/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Where do you live where they don’t have grocery stores

What is it about this business concept that seems so off

>>10956911
because i'm not a fucking soiboi

>>10956922
>>10956926
honestly it's not a "lazy stupid fuck more money than brains" thing. its food that comes portioned with ideas you wouldn't think to try. I'm not a neet that spends all day looking for new recipes and some of this shit comes with one off ingredients you wouldn't have on hand. you don't even need the cue cards they send you as long as you're not a literal retard.
It's easy, fresh, quality produce, cheaper than you'd get at restaurants, saves you time grocery shopping.

>>10956978
It preys on poor people who are stupid and lazy but want to eat healthy food.

>>10956981
>not poor
>not stupid
>not lazy
Look. I'm out of the house all day, I have sports to do at night. I know how to cook. I don't need someone to tell me how to eat healthy.
I ate something I wouldn't have made before tonight. I have another meal in my repertoire. It's exploratory. It's fun. Do you have anybody else you know you'd like to cook with? This can make it easy for them. Or are you just that big of a fucking sperg that the idea of food coming in a box gets your panties in a knot and for that reason among others no one would ever want to enjoy a meal with you anyway

>>10956997
All that text for a bunch of excuses.

>>10956997
How does it arrive? If you're out all day how can you put the ingredients in the fridge?

>yet another corporate marketing shill thread

>>10959549
Yeah I just recently saw the same pic not too long ago.

hello fresh in Berlin is absolutely disappointing. all they offer is pasta, underwhelming looking chicken and halloumi or other shitty looking vegetarian dishes

>>10956911
>Honey sesame chicken tenders, crunchy cabbage slaw, jasmine rice
All of that is pretty easy to make yourself with regular ingredients. I thought these things were supposed to give you meals with ingredients you can't just easily pick up at any grocery store.

>>10959587
>I thought these things were supposed to give you meals with ingredients you can't just easily pick up at any grocery store.

no, they're meant to swindle money out of retards, just one step up from juicero

>>10959574
why isn't there one with "I <3 my girlfriend" and only with boyfriend? is the lgbt (((community))) against lesgen?

>>10959549
they're going hard lately, at least in amerifat media; even heard them on a podcast recently

>>10959659
>they're going hard lately, at least in amerifat media; even heard them on a podcast recently
I'm Eastern European and they don't even exist here, but I heard their commercial on a podcast. I guess it's a neat idea, but bound to be shit and overpriced, just google a random recipe and hit the mall, lmao

>>10959574
I <3 cock salad

former regular customer here AMA and then project your own cancer upon my answers if you disagree with them
pic related is my collection of ~120 recipes that I've kept (I think about half or so of all)

>>10959704
What do you think of transhumanism and the fact that one day it'll be possible to go back in time and bring dead people back to life using highly advanced technology?

we know you probably get paid 3.75 an hour to shill your food service, but please stop, a thread died for this

>>10959718
>a thread died for this
if a thread is that far down it’s either shit or reached max replies

>>10959714
I yearn for the day when I can cast away my body and be uploaded to some net or purely mechanical body where I don't have to deal with all the annoying limitations of the human body and its relentless needs
>go back in time and bring dead people back to life
that will simply not be possible until a way to actually save the state of one's mind becomes available; there's nothing to revive once you pull out the plug, it's more like RAM rather than persistent storage
and no I don't want to debate whether you "die" each night when you go to sleep

>>10959748
>and no I don't want to debate whether you "die" each night when you go to sleep
but it's true

>>10959748
What if we figure out a way to have complete control over even the smallest things in the universe, at which point we can start working everything backwards which would essentially be going back in time, and find everyone at the point of their death? Otherwise people who have died before the technology you're talking about is available are doomed to non-existence and that can't be right.

>>10959777
>working everything backwards
but that's not how it works
you could at most make very good copies/replicas of old stuff, but you cannot "reverse" entropy
>are doomed to non-existence
they existed in their time just like we do and everyone else will for a long time
I frankly find it hard to believe we'll manage to reliably set up shop somewhere else before we self-destruct on Earth; it would be really great and very cool, but I just don't feel like we're doing enough with the little time we have to get there and have a backup planet

>>10956911
>still have to prepare and cook yourself
idiot cull

>>10959830
>he can't prepare a meal even when provided with all the instructions and ingredients

>>10959748
>I don't have to deal with all the annoying limitations of the human body and its relentless needs
You'll just have to deal with the annoying limitations and needs of your mechanical body instead.

>>10959714
Fuck those mechanical niggers. 100% human all day, baby.

