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Juicero May Be Feeling the Squeeze

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Re: Juicero May Be Feeling the Squeeze

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Post by afandian »

rblatz wrote: post #80
afandian wrote: post #14

That looks like a waste nightmare. > The only element not recyclable by municipal methods are the Packs themselves > Request a prepaid shipping label from by clicking the “Get Started” button below. We will then collect the Packs... https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/juicero

I think this waste/recycling thing is more of a SV/HN concern. Keurig tried to introduce a recyclable pod, called the Vue when their previous patent expired for k-cups. Seems to be a massive failure. Also HelloFresh and Blue Apron seem to get brought up a lot here for being hard to recycle and generaring a lot of trash, dozens of people I know have used these services and not one has mentioned the trash issue.

Nonsense, IMHO. I am a programmer and I like technology but I'm a million miles away from Silicon Valley geographically, conceptually and spiritually. Waste affects every part of life, although technology seems to produce more than its fair share.

Your friends don't care about environmental concerns. My friends do. Swings and roundabouts.

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Post by victor22 »

PKop wrote: post #86
victor22 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because you can't eventually DRM a bottle.

Sure, but from the customer's perspective, why is this product necessary?

I've searched, and they don't have an answer. Not even in their FAQ. They just say "pressed by us" or "cold pressed juice" but never elaborate.

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Post by mikesickler »

justboxing wrote: post #160
narrator wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can also buy a juicer. Takes a negligible effort to clean, and with all those grocery delivery services, the slogging vegetables around part is taken care of.

> Takes a negligible effort to clean Which one? Not trolling, but I've bought (and returned) 3 different juices in the 300 - 500$ range that were a pain to clean, dry and put away. Even the ones made in Korea that are "only 5 parts" are annoying. I've had soft shreds getting stuck in the ejection tube, and the only way to clean it is (that I've found out) by using an ear bud to push it out.

Yeah I use a wooden chopstick to unclog my Kuvings.

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Post by ceejayoz »

nommm-nommm wrote: post #44

Wow, I can't even... this is comedy gold: >four tons of force >delivered weekly >QR code >online database >patent-pending >400 custom parts >scanner >microprocessor >wireless chip >wireless antenna >revolutionary machine >subscription model >“platform” for ... food delivery, Guys, we are talking about a juicer here.

> Guys, we are talking about a juicer here.

It's not even that! It's literally just a $400 machine to squeeze out the contents of a bag. It comes pre-juiced in the packets!

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Post by roymurdock »

Animats wrote: post #147
roymurdock wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should consider applying for an operations role at Juicero - the double-walled solution was truly a nice touch. On another note, Juicero doesn't care what you or your daughter do to make juice, because you were never meant to buy a Juicero. It's a safe bet that their strategy was to sell B2B to large corporations and into the high-end hospitality industry (hotels, cruise ships, colleges) rather than B2C. I'm sure…

No, it's built as a home appliance. If it was for the food service industry, it would be heavy stainless steel and cleanable with boiling soapy water, like everything else in that industry. And it would be faster; 10 seconds, not 2 minutes. It wouldn't look like an overgrown iPad.

It's a self-serve appliance, aka not meant to be used in a kitchen or prep room, but to be left out in common areas for customers to buy/take a bag and make their own juice, no mess no cleanup, see Keurig

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Post by nommm-nommm »

Yetanfou wrote: post #135

I'll offer a brief glimpse into the future. Juicero, burnt by the ease at which consumers rob them of potential revenue poaches someone away from the likes of HP or Gillette. That someone comes up with the perfect solution: add a coded valve to the juice bags which only opens when it has been inserted in a licensed Juicero machine. The added advantage is that the machine can refuse to squeeze more juice out of a bag…

Useless machines have even started with Keurig.

"Owners Of Discontinued Keurig Rivo Having Trouble Buying Coffee Pods That Will Work"

https://consumerist.com/2017/02/27/owners-of-discontinued-ke...

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Post by woobar »

pdog wrote: post #38

What do the contents of a juice pack look like prior to juicing? As far as I know, it's not possible to manually extract meaningful amounts of juice from leafy greens or root vegetables (e.g., spinach, romaine, kale, beets, ginger) so the ingredients must be processed before going into the packs.

Quote from another article (with some pics):

Juicero workers receive truckloads of produce from nearby organic farms, triple-wash it, then chop it into specific shapes. A specialized machine then fills each pack, ready to be shipped. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/business/juicero-juice-sy...

Customer(?) with an open bag: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cfj8DI-UEAAGi5F.jpg

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Post by dvdhnt »

simias wrote: post #58

It's the first time I hear about this product but as someone who likes fermenting vegetables this part surprised me: >We finish by sealing the produce (completely raw and never pasteurized) into our Packs, which get shipped to your door the day they're made. Wouldn't raw, unpasteurized chopped fruits and vegetable start fermenting very quickly in those packs? Are they shipped refrigerated? This entire thing is so wei…

If you thought that was satire, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-j4cz2PlA

Re: Juicero May Be Feeling the Squeeze

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Post by thisisdave »

tdeck wrote: post #34

I don't understand this product at all. If you're willing to buy a pack of prepared juice, why not just buy a bottle of juice instead?

They claimed (or at least implied) that you'd be buying something closer to raw hunks of fruit and vegetables in the bag, so it would be fresh.
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