Freggies

I purchased a Living Social coupon. It was a pretty good deal: $19 for one box of organic produce originally priced at $39.99 plus 25% discount on next two boxes. My first box was stuffed with a good mix of fruit and veg. I decided to do my write-up after the delivery that I received today.

In today's box: one bunch of leeks, one large bunch of red leaf lettuce, bok choy, one artichoke, one huge yellow onion, two fat oranges, five bananas, three pears, two peaches, two lush mangoes, seven tomatoes, and one sack of green beans.

Some folk complained that they don't get to choose their produce. In time, I can see how that might be irritating. I'm only on my second order so for now, vegetarian roulette is kinda fun. I didn't have any problems with last week's produce going bad before I used it so I have high hopes for this latest batch.

TBH, I don't know if I'll continue with their service. To clarify, this is NOT through their fault or because of poor quality. Ultimately I prefer to select what I get at home. I don't mind doing that via online delivery or making my way to my local fruit stand so my love affair with Freggies may come to a close at the end of my trial period.

I adore Freggies! I just got my first order after using a Groupon and am very impressed so far. The box was much bigger than I expected, and filled with delicious fruits, veggies and a bag of bagels!

I can't wait to start cooking some of these items - I have already eaten a bunch of the fruit and it was fantastic.

As mentioned in a previous post - they really do use a lot of plastic bags with their delivery - which I felt was pretty unnecessary. Another con is the delivery time - I ordered this last week and it took them about 7 days to get it to me.

I think this place is great but if not for the Groupon I might not have ordered. Amazon Fresh has a similar special where you can order a box of seasonal produce... I think I might do some comparison there.

Fresh, organic produce delivered straight to your front door? Sounds too good to be true, right? Well it's not! Freggies is a fantastic organic delivery service that allows you to pick and choose what mouth-wateringly fresh fruit and veggies you want delievered straight to you. And if you're too overwhelmed by all the great choices (as I normally am) you have the option of a Freg Pick box of mixed fruit and veggies that is the hand selected "cream of the crop". It's easy to eat healthy and organic with Freggies delivery.

And did I mention free delivery?! Awesome!

Freggies is fantastic! I got my first box last week and was impressed with how much produce it came with! I've been enjoying my produce in my smoothies and as additions to dinners. Freggies has helped me get back on my wellness journey and I'm already excited for my next box!

So I got my first delivery today.. and man with the discount from the Vegfest the amount of veggies/fruit that I got for a week was great. I got collards, kiwis, oranges, apples,fennel, pears,bell peppers, sweet potatoes, and parsley.. ALL ORGANIC and delivered to my door step for 24.99!!!!!! . Some of this produce I don't normally eat, but it will make me step outside of my comfort zone.... so I HIGHLY recommend this service and yes they arn't seasonal produce like Johnson's backyard and always local.. But it always Organic and much cheaper then other services. .. Plus the owner is the delivery guy too..

So check them out!

This review is for Freggies' customer service. I tried to set up a delivery for a box of veggies and fruits on their website, but ran into a problem - their listed delivery time window is "between 8am - 8pm". Seriously?! In my opinion this was strange. I would assume their target customer was a busy individual that would want to take advantage of the convenience of produce delivery...but how could they expect someone to be in one place for 12 hours? I decided to call.

The conversation went like this:
Me: Hi, I want to place an order, but am confused about the 12 hour time window your website lists, do you have a more precise delivery window so that I can decide whether I should have the produce delivered to my work or home?

Freggies: Sorry, our policy is to deliver between 8am and 8pm. The time we get to your place depends on how many deliveries we have on that particular day.

Me: Can you at least give me a vague window if I place an order, morning or afternoon? Because if it's delivered before 3pm, I'd have it delivered to my work place, if it's after 4pm, I'd have it delivered to my home.

Freggies: Sorry, our policy is 8am - 8pm. I can take down your info and check on it for you to see if we can work something out.

Me: Okay (gave them my contact info)

....2 days later, still no call back. I honestly don't understand how this place can expect anyone to commit to stay in one place for (possibly) 12 hours waiting for a veggie box. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. I guess I'll be going to the grocery store for my produce.

Like others, I received the LivingSocial coupon which was a great deal. Unfortunately I was really unimpressed. First off, you do not get to choose what's in your box. For the first two boxes we received, we got lots of beets and grapefruit, along with cabbage, kale, some tomatoes, peppers, and a few (disappointingly tiny) peaches. We (my wife and I) don't usually eat cabbage and beets so we had to be creative in how to use it. We also both hate grapefruit so it was kind of wasteful.

However, the main reason I am giving this company two stars is on quality. We were so disappointed by what we saw. Some of the peaches and peppers arrived moldy and a lot of the other produce looked old. We could find better produce at our local grocer. We called Freggies and they gave us credit on our account for future purchases (although we'll probably never use it).

One of the benefits for businesses of LivingSocial, Groupon, etc. is so they can win over new customers by getting them in the door cheap and then selling them on future business. Unfortunately for Freggies, that's not going to happen for us.

I must say - Freggies is not bad at all. After reading some of the negative reviews on Yelp, I was prepared to see wilted lettuces and brown cucumbers. But no. All the produce I received is fresh and unspoiled. I would say this is Farmer's Market grade freshness, which is fairly impressive.

I ordered from Freggies using a Groupon deal. I have been meaning to try one of these organic vegetables door-delivery services. Let me rate them based on specific parameters.

Website: Friendly
Price: Moderate (comparable to QFC produce prices)
Delivery: Prompt, with prompt notification (Wallingford)
Packaging: Simple, open and no plastic

I got Free Bagels (yay) with this delivery! I am going to continue order from them. Meanwhile, going to try and pickle a bunch of cucumbers I bought from them and hope they are tasty. B)

I purchased the amazon daily deal and have not been impressed.

It really looks like they just went to Safeway the day before and ransacked the "organic" section and upcharge. No, seriously, that's actually what they did. Yesterday in my box, I received Safeway's Organic brand of cherry tomatoes.

Beyond that - those cherry tomatoes were on their way out. Old, wrinkly, and a little too squishy.

I would love to give my money to a company that is really working hard to give me organic high quality produce. Freggies is not that.

You're much better off to go to a farmer's market, or to just shop the organic section of you're nearby produce department. Either way, you'll be paying less and getting higher quality than if you had gone with Freggies.

I am so disappointed with Freggies! =( I had such high expectations.

I got my box earlier today, and I feel like I over-paid even at the Living Social price of $19. The head of romaine was brown and wilted all the way through, and one of the kiwis was rotten to the point of mush. There was also a pack of locally-baked bagels that are borderline stale and expire tomorrow! Aside from those items, I could've gotten this produce for less than $20 on Amazon Fresh, and I would've been able to choose what I got AND it would've been better quality produce.

I don't think I'll bother complaining to Freggies, because I don't want to mess around with placating efforts from them and potentially get a bunch more crappy produce. I used to get Tiny's Organic delivery and they were awesome - if I was going to do ongoing produce delivery I'd definitely go with them over Freggies.