Hello Fresh & Gousto etc

[HoGi]

I use Gousto and have done for years. Agree it is expensive but I am terrible at meal planning so actually saves money and food wastage for us. I don't do it very week now as I find I get bored otherwise but use it every other week or two. There are 3 of us, me, husband and 9 year old daughter and I personally find the portions very generous, the three of us share a 2 person meal and usually with the rice or pasta ones, there's enough left over for a lunch as well!

Ots posts like this that make me realise why I am the size I am

 

[HoGi]

I have had both over the years. My opinions on both

Hello fresh
Less choice
Far simpler recipes than gousto
Quite basic meals so if you aren't a keen cook they are good starting point
A lot of recipes use green beans so if you don't like them you are limited in choice
The recipes use a lot of spice blends so it is harder to recreate after
The recipe cards are big and hard to store
All the ingredients in one bag (bar meat) so takes up a lot of room in the fridge
Fridge ingredients separated from cupboard so takes up less room I'm the fridge but does mean you need to grab the right ones
Lots of choice and flexibility about how many meals you receive each week

Gousto
More choice in recipes
Meals are less basic and a little different to every day food
Less plastic than hello fresh
Better deals available
Cut off date for amendments is later than HF
Ingredients better quality than HF
Can get a free recipe card hold for the recipe cards
Sometimes get free gifts (chocolate or popcorn)
My sister moaned that you can't get 5 meals from gousto max is 4.

Personally I prefer gousto. I prefer the choice of meals, the app and their customer service is great.

Happy to answer any questions.

 

[Lola UK]

We’ve used Gousto for a while now and love it. You can drop it and pick it back up whenever you like. The meals are lovely and easy to make.

It might be slightly more expensive but personally, if I go shopping, I can go to Tesco and spend £80 and I don’t have 4 good proper meals to make for the week.. with Gousto I think it’s £35 and I’ve got 4 great healthy filling meals. For us it’s worth it!

 

[Former_Antelopee]

I always find with hellofresh we have a lot of garlic left over. My grandma didn’t realise it was one clove and put the whole of the garlic into the one meal and then was complaining they didn’t send enough garlic

 

[a.pain]

Use someone’s referral code for hellofresh!

Easy to find online too on another forum that ends in net and starts with mums.

We got our first box really cheap and liked the recipes, but stopped because of the price.

Pasted mine at the bottom of this post, anyone feel free to use, shamelessly hoping for some free credit

I’ve tried both, personally prefer hello fresh as I found the Gousto recipes much longer and more complicated. Hello fresh is a lot more basic but it’s family friendly and they do a free ‘premium’ option each week, which normally is extra and these are a bit fancier e.g venison, duck which I don’t like but also chicken saltimbocca, teriyaki salmon etc. Sometimes things are missing but it’s not been bad recently. I always find every meal tasty.

Also you’ll never run out of garlic as you get a whole bulb per box even if you only need one clove

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[Caffeine Fiend]

Gousto is sooo much better than Hello Fresh. The variety and choice of meals suit my tastes.

Yes its more expensive and you are paying for the convenience but if you can afford it, its worth it. I remake a lot of the Gousto meals often. I find they dont use many ingredients and theyre so tasty.

I don't get it every week but its great when Im in a rut. If you have a friend who gets Gousto ask them for a referral code, youl get 60% off your first box and a discount off the rest of the month. Itl let you try it at a discounted price

 

[Giggling Squid]

We’ve used hello fresh for a while now, never paid full price for a box (not worth it IMO). We get a food shop delivered at the weekend and HelloFresh on a Wednesday. Previously we’d go “what’s for dinner” and go to M&S at least one of those nights so it works out cheaper for us. We do a discount, cancel, then a week or 2 later they send another discount of x% off so many boxes. They’re pretty basic, but they work well for us.
All this good gousto feedback I feel like we need to try them, but a part of me begrudges lining the pockets of the saviour of PE

 

[Former_Antelopee]

I got some free candy kittens in my box this week

 

[HoGi]

Oh maybe I'm just a fat git who eats too much then

Haha don't worry I'm the same!

When people say they get a box for 2 and it feeds 2 adults, 2 kids and leftovers for the next day I'm just mind blown as there is just enough for the two of us.

