Organic meat & veg boxes in East London

lynzpower

Hi all

I have asked this question on OS before, and although I had loads of replies, none of them worked.

So IM asking again
I need a company that will deliver us a weekly veg box and a monthly meat box.
They need to be able to deliver in the evenings or Sat mornings
Preferably not abel & cole as Ive heard some pretty bad reports unfortunately.

Riverford gets great reviews, but wont deliver to me.

Any more ideas, keen to get onto this asap :beer:

Queenie

Have you tried Big Barn?

Just typed in London and this is the search result within a 15 mile radius.

BigBarn allows visitors to:

• Gain access to around 6500 independent food producers and gain information on their goods and services via their websites.
• Buy local, which means: fresh, direct from the producer, rather than goods that have been imported, warehoused and distributed.
• Pay less for better quality.
• Find specialists who deliver throughout the UK.
• Find producers who have ignored the supermarket buyers and paid more attention to flavour and quality rather than shelf-life.
• Avoid supermarkets.
• Gain information on nutrition, recipes, crop and plant husbandry.

HTH

Queenie

Eostre Organics - scroll down for London

OrganicFood.co.uk - where to buy database

The Organic Delivery Company

nabowla

I'll be watching this thread with interest as I'm looking for an organic company that would deliver to my area (S.E. London) in the evening or at the weekend.

Actually, I think there's a great business opportunity here for someone with initiative. Just think about all the people who work full-time in London, live in flats, have a high disposable income and are keen to eat organic food. If someone set up a company to deliver organic food at a time when people are actually at home, I'm sure they'd make a fortune.

lynzpower

Quite right nabowla

the thing is non of the london ones Queenie listed deliver to me. The organic delivery co will deliver, but doesnt do meat...

Queenie

Are you unable to go out and purchase the meats you need, once a month? I notice from the Big Barn link that there are some organic butchers and even though it does mean you would need to travel to them, I'm just wandering if that is possible, rather than nothing at all?

Queenie

Ok, here is one that will deliver but have a surcharge for Saturday morning deliveries:

The Organic Farmers Market - Organic Food Home Delivery

Our aim is clear - to deliver your choice of high quality organic food and other products from the Westcountry direct to your doorstep with the best possible service
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We can deliver anywhere on the UK mainland, to home, office, family or friends, weekend cottage or holiday home ..
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Our standard deliveries are by courier services, delivered to your specified destination the day after despatch. Here are other options for extra services we can provide, which take more time to arrange so they cost a bit extra

HTH

gromituk

lynzpower wrote:

Preferably not abel & cole as Ive heard some pretty bad reports unfortunately.

What have you heard? I've been a very happy customer of theirs for several years. They have never failed to deliver. If anything's of substandard quality they refund me without question - but this only happens rarely. Their newsletter is excellent, with lots of recipes. Their website is excellent, allowing you to tinker with your order at any time, and set any interval for regular deliveries. (It used to work only with M$ Explorer but they have completely re-written it and now it is compatible with the world.) They always respond to emails very quickly. And THEY NEVER AIR-FREIGHT.

However, evening/Saturday deliveries are indeed a problem, as with anything. I am lucky that I have a garage with an electric door, so they can put stuff in there. When they used to deliver when I was out, I put a small drinks fridge in there which was turned on on the day of delivery to keep the milk etc fresh. I wonder if anyone will take house keys and put the stuff straight in your fridge? After all, you'd give keys to a cleaner so why not a reputable organic food delivery company?

starlite_2

Do you have a regular farmers market?
That could be an option..and for us it's more than just shopping..it's lovely to go out there on a sunday morning and see all the lovely stuff piled high, try the cheses and fresh pears etc, and chat to the farmers..
we are in south london and have 3 different ones within 15 minutes walk every sunday!

starlite_2

nabowla wrote:

I'll be watching this thread with interest as I'm looking for an organic company that would deliver to my area (S.E. London) in the evening or at the weekend.

Actually, I think there's a great business opportunity here for someone with initiative. Just think about all the people who work full-time in London, live in flats, have a high disposable income and are keen to eat organic food. If someone set up a company to deliver organic food at a time when people are actually at home, I'm sure they'd make a fortune.

where are you nabowla? sadly farmers markets/ organic delivery companies arent widely advertised but we are in s.e london and I know loads..you can p.m me if you like!

lynzpower

Thats a thought, although the problem is I have a minature freezer, so would only be able to get a weeks worth of food in in one hit.