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> Plus, each meal works out much cheaper than eating out. So for me personally this was money extremely well spent. I also live in the UK. I just got 2 free bo

by dwild 8y ago

> Plus, each meal works out much cheaper than eating out. So for me personally this was money extremely well spent. I also live in the UK. I just got 2 free boxes from Missfresh (seems local to where I live) and Goodfood. I tried my first yesterday and god I wish it was worth it to keep doing because they shown me that I actually can cook something amazingly good. However I didn't expected to keep buying theses boxes because they are so incredibly expensive, 10$ CAD per portion is starting to be pretty close to a restaurant (a cheap one but still a restaurant). Have you really did the math to confirm this? Is the UK that much more expensive in terms of food? HelloFresh in the UK does seems cheaper at £ 4.20 / meal but still I just can't believe feeding 1 person would cost 430$ CAD per month where you live.

ghaff 8y ago
In general, the prices in the US are similar to a chain restaurant that maybe isn't quite fast food but in the ballpark. Getting the direct restaurant equivalent of most of the meals would typically cost quite a bit more. These services aren't about value. You can get mostly lower quality restaurant meals for about the same money. And you can cook much more cheaply at home if you want to.
gambiting 8y ago
In UK £4.20/meal gets you pretty much nothing when eating out. Maybe if there is a deal on you can have a frozen burger and soda from Wetherspoons, but even Subway or McD is more expensive. But that of course is eating out. I can cook a dinner for two for less than £8, no problem - but it's not as far as you'd think. Like, super simple meals: 1) chicken breasts(£3) + pack of mushrooms(£1) + parsley(£0.80) + cream(£1) = £5.80 2) pork/beef mince(£3) + chopped tomatoes(£0.50) + celery(£1) + carrots(£1) = £5.50 3) beef mince(£3) + chopped tomatoes(£0.50) + black beans(£1) + feta(£1.50) = £6 And that doesn't include the cost of pasta/rice, spices....but those are easy to buy in bulk so I assume cost per meal is <£0.50 on those. Now that we're off Hello Fresh we budget £200/month for food(but that includes lunches), and that's doing all our food shopping at Lidl, which is stupidly cheap compared to any of the larger supermarkets. So yes, cooking by myself is cheaper(I don't think that's a surprise to anyone), but I still consider hello fresh to be money well spent just for learning how to cook well.

by dwild 8y ago

ghaff 8y ago

In general, the prices in the US are similar to a chain restaurant that maybe isn't quite fast food but in the ballpark. Getting the direct restaurant equivalent of most of the meals would typically cost quite a bit more. These services aren't about value. You can get mostly lower quality restaurant meals for about the same money. And you can cook much more cheaply at home if you want to.

gambiting 8y ago

In UK £4.20/meal gets you pretty much nothing when eating out. Maybe if there is a deal on you can have a frozen burger and soda from Wetherspoons, but even Subway or McD is more expensive. But that of course is eating out. I can cook a dinner for two for less than £8, no problem - but it's not as far as you'd think. Like, super simple meals: 1) chicken breasts(£3) + pack of mushrooms(£1) + parsley(£0.80) + cream(£1) = £5.80 2) pork/beef mince(£3) + chopped tomatoes(£0.50) + celery(£1) + carrots(£1) = £5.50 3) beef mince(£3) + chopped tomatoes(£0.50) + black beans(£1) + feta(£1.50) = £6 And that doesn't include the cost of pasta/rice, spices....but those are easy to buy in bulk so I assume cost per meal is <£0.50 on those. Now that we're off Hello Fresh we budget £200/month for food(but that includes lunches), and that's doing all our food shopping at Lidl, which is stupidly cheap compared to any of the larger supermarkets. So yes, cooking by myself is cheaper(I don't think that's a surprise to anyone), but I still consider hello fresh to be money well spent just for learning how to cook well.