People are really mad that Hello Fresh doesn't include salt and butter those are basic pantry items

I'd be annoyed if I had to make a trip to the store, too...but come on, you don't have salt, pepper, butter, and oil already? That's like complaining that the box doesn't come with a stove and pans.

Yes! Finally an honest review!

I think you need to reframe your expectations of the service which is being provided. Sure everything ultimatly will have to be affordable to your budget but this service is what one might call a luxury. The luxury is that your meals come to your door. You don't really have to dedicate time out your week to grocery shop. No setting aside 2 hours of your afternoon, no standing in line, no traversing traffic in your car. All you have to do is open your refrigerator and there will be something there you can eat. Every so often you will need to restock the basics. Salt, pepper, butter and olive oil. And you need cookware as well LOL!. And even though Hello fresh may be a a little on the expensives side ultimately coming in at about $9 or $10 a serving, it is not outside of what you would pay for carryout. Not to mention I save loads of money by way of just staying out the grocery store because everytime I enter a market I buy way more items then I came to get in the first place. So now that I have share my perspective on this service the question is the food itself. The food is good. I am a single male and I don't cook but now I do and I even enjoy whipping up a little something for guests when they visit. This food is not exactly what one can call fine dining but it does offer elements of sklled preparation that is resturant quality. Finally if you want to nit pic I am sure there is plenty things to find but this service is not designed to cater to a single individual, in fact this is a business which serves thousands or even a million people every week so there will be some mistakes and some concessions .

You also are forgetting you are paying for someone to grocery shop for you for your main meal .. this cuts down on about an hour to two hours a week of planning and gathering . If your time is valuable the hour or two saved per week more than makes up the difference than what your spending at a grocery store - it is also a nice starter kit to learn how to cook .. which is not an easy thing to learn by yourself if you are busy throughout the week ..

The website actually DOES break down the discounts for your first 5 orders and the pull down menu shows you all meals for the next 4 weeks. As for the missing ingredients, I'd be mad as hell if I had to keep opening little packets of salt and pepper etc... They're all basic kitchen staples.

So no one is going to talk about the fact that when Hellofresh messed up the order they REACTIVATED their account and charged them more without asking ??? No? Okay.

I just ordered mine and I got it today I thought my food was good. It is high but you spend that anyway at the grocery store and eating out. So I'm ok with spending $40 a week I spend more than that with takeout every day. I believe that you reduce you food waste because I go to grocery store and spend so much money on food and it goes bad within the week. At least with hello fresh they send me what I need I use all of it and nothing wasted. I did not expect hello fresh to have the bare necessities like butter oil etc you should have that. I followed the directions and it wasn't the best so I added my own seasonings and it was great. When you cook or follow a recipe that's what you do. I would reccomend HF that's just my opinion.

The number one thing is you can’t pick meals without putting in your card info what the hell is this

Two co-workers ordered Hello Fresh and said basically the same thing: The food is expensive for what you get and the portion sizes are small. For an every-once-in-a-while busy week, I can see that this would be okay. As a regular subscription product, I will pass.

You can actually choose all your meals for your next 7 boxes so you could do it all at once and save it

Thank you for your honesty I wanted to try it but every time I submitted the discount code I always felt hesitat finishing my order. Also I've been screwed on my account with gyms and other so called healthy company's. Keep up the good work and now I'm more glad to not have ever bought from this company just gonna stick to cooking.

It's not misleading if they say it's not included. And also, all packs come for 2 or 4 people. This 900 something calorie meal you're referring to is supposed to be divided in half. I think you're misleading, not them.

You could've gotten a refund and you could've gotten a refund for the entire week. I'm online with customer service with a complaint. They have not only given me credit but have also refunded me for the entire week, plus they've given me an additional credit. I am in full Karen mode with them right now. I am so irritated right now with them. lol

It’s $20 per meal. Not $9. They’re terrible. I truly don’t understand why people support Hello Fresh, and keep them in business

Please... tell us how you really feel thanks for the honest review!

I’ve been eating fast food almost once a day. Seems like this is a good start to shift over to cooking my own food. Biggest problem for me is figuring out what I need and walking through the grocery store. Although this is expensive, it’s still less expensive than fast food every day. I also typically only eat once or twice a day, so the calories aren’t too bad honestly. And truthfully, the way they spread out the discount is good. For the first order, I don’t wanna spend $90. Spending $42 for the first week is a good tester week, and if I like it, I’m fine with the real $90.