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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by vec on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:56PM (#14650664)
> The ability to select from a menu of options prior to delivery would be an improvement for many of these services.

Hello Fresh, at least, has 8 or so available recipes per week. They'll pick 3 for me, but if I choose I can log in to their site and pick for myself.

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by prawn on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:21PM (#14651007)
Which is probably a good balance. Invest more time if you have it or want to, or run with the defaults.

I tried Hello Fresh and thought it was useful. As a capable cook, it still saved time I'd otherwise spend shopping (30 mins easily if you have a kid in tow) or wondering what to make (on nights I want to cook something new, I will spend 30+ minutes looking at cook books or recipe sites). Someone wanting a less hand-holdy experience could easily ignore the recipes and use it as a mystery box to invent from.

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