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I order a lot of food from my local pre-made meal startup. The food is never particularly good, but it wins out because: 1. They deliver fast. I usually get my

I order a lot of food from my local pre-made meal startup. The food is never particularly good, but it wins out because: 1. They deliver fast. I usually get my food within 20 minutes. 2. They have single-person portions, so there is no food wastage or leftovers. It's honestly nothing that my local restaurant can't do. But somehow, they just haven't wizened up to it.

prawn 9y ago
Wouldn't you rather have larger portions so you have leftovers for work the next day?
lentil_soup 9y ago
What's the difference with just ordering food from a restaurant to be delivered? Is that not an option in your area?
fredley 9y ago
I find it a bit mind-boggling that this is quicker than just going to the supermarket to get the same thing. I'm in the UK, and if you live in a city where pre-made meal startups can deliver within 20 minutes, you can probably walk to a small supermarket within 5-10 to buy essentially the same sort of thing for less money.
- hammock 9y ago
  Delivery is the added value here
  - denom 9y ago
    With a dash of externalized cultural decoherence. Even if I trusted Nestle's motivations here, which I do not, supporting your local farmers market/grocer/coop is a more ethical way to go.
    - hammock 9y ago
      The chance you have a local farmers market/coop within 5 minute walk from your home/work is pretty slim unless you live/work at a farmers market (or downtown of a city in Vermont).
      - denom 9y ago
        Agreed. We've had 75 years of the modernist industrial program, e.g. tearing up trolly lines in favor of cars, or suburbanization as a civil defense initiative (among others). The point is not a quick solution, however the point _is_ to have livable cities focused on the human _first_.
  - fredley 9y ago
    To each their own, but when I'm hungry I'd rather take a 5 minute walk (or get something on the way home) rather than wait 20 minutes and pay more, with a smaller selection. If you live further away from appropriate shops I can see the value though.
overcast 9y ago
So the food is trash, and yet you continue to order? Life is too short to eat garbage food. Especially for premium prices.

prawn 9y ago

Wouldn't you rather have larger portions so you have leftovers for work the next day?

lentil_soup 9y ago

What's the difference with just ordering food from a restaurant to be delivered? Is that not an option in your area?

fredley 9y ago

I find it a bit mind-boggling that this is quicker than just going to the supermarket to get the same thing. I'm in the UK, and if you live in a city where pre-made meal startups can deliver within 20 minutes, you can probably walk to a small supermarket within 5-10 to buy essentially the same sort of thing for less money.

hammock 9y ago
Delivery is the added value here
- denom 9y ago
  With a dash of externalized cultural decoherence. Even if I trusted Nestle's motivations here, which I do not, supporting your local farmers market/grocer/coop is a more ethical way to go.
  - hammock 9y ago
    The chance you have a local farmers market/coop within 5 minute walk from your home/work is pretty slim unless you live/work at a farmers market (or downtown of a city in Vermont).
    - denom 9y ago
      Agreed. We've had 75 years of the modernist industrial program, e.g. tearing up trolly lines in favor of cars, or suburbanization as a civil defense initiative (among others). The point is not a quick solution, however the point _is_ to have livable cities focused on the human _first_.
- fredley 9y ago
  To each their own, but when I'm hungry I'd rather take a 5 minute walk (or get something on the way home) rather than wait 20 minutes and pay more, with a smaller selection. If you live further away from appropriate shops I can see the value though.

overcast 9y ago

So the food is trash, and yet you continue to order? Life is too short to eat garbage food. Especially for premium prices.