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SpoonRocket actually had the most decent meals I'd seen out of any of the healthy food delivery apps and the most options. Just discovered it a week or two ago

SpoonRocket actually had the most decent meals I'd seen out of any of the healthy food delivery apps and the most options. Just discovered it a week or two ago and this news is incredibly dissapointing.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Not a uniform experience. From the OP "I ordered SpoonRocket a few times soon after launch. However, I and other customers I spoke to found the meats to be sketchy and the whole meals to be somewhat gross. I ended up switching to SpoonRocket’s more expensive and slower competitor Sprig." Have you tried Sprig?
- ssunstruck 11y ago
  Sprig's price is usually in the $11-14 range while SpoonRocket was a bit lower at $7-11. The extra money is definitely noticeable.
azinman2 11y ago
They had essentially the same stuff everyday, all of it super heavy and NOT healthy. What other competitors are you even referencing?
- autotune 11y ago
  Sprig (pricey + limited selection), Bento (very limited selection), HealthyOut (super generic and not enough relavent results), Thistle (very limited selection).
  - azinman2 11y ago
    Sprig's food is way better than spoonrocket, so at least their cost is justified. For SF, it's pretty normal pricing. Bento is meh, but munchery probably is the highest quality (and most expensive) of all. Hadn't heard of healthyout or thistle until now, but they don't seem to be on-demand food services?
    - autotune 11y ago
      I'll have to try Munchery, looks like they have a pretty decent selection of healthy and tasty meals. My problem with Sprig beyond price point is much of the food doesn't seem appetizing enough for the price to be worth paying, not that I can't actually pay it. Thistle is more in the category of "healthy food delivery" than on-demand ordering, which is another downside, but I'd still say at least that one category overlaps. HealthyOut actually is probably not in fact relevant to this discussion so my bad on mentioning that. EDIT: Munchery doesn't delivery for lunch so that's a pretty big limitation there.
      - azinman2 11y ago
        Munchery has before so maybe it wasn't successful for them.
        Hydraulix989 11y ago
        Munchery got old pretty quickly for us. I remember them having the same "questionable lasagne" entree on the menu four days in a row. Anything decent would sell out almost immediately.
    - pbarnes_1 11y ago
      Munchery has gone down hill. Calling meals with 70g of fat "healthy" is a bit of a stretch. They used to be more focused on good quality/fresh/healthy. The menu is now the same every day and it's basically a restaurant delivery service where they pre-make the food in large quantities. Presumably this is more sustainable for them money wise, but I used to order Munchery for dinner every single day (when open) for years, and now I do it maybe 1-2 times a week, begrudgingly. Hopefully just a phase. They tried this same-every-day thing last year and lost a tonne of users.
      - prawn 11y ago
        IMO, these companies would be insane not to pre-make suitable food in large quantities (curries, etc) in order to achieve profitability at reasonable pricepoints.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago

Not a uniform experience. From the OP "I ordered SpoonRocket a few times soon after launch. However, I and other customers I spoke to found the meats to be sketchy and the whole meals to be somewhat gross. I ended up switching to SpoonRocket’s more expensive and slower competitor Sprig." Have you tried Sprig?

ssunstruck 11y ago
Sprig's price is usually in the $11-14 range while SpoonRocket was a bit lower at $7-11. The extra money is definitely noticeable.

azinman2 11y ago

They had essentially the same stuff everyday, all of it super heavy and NOT healthy. What other competitors are you even referencing?

autotune 11y ago
Sprig (pricey + limited selection), Bento (very limited selection), HealthyOut (super generic and not enough relavent results), Thistle (very limited selection).
- azinman2 11y ago
  Sprig's food is way better than spoonrocket, so at least their cost is justified. For SF, it's pretty normal pricing. Bento is meh, but munchery probably is the highest quality (and most expensive) of all. Hadn't heard of healthyout or thistle until now, but they don't seem to be on-demand food services?
  - autotune 11y ago
    I'll have to try Munchery, looks like they have a pretty decent selection of healthy and tasty meals. My problem with Sprig beyond price point is much of the food doesn't seem appetizing enough for the price to be worth paying, not that I can't actually pay it. Thistle is more in the category of "healthy food delivery" than on-demand ordering, which is another downside, but I'd still say at least that one category overlaps. HealthyOut actually is probably not in fact relevant to this discussion so my bad on mentioning that. EDIT: Munchery doesn't delivery for lunch so that's a pretty big limitation there.
    - azinman2 11y ago
      Munchery has before so maybe it wasn't successful for them.
      - Hydraulix989 11y ago
        Munchery got old pretty quickly for us. I remember them having the same "questionable lasagne" entree on the menu four days in a row. Anything decent would sell out almost immediately.
  - pbarnes_1 11y ago
    Munchery has gone down hill. Calling meals with 70g of fat "healthy" is a bit of a stretch. They used to be more focused on good quality/fresh/healthy. The menu is now the same every day and it's basically a restaurant delivery service where they pre-make the food in large quantities. Presumably this is more sustainable for them money wise, but I used to order Munchery for dinner every single day (when open) for years, and now I do it maybe 1-2 times a week, begrudgingly. Hopefully just a phase. They tried this same-every-day thing last year and lost a tonne of users.
    - prawn 11y ago
      IMO, these companies would be insane not to pre-make suitable food in large quantities (curries, etc) in order to achieve profitability at reasonable pricepoints.