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generally people who do meal-kits just aren't good at shopping. it isn't cheaper, healthier or faster to cook than regular food. the only thing it might be bett
by mothers 9y ago
generally people who do meal-kits just aren't good at shopping. it isn't cheaper, healthier or faster to cook than regular food. the only thing it might be better at is faster at preparation, an advantage that is negated if you buy a sufficiently large amount of food each time you purchase and pre-prepare (cutting chicken into slices and freezing them, etc.).
tldr: only lazy people with more time than money would be interested in this.
if anyone disagrees go ahead and post your cooking schedule and workflow. i'll point out the glaring inefficiencies (e.g. buying small amounts of food frequently for preparing and then complaining it takes too long to eat; cooking small amounts of food; not preslicing meat upon purchase, etc)
the one thing i'll give meal kits is that you can get a large variety of food.
- aeorgnoieang 9y ago> only lazy people with more time than money would be interested in this. Opportunity costs are real, people's preferences are heterogeneous, and also I'm pretty sure you're 'lazy' too – using a computer to perform all of those arithmetic calculations it's doing!
- mothers 9y agoi've never claimed i'm not lazy. i'm super lazy. if i had unlimited money i wouldn't cook or order from a restaurant. i'd have people literally feed me with a spoon. this fact, however, is irrelevant from my point.
- ericlewis 9y agovariety is incredibly important to us, but I'm curious, do you have resources I could read about improving our efficiency when we do buy? I purchase many raw ingredients but struggle to use them effectively for a 2 person household.
- mothers 9y agohard to give you one source, but /r/cooking, /r/mealprep led to some interesting discoveries.