It's the meal prep kits which piss me off the most. Yeah, I know not everyone has the time for grocery shopping and cooking a meal from scratch, but I find the adverts for them so disgustingly condescending!
"If like me you're just like sooo busy during the day (cue montage of twenty year old pretty or gym bro meandering around the house pretending to take calls, work at the laptop, doing a half-arsed pilates session in front of a mirror) then you should try Lazyfuck Meal Plan. All the ingredients are shipped straight to your door, and are like sooo easy to cook! Use my code getaproperjob for a free micro dessert!"
Get yourself to Lidl, and then batch cook! BATCH COOK, DAMN YOU!!!
*Apologies, I was once burned by Gusto's half-price trial and I've never quite forgiven myself...
I will come out as a previous Hello Fresh customer and I was happy with the service. However I had a very specific set of circumstances that led me to using them.
I was a single mum, working part time, had a clingy 2 year old and a 12 year old going through puberty plus some pretty awful added mental health stuff and school refusing. Life was hard, my depression was spiraling and we were living off expensive takeaways because I just couldn't find the extra brain space to meal plan and shop .
I signed up to Hello Fresh, yes it was expensive but it was actually cheaper than how we had been eating . It also took away my decision making and basically led me by the hand.
We got to try new foods, I got some new recipes and after 6 months I was out of the previous funk and able to sort things out myself.
They pretty much hounded me for a few months afterwards,trying to get me to come back, but I didn't need them so didn't go back.
Ive since recommended them/Gusto to friends or in online chats with people in similar circumstances. I think it helps greatly.
