Anyone heard of Taste radar

misssarahleigh

I'm back and sorted payment. :j

But have another random question if anyone would be so kind as to provide an answer.

If i purchase some fruit and veg today (30th). Can i send the assessments in november? (as i will be eating them next week but the reciept will say october)

StormyBaby28

Have just joined, thanks OP. Dont expect to hear from them for a while though if they've had heaps of people apply recently.

PurpleMunchkin

misssarahleigh wrote: »

I'm back and sorted payment. :j

But have another random question if anyone would be so kind as to provide an answer.

If i purchase some fruit and veg today (30th). Can i send the assessments in november? (as i will be eating them next week but the reciept will say october)

Yes you can ! I checked with Jelger a couple of months back. I have even split some things over 2 months, just photocopied the receipt and done some reviews at the end of the month and some are the start of the next month.

HTH

misssarahleigh

Me again!

Why can't i find peppers on the list. Am i have a blonde moment or is it really not there:o

geordie_joe

misssarahleigh wrote: »

Me again!

Why can't i find peppers on the list. Am i have a blonde moment or is it really not there:o

See here

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-capsicum.htm

Then look for capsicum on Taste Radar.

It had me fooled for months, then I wondered what capsicum was and googled it.

misssarahleigh

geordie_joe wrote: »

See here

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-capsicum.htm

Then look for capsicum on Taste Radar.

It had me fooled for months, then I wondered what capsicum was and googled it.

Well, it would have taken me a very long time to work that one out. I did look at the list thinking.....what else can you call a pepper!!!

Lol thanks for your reply.

geordie_joe

Any one been paid this month?

thacky

geordie_joe wrote: »

Any one been paid this month?

No, not yet

MacsReturns

geordie_joe wrote: »

Any one been paid this month?

Not yet - I usually get the 'payment sent' email anywhere between 11th and 16th, so all's normal

For Angel, and anyone else, wondering 'what sort of comments do they want?' you really need to consider their business model... That was the FIRST thing I did, asked myself 'why do these people want to give me £25 a month to spend on veg?' (Hint: It's not - as many seem to believe - 'because I'm worth it' )

So I took a look at the other side of their website, aimed at their corporate customers. Basically, Innovative Fresh provide market and supply-chain intelligence. It's a mega business shipping fresh fruit and veg around the world, very dependent on lots of variables, from packaging to storage to harvesting etc etc. It's easy to waste £millions in stock if you get things wrong.... so the supermarkets/distributors/growers need to know what's working and what isn't. That's where we come in! WE tell them.

I try to comment on how well things last in storage, whether the ripening is good, whether the same variety last month tasted sweeter etc, or if the bananas are bruised or grapes have stem rot or if bagged veg 'sweats' in the bag. It's all stuff affected by how the produce is harvested/shipped/handled etc.

Although I have an opinion on it, I bet they're not interested in what I think of food-miles, over-packaging or how farm-workers in Chile are underpaid. (That's probably a different consumer panel, run by YouGov )

What they probably are trying to find out is why mangoes shipped via Lufthansa sell poorly, or whether tomatoes stored at Gatwick overnight go off faster than ones stored at Heathrow, or if they can afford to turn down the refrigeration on Spanish strawberries, or if they wait to harvest the Golden Delicious after an extra week on the tree they might even end up tasting something like an apple

Keep that sort of thing in mind and I'd hazard a guess your comments will be more useful for them

geordie_joe

MacsReturns wrote: »

Not yet - I usually get the 'payment sent' email anywhere between 11th and 16th, so all's normal

Thanks, I usually get mine on either 13th or 14 of the month.

MacsReturns wrote: »

For Angel, and anyone else, wondering 'what sort of comments do they want?' you really need to consider their business model...

As for the rest of your post, IMO it is the best post in the thread. It sums up what they want perfectly. Anyone reading it should know exactly what they want, and what they should write about.