

I have gone back to work recently and dh and I are struggling to make a healthy dinner for the family quickly in the turn around between finishing work and bedtime. Dh is struggling to finish work early to cook tea on time whilst I am out or still working. So I thought it could take the stress off him three times a week, be a good way of eating healthily, getting more varied food into the dcs and allowing me to monitor calories and portion size better.

However, our shopping bill has rocketed so I was hoping this might help reduce it too so that I done but as much in the weekly shop as I now only need to shop for 3/4 meals a week instead of 7. I don't want to end up spending our weekly shop plus HelloFresh. Do you think this is the case? It will be money saving overall?

Just go and get the recipes from their website. I used it a bit during lockdown but the packaging alone and cost put me off. Just find 10-15 recipes you like and use them on rotation. I resent paying extra for chicken breast and other better meatier options. £4 per head for pasta is not good value.

would love a box code for hello fresh if anyone still has one please - going to give it a go. wish me luck

@Sindym I've sent you a PM with a code.

I have a code for Gousto. I prefer it to Hello Fresh as it is much easier to manage and far more choices each week. My code gives 65% off your first box and you can pause or cancel if you don’t want to be tied into a subscription.
My code is: https://gousto.co.uk/raf?promo_code=NICOL274409&utm_source=iosapp

I think it's a rip off, we'd be paying for little sachets of spices that we had already and unidentifiable meat from who knows what source.

It took the thinking out of it....but I found I'd prefer to vaguely meal plan instead.

the reason HF is losing market share is that simply cook does good spice pots for £12 for 4 meals, choose your own veg & protein, and mindful chef does good quality protein/veg and good meals for slightly more.

They’ve ended up a bit a bit in the nowhere middle although tbh all these meal boxes really save you time and I love them…

you can of course meal plan yourself but it does take time and organisation