>>10959846
It would be neat if we could exist as both 100% pure human and 100% robot and anything else that we want to be all at the same time

>>10959839
yes but those are much easier to deal with and control than our squishy current selves
no pain, no need to poop, or shower, no dentists needed, no annoying hormonal needs, women wouldn't have mood swings as much, no aching back, wrists, stomach
it'd be great desu
there's quite a few things that I do like about a proper human body but the downsides (e.g. death) just aren't worth it; you could just live as long as you like/can in a normal human body and then *poof* you go digital

>>10959881
Disgusting. You want to eliminate all the sensations that make us human. Fuck off, transmechacommie.

>>10956981
>preys on people
>by enabling them to make healthy food despite being stupid and lazy
how is that at all a negative thing

>>10959881
>yes but those are much easier to deal with and control than our squishy current selves
so you claim. I think you are blissfully ignorant.

a big one is the fact that your body can heal itself. think about how big a deal that is.

>>10957776
my mum gets gousto. the perishable stuff comes wrapped in a wool-lined sealed bag full of ice packs

>>10959890
AFTER your body has become useless
hey you know what you smart-ass piece of shit
go get your 80 year old grandparents and ask them what they'd think of a nice functioning body
go ask all the poor paraplegics and disabled people how about some FREE mechanical limbs?
go ask people with fuck knows what kind of awful cancers, and degenerative brain diseases if they'd want a body that is on their side and isn't trying to kill them
or people with sinister diseases that amplify their pain and make their skin fall

>>10959898
>your body can heal itself
yea that's we die right? it's our bodies healing themselves

>>10959894
Because now they're dependent on a manufactured product instead of going to a store and buying ingredients. It keeps them stupid, lazy, and uneducated about food and cooking.

>>10959901
hellofresh also puts two ice packs in each box, mainly on top of the meaty products

>>10959908
>they're dependent
how are they dependent?
it's just the little nudge of help to get them going

>>10959704

NEDERLANDER

LMAO

I still use some recipes today.
But its too expensive for what its price

>>10959908
that's not what happens though. my mum gets gousto once a month so that one week a month she has some variety, while the rest of the time she cooks her staples. when a particular dish impresses her it'll go into her repertoire and she might tweak it or whatever.
>manufactured
this is not really a precise way of describing it, is it?

>>10959915
But why would they take the time and energy to unshackle themselves from the fresh box when it makes everything so fast and easy. It's not like the nudge goes away and they're forced to become educated about shopping and meal planning and budgeting for food. They can always buy more fresh boxes.

>>10959905
>yea that's we die right?
No, that's not what I mean and you know it.

Imagine the massive amounts of mainteiance and service that would be required for any piece of machinery remotely as complex as a human body. It would be mindboggling.

Better than death? Sure, I'll agree with that. But I doubt it's something you'd want to trade a functioning body for.

>>10959924
ja hallo
ben eigenlijk een allochtoon

I get a box maybe every 3 months now, lifestyle has changed quite a bit and I have more time and know more about cooking
I just buy what I need for the recipes when I do them and make as much as I like and improve some of them where needed

it is rather expensive to do on a regular basis yea, I don't think anyone can contest that, but they do throw in all kinds of nice service stuff; the delivery in itself is pretty comfy and for this country that already counts for a bit of the price

>>10959915
>how are they dependent?
The following tasks are done for them:
-choosing a dish to prepare
-selecting a good recipe among many poor ones
-selecting ingredients at the market
-learning to portion ingredients & use them up before they go bad
-meal planning/budgeting.

Not to mention the complete removal of the concept of "growing season" from the menu.

>>10959905
Death is a natural part of life. My 80+ year old grandparents do not want a new body. They know and respect the natural order of the world.

Been there, done that, OP.
Actually worked for HelloFresh for quite a while.
I stopped because I can get groceries from my local store for cheaper and support my neighborhood grocer.
Also, the recipes get really repetitive. Way too many oven potatoes, wraps or rice dishes. Obvious downside when the chefs are planning with the same budget per meal - something that you wouldn't necessarily do if you went shopping yourself.

>>10959939
>It would be mindboggling
anon I highly doubt you know/understand how complex everything in the internet is, all services, servers, systems, networks, their communication, automation, and everything, and we manage just fine
if it's a machine and it's built by a human, we'll have what it takes to maintain it
of course you wouldn't trade it for a functioning body, but a body is only properly functioning for ~50 years or so, probably 70 in the future once we have decent healthcare and such
but what happens _after_ that is the real breakthrough, assuming you somehow manage to keep your brain from rotting away until then, but that's a separate challenge

>>10959935
the main aspect of these services which actually saves time and labour is simply the intellectual effort of settling on, planning and learning to cook the meal. having that all done for you starting from zero is quite useful. once you've actually cooked the meal, though, you know how to do it and you even have the recipe card. you get diminishing returns on each individual recipe.

