Fruit and veg boxes - are they good value for money?

sairy2005

Try these. Have not tried tham as I used to use a local one and I dont know where you live but I have heard good reports of these-:
http://www.bigbarn.co.uk/

debbie42

Big Barn don't actually supply boxes: they just provide maps and links to people who do.

My sister uses these: http://www.rivernene.co.uk

I'd definitely use them if they delivered to my area as the quality is consistently very good. Unfortunately I'm out of their catchment area.

I've used these in the past: http://www.flightsorchardorganics.co.uk/
and they were a bit hit and miss, quality wise, so we stopped them. That was a while ago so they may well have improved.

I'm about to try these: http://www.goodbehere.co.uk
and will let you know what they are like.

Penny_Watcher

Farmaround and Farmaround North have a very good reputation.

http://www.farmaround.co.uk/

http://www.farmaroundnorth.com/

You can enter your postcode to see if and when they deliver in your area.

nicola1982_2

I use River Nene - the price is excellent and the variety brilliant. They also send recipes each month to accompany the veggies in the box.

Always good quality and fresh!

Daisydoll

thanks have found a couple that look quite good

www.northernharvest.co.uk and www.farmaroundnorth.com both deliver to my area. Suppose I can only try it out and see!

sadly river nene don't do my area, lancashire!

studentsaver166

Hi there, I use Riverford Organics, www.riverford.co.uk. They deliver for free to most of the country and although they're not local (other than to people in Devon!) the quality of the veg is amazing, they're extremely environmentally conscious, very friendly and the prices are definitely the most competitive I've come across. They also give you a little info pack when you 1st order a box and tell you all about how the veg is grown and what they use instead of pesticides. There's also loads of info on their website about every type of veg they grow and how to use the bits you'd normally throw away, to reduce waste. I think theyre fab!!

Daisydoll

they look good but sadly don't deliver to north west

vixtress

where abouts in lancs are you? im just over the border in yorkshire (2miles over) and i get a fab box from skipton, there is also a place in colne that does them (i think) if thats anywhere near.

Daisydoll

I'm in Wigan.....not sure if that would be close enough? Depends how far they deliver I suppose!

rosh12

Hiya, we're in Lancashire too, having moved from Devon (v near Riverford) and found a scheme in Mossley which prob doesn't go as far as Wigan, but we found them on http://www.vegboxschemes.co.uk/ You type in your postcode and it comes up with some options.

I have to say even for locals, I found Riverford to be a bit expensive... we now get a £10 box with a lot more in it than we got in a more expensive Riverford box.

Good luck!