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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 19 September 2023 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
All items arrive fresh (hence the name!), not frozen, and packed in (dry?) ice. I imagine that to better facilitate this they source from metropolitan areas.
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Brian Price
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Posted: 20 September 2023 at 12:13pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Not dry ice, but some kind of microplastic-containing gel.  You're supposed to cut the bag open, pour the frozen gel in the trash, then rinse the plastic bag and recycle it through the collection points at grocery stores.  The hassle of the packaging and having to cook the meals was the big reason we canceled it.  We did keep all the recipe cards; though, and occasionally prepare meals or elements of meals from them.  I never realized the lime was so versatile before HelloFresh.  UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all use straight water in their ice packs, so hopefully that will come to the US at some point.
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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 20 September 2023 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
"Not dry ice, but some kind of microplastic-containing gel. "

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Ah, right. Clearly I wasn't a subscriber for too long, because I kept those gelpacks in the freezer and use them in coolers from time to time. I only have a few of them. I forgot where they came from!
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Scott Sackett
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Posted: 21 September 2023 at 12:29am | IP Logged | 4 post reply
We've done Hello Fresh for a few years. My wife really enjoys and it's a nice thing we can do together.

Occasionally, they leave out something but it's gotten a lot better the last year or so.

Some of the recipes have been really good. My only real beef is we get locked into 'Hello Fresh is coming this weekend' mode and so we have to turn down any invites that weekend.

(our schedules make it nearly impossible to cook on a weeknight.)

Oh, also the meals seem to use a lot of pots and pans so every meal is followed by dishwashing..
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