The topic of "delivered organics" has come up before but I've not seen this group mentioned.
Has/does anyone have any experience or thoughts ?
Thanks.
l.g.i.
Mar 13, 2004 12:01PM
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We took a turn at their delivery a year or so ago - as I remember for $25 we received three zuccini, a head of romaine, a few green beans, and a couple of fruits - truly this was the most skimpy offering possible. A trip to Whole Foods bought four times that. I called to cancel and was charged a pro rate charge for the next week.
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Well. I've been going to the Better Life Organic Produce at 1206 East Sixth Street, Los Angeles CA 90021. It's not delivery but, it's a lot of bang for the buck.
They don't deliver because they are a wholesaler, but they are willing to sell retail for bulk orders. (If you're looking for a huge box of organic fuji apples, or carrots, something along those lines...)
I get their mescal salad mix for $9 for 3 pounds and it's the best stuff on earth. Puts Whole Foods to shame.
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Great tip, esp. for those of us who live on the east side. Now maybe we could put together a coop....
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I have been having my fruits and vegetables delivered by L.O.V.E. for several months now and I really like the service. I have not comparison shopped item by item to find out if I could get the same amount of organic produce for the money, by shopping on my own, but I feel the delivery service is well worth it (husband and I both work long hours). We get the $25 box delivered every other wk (1/2 fruit, 1/2 vegetable). I know that I can drop way more than $25 on 1 trip to the farmer's mkt and some of that will go to waste. Since using the L.O.V.E. service, we seem to eat just about everything we get, w/ little waste.
The quality of the produce has been great. I love getting apples, cucumbers, etc, that are not coated in wax. We get a good variety, but it's seasonal, so some things do repeat often. Have gotten wonderful berries and other "high end" items, so I have been under the impression that it's a pretty good deal. Nice salad mix, artichokes, squash, berries, apples, pears, dates, different kinds of beans, greens, bananas, different varieties of mushrooms, etc, etc. I look forward to coming home on my delivery day, to see what we got.
Anway, at least 1 happy customer here. I would recommend trying it. If it's not right for you, you can always cancel.
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