When My Roommate Ordered A Box From Hello Fresh

I am sure you have already heard about Hello Fresh, which is currently changing the way people eat. For those who are not familiar with this company, let me tell you my very own experience about it.
A few weeks ago, my roommate decided to finally order a box from Hello Fresh. He was super excited until the delivery guy brought him his first meal. It was like receiving a present.
The concept
If you are bored of lacking inspiration when deciding what to eat for diner or if don’t want to waste your time shopping after a long day at work but if you still want to cook healthy, then Hello Fresh is made for you. The founders created this concept to give “access to the best ingredients and the knowledge to cook them” to everybody. In short, Hello Fresh delivers you boxes containing fresh ingredients, along with a recipe, just waiting to be cooked.
How does it work?
- First things first, you need to register on Hello Fresh’s website. A discount is available on your first order
- Secondly, you select the meal plan that suits you the best: Original, Veggie or Family. The Original plan features the largest variety of recipes, including fish, meat and vegetables; the Veggie plan is made for vegetarian diets; while the Family plan includes recipes that will satisfy every family members
- Third, you choose for how many people you will cook (1 to 6 people) as well as the meal plan’s frequency (3, 4 or 5 meals a week)
- Finally, you choose when and where you want to receive your boxes and you pay your subscription online
Once your subscription is complete, you may choose which recipes you want to cook! Finally, Hello Fresh delivers you the boxes. Enjoy the fresh ingredients and the easy-to-cook recipes.

What do we think?
After a month of using Hello Fresh (Original box, 5 meals a week), here is the opinion of my roommate about it.
The advantages
He literally fell in love with the concept as he hates doing shopping after his work. On top of that he actually spares money! Here are the other reasons why he will definitely continue to order from Hello Fresh.
- The ingredients are always fresh. They even put additional ice cubes into the boxes when the weather gets warmer
- Hello Fresh delivers until 8.00pm, which means that you can take deliveries after work
- The portions are well thought out. It therefore helps you to control the quantity you eat
- Every week, you try new and original recipes, which are actually pretty good
- The ingredients come directly from independent producers who deliver top quality products
- The boxes are well organised. In the big box you will find smaller boxes with all the ingredients you need for your recipe. Each of them are brought in the right portion
- They try to minimise the packaging they use and when they can’t they use recycle ones
- In each box, there is also a folder with your recipes, which are e are easy to cook and very well explained
- There is a fidelity program from which you can win gifts! It can be a folder to put your recipes or a wooden spoon
- Sometimes Hello Fresh puts some promotional products in the boxes such as beers, chips, etc.
The disadvantages
Even if the product is really good, my roommates finds some disadvantages too:
- If they have already prepared the delivery planning, you can’t edit the delivery time. So if you have an emergency, you have to find someone to accept it
- The boxes take a lot of space in the fridge. Therefore, if as me, you are sharing it, Hello Fresh becomes inconvenient
- The recipes are sometimes too original. You may miss your traditional spaghetti bolognese. And if you are a chef, you might also miss the freedom of not following a recipe and of cooking the way you want
- The website isn’t very intuitive
After a few weeks of trying this new service, my roommate is quite happy. He finds many more advantages than disadvantages! So what do you think? Who is ready to give a try to this new concept?