Because of this, most people don't stick with services like this for very long as the pool of recipes starts getting repetitive.

Over the entire lifetime of that person's subscription, they generally have become better cooks.

it's not a negative thing at all. I think it's an unsustainable business model tho

>>10959976
>Way too many oven potatoes
all of my this

>>10959935
oh look anon, there's already 3 anons in this very thread who somehow magically managed to "unshackle" themselves from this horribly addictive product
but don't trust any of this, it's all lies, all ((((their)))) lies amirite xD haha t. boomer / nu-wojack / or some other cookie cutter cancer

>>10959995
Go back to /pol/, electionfag

>>10959704
Dude. I have the same binder of recipes goin

>>10960005
>left without retarded memes, he just calls anyone disagreeing /pol/
damn, I missed that one
good sport
go on, gimme a (You) and tell me how that was /pol/, won't you, sweetie

>>10959984
>I highly doubt you know/understand how complex everything in the internet is
I am an engineer, I'm well aware. It truly is amazing. But remember that:
a) despite all our efforts, the internet is full of errors and mistakes that could conceivably "kill" our hypothetical robotic body. It's far from perfect, and that's despite constant human intervention (i.e. bug fixes).
and
b) when we talk about the internet we're not discussing any moving parts. Throw motion into the mix and things get all kinds of crazy.

>>if it's a machine and it's built by a human, we'll have what it takes to maintain it
I never claimed that maintenance would be impossible. I claimed it would have drawbacks. And they will be major.

Have you ever owned or worked on a highly complex machine? Like, say, a welding robot or a machine tool (CNC lathe or mill)? The sheer amount of time and effort spent lubricating, checking fluid levels, making adjustments, replacing filters and gaskets and other consumable parts....it requires a staggering amount of effort. And that's for something that is dead simple compared to the complexities of the human body. Automation helps, but it also creates points of failure.

>>10960016
You act like you've been on this site a while yet use reddit pepe and echoing, it's obvious you came over on the reddit boat a few years ago
Go away

>>10960006
yea I first started making one myself to have around the kitchen, then they introduced the small one, and when they changed the page format they introduced the bigger one
I have them somewhat sorted, soups, pasta, potatoes (includes my phone camera), rice, and misc (shakshuka etc)

>>10960024
u u that one too, right, the reddit counter
really good stuff anon
I mean considering this is all coming from a phone-poster and all, it's fine, y'know, you try
I can't wait to get another (You) with another cookie cutter pleb counter
go on, gimme
the pepe one was kinda cheap tho; at least use the original
>dumb frog poster
you can make greentext by using that little > arrow, y'see?
now gimme that (You)

It's like I'm on /v/.

>>10960067
you are on /v/
and on /tv/
and on /int/
and on /pol/

because I don't want to pay $20 for 600 calories three times a week
yes that's what they send you

hows hello fresh? I remember getting interested with blue apron but chose HomeChef, I also looked at SunBasket but it appears their customer service is bad

HC is neat but yeah,some of their stuff gets repetitive, however, they have this new thing where you can be an experimenter for their new recipies every week

>>10960476
this is actually worth noting, now that you mentioned it
the calories per meal vary quite a bit and you can select them depending on preference, but they are in the 500-700 range; the "heavier" stuff usually involves dairy or lots of carbs, this is the last service a meat-lover would want

>>10960590
as far as customer service goes they've always been friendly and helpful, I completely forgot about a delivery once and their terms do say that it's on you, but they actually happened to be in the area the following day and so I got it anyway; same with codes, I gifted a bunch of codes to friends for free boxes (they got 4 meals x 3 recipes for free lol) and the codes didn't work at first so they just gave me 2 new ones
that's like 100e

but anyway, I can't imagine anyone doing this for too long; trying it a few times every now and then is fun desu

wups I saged out of habbit

There were coupons at my work for $65 off your first purchase, so I got like 6 meals for free from them (2 servings of 3 different meals). It was decent quality, but nowhere near worth the ~$10 a meal

It did teach me how to make a good sauce made from chicken stock + bouillon, garlic, thyme, and honey.

>>10959835
no you retard I can buy them from the grocery store myself without paying for an overpriced shit service