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blue apron sucks. Who are the people getting an onion shipped from wherever in 12 layers of packaging and $10 chicken breast.
No one who uses blue apron, since an onion for blue apron comes in exactly one layer of packaging (the outer box), usually. Which is one less layer (though possibly a heavier layer) than is typical with grocery shopping.
you have never used blue apron.
I hear a lot of my friends trying Blue Apron, but then canceling because of the 1) excessive packaging 2) excessive salt/sodium content 3) sudden inspiration to just go to a grocery store and learn more about cooking in general. For those of you on HN who have done BA for more than a year, what are your experiences? How do you balance it with other food sources (groceries, delivery food, going out, other services)?
The waste thing is definitely legit though.
There is a lot of hate for this company on HN. They are trying to help people cook healthy food, they are doing a good thing, and have an actual product. Good for them! And I hope the engineers / common workers get some money too :)
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>They are trying to help people cook healthy food, they are doing a good thing I don't think the idea that they're "doing a good thing" is so cut and dry. Aren't they producing an astounding amount of waste? And aren't the working conditions uncomfortable at best? https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-not-so-wholeso...
I've subscribed to Blue Apron before and, regarding waste, it doesn't seem much different from going to the grocery store. Meat ingredients like chicken breast, salmon, and beef are individually wrapped exactly like they are in the store. Blue Apron doesn't wrap all their produce (but they do wrap some of it); most people I know use a lot of plastic bags for produce when going to the grocery, so that's a small differ…
I hear a lot of my friends trying Blue Apron, but then canceling because of the 1) excessive packaging 2) excessive salt/sodium content 3) sudden inspiration to just go to a grocery store and learn more about cooking in general. For those of you on HN who have done BA for more than a year, what are your experiences? How do you balance it with other food sources (groceries, delivery food, going out, other services)?
I just do it once a month. I really wish they would have an option to do that, instead of forcing me to go on the website once a month and cancel everything except one week. I like it because it's a good way to cook things I might not decide to make otherwise. Complaint #2 makes no sense to me. You add all your own salt. If they want less salt, add less salt.
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No one who uses blue apron, since an onion for blue apron comes in exactly one layer of packaging (the outer box), usually. Which is one less layer (though possibly a heavier layer) than is typical with grocery shopping.
> since an onion for blue apron comes in exactly one layer of packaging (the outer box) you have never used blue apron.
Yes, I have. (Now, admittedly, onions were a poorly chosen example, and with many other items you could get up to three layers—for meats that are shipped in the chilled section—layers of packaging. But regular onions were usually one layer, green/spring onions usually two.)
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I've subscribed to Blue Apron before and, regarding waste, it doesn't seem much different from going to the grocery store. Meat ingredients like chicken breast, salmon, and beef are individually wrapped exactly like they are in the store. Blue Apron doesn't wrap all their produce (but they do wrap some of it); most people I know use a lot of plastic bags for produce when going to the grocery, so that's a small differ…
Aren't the meats shipped with dry ice / styrofoam?
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I've subscribed to Blue Apron before and, regarding waste, it doesn't seem much different from going to the grocery store. Meat ingredients like chicken breast, salmon, and beef are individually wrapped exactly like they are in the store. Blue Apron doesn't wrap all their produce (but they do wrap some of it); most people I know use a lot of plastic bags for produce when going to the grocery, so that's a small differ…
I think you're missing the massive ice packs they ship with everything that they make very inconvenient to return.
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I just do it once a month. I really wish they would have an option to do that, instead of forcing me to go on the website once a month and cancel everything except one week. I like it because it's a good way to cook things I might not decide to make otherwise. Complaint #2 makes no sense to me. You add all your own salt. If they want less salt, add less salt.
One of the recipes I tried listed "Add salt and pepper to taste" after basically every intermediate step, so I could certainly understand why someone might end up with too much salt if they're not paying too much attention or don't know how much salt is typical.
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I think going into a dirty sewer is uncomfortable, but there are sewer inspectors, and paving a hot road in the summer is uncomfortable, but there are road pavers.
uh ok? And I think sewers and roads are slightly more essential than tiny packaged bags of basil shipped to my house.