 

[Lau123]

I've used gousto in the past and found it ok but had a lot of issues with them saying my box had been delivered when it hadn't.
I also now refuse to spend any of my money of products that are gifted for free to influencers.

 

[lapta00002]

I agree with the above! I used HelloFresh for a while and found that the recipes got repeated quite often as well.

I started using Gousto a few weeks ago and have to say I think it’s SO much better than HF. The choice of meals is huge, most of them take no longer than 45 mins from start to finish and find it better value for money.

My housemate (who is coeliac) uses Mindful Chef whose recipes can be easily make allergy free (e.g. all recipes are diary free etc), so they’re a great choice if you have any dietary requirements. MC also let you order microwave ready meals instead of the recipe box, if you find you don’t have a lot of time to cook - as a teacher my housemate has said these have changed her life!

 

[a.pain]

Just seen this on an email from gousto.

I am not looking forward to this change one bit.

Can guarantee the husband will use the wrong ingredients and I bet it leads to an increase in incorrect/missing ingredients

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Hmm we usually get HF but last summer we got a gousto one week instead for a change and it was like this, no individual bags everything was together. I thought that was how they did it and It was really annoying. It rather takes away a large part of the convenience aspect which is what you’re paying for

 

[EleanorRigby]

I just can't get over how horrendously expensive they are compared to buying the same ingredients in a supermarket. You really are paying for the convenience aren't you.

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

I received my first Gousto box yesterday. Got a free wooden spoon with it. I have to say though the veg doesn't seem very fresh. The potatoes look like they're starting to sprout and my pepper had a soft bruised bit on it. I chose a spaghetti bolognaise and the portion of mince looks TINY. Granted I don't eat mince, so it is only for my bf but it's supposed to be enough for 2 and I'll be shocked if it's even enough for him alone. I don't think I'll be continuing the subscription tbh. Even the chicken breasts for a stir fry which are supposed to serve 2 are actually just 1 chicken breast cut in half!

The mince is 250g which is a portion for 2. 125g is a recommended portion size

Never been humbled more than seeing the calories in a Gousto meal and realising its what I should be eating. I find the pasta and rice dishes generous but the potato dishes stingy.

No wonder Im overweight as I dont eat badly, its definitely portion size that kills it for me

 

[HoGi]

Just seen this on an email from gousto.

I am not looking forward to this change one bit.

Can guarantee the husband will use the wrong ingredients and I bet it leads to an increase in incorrect/missing ingredients

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

I find the Gousto portions ok, rice and pasta definitely more generous. Potato portions are not. 3 small potatoes do not make enough chips here or mash

 

[bepobee]

I've not used gousto but have tried hello fresh a couple of times, only when heavily discounted. It's good for trying new recipes but in my last 2 orders there were ingredients missing from the box. In the first it was the pork and the second had several ingredients missing from one recipe. The ingredients were also quite poor quality.

As an alternative I'd highly recommend simply cook which is just recipe cards and spice/paste pots, so you buy your own ingredients. Makes it easier to switch ingredients you don't like and there's no pressure to eat all the meals in one week. Also much cheaper getting your own ingredients than gousto or hello fresh boxes. You can usually get a free trial box and I regularly get offered a £3 box so good value I think.

 

[a.pain]

It is, isn’t it? We’ve had 40 boxes and didn’t pay full price once

I’ll check Gousto out again Thanks!

How have you done this?! I tried once to open a subscription in my name and they emailed saying they had cancelled my order as we had a previous subscription at the same address (my husband) so I couldn’t use the promos

 

[Giggling Squid]

Oh my god, it is literally the easiest thing in the world get discounted boxes. You literally just have to visit the site and you suddenly get a ‘we miss you’ email not complaining though.

Gousto is definitely my fave out of the lot so I’m sorry you had a bad experience! Maybe give them another shot, I’m sure they ‘miss you’

We’ve been doing this since November… never paid full price for a box. Also, any issues and they immediately give you money back

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

Just had an email from gousto saying they are bringing in a 1.99 delivery charge.

I don't mind too much but I just would prefer them to up the price of the box as a whole and delivery be "free". Especially as there is no option to get it slower/cheaper or collect it etc.

So to me it would make more sense for delivery to just be included in the cost of the box

If they charged £1.99 and let you opt for DPD Id be happy. Would not be happy paying £1.99 for Yodel