Anybody tried an Abel & Cole veg' box?

springer211

I've found some videos on Youtube, they show they actual boxes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz0JYBkIIAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O80G_y8Tsko&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIVQDXB08vo

Charliezoo

The A&C box in the video looks far better packaged than what I used to receive a few years back.

After the stupid amount of cold calls I got from them recently though I won't be going back.

dasophster

I've heard the cold calling is a big problem; lot of twitter-ing about it. I hate cold calls so I won't get on their radar by ordering I don't think. One of my friends orders their fruit/veg boxes regularly but has had some issues with stuff going horribly mouldy very quickly. My main issue with these fruit/veg boxes is they never are quite big enough for our family; but ordering two of the smaller ones works out far too expensive for us. xx

Kitty_Ears

geordie_joe wrote: »

I have never ordered from them, and can't remember ever even visiting their web site. But a couple of weeks ago I got plagued by phone calls while I was at work. I'd get home and have 10 -15 missed calls from a number I did not recognise. I googled the number and found it was them, see here

http://www.facebook.com/AbelandCole/posts/10151373877655462

and here

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/02075363460

They STILL ring me, send me post... I enquired once back at Christmas. I answered the phone and said no, they don't know when to stop!

terra_ferma

Kitty_Ears wrote: »

They STILL ring me, send me post... I enquired once back at Christmas. I answered the phone and said no, they don't know when to stop!

Let's hope feedback like this gets back to them and they realise how much their actions hurt their business.

TBH riverford phone you too if you miss an order, which I don't like. I don't know if they pester you much, because I normally put my order on hold so they know I'll come back.

keran77

I won a competition which meant I had a months worth of Abel and Cole fruit and veg family box. I found the quality to be very good. I liked the recipe ideas that come with the box. I managed to use up the veg and their suggestions helped.

raphanius

terra_ferma wrote: »

TBH riverford phone you too if you miss an order, which I don't like. I don't know if they pester you much, because I normally put my order on hold so they know I'll come back.

they didnt phone me when i missed some orders. they sent me a survey via email to ask why i wasnt ordering so much (i couldnt cook cos i broke my arm!)

terra_ferma

raphanius wrote: »

they didnt phone me when i missed some orders. they sent me a survey via email to ask why i wasnt ordering so much (i couldnt cook cos i broke my arm!)

It could be down to the local office, they are run as franchises. But I don't know if it was a one off, or if they do it all the time. I just didn't want to sound like I work for Riverford, and only post positive comments

jellyhead

If anyone wants to try Riverford for the first time I've had a leaflet in with my catalogue from the Book People to get a veg box half price (£5.99, normally £12.85). They don't charge for delivery but they do charge a fee for payment (up to 20p).

https://www.riverford.co.uk/bookpeople

I haven't tried Riverford before so I'm looking forward to my first box. I've ordered from A+C before, both times using the 4th box free offer. Both times I didn't get the free cookbook they promised. The man on the phone advised me to change my 4th order to the biggest box possible, which I think was £24.99, to get that free instead of the medium box I'd been buying.

I found that a lot of the veg was going off before we used it, but last night I saw on the channel 4 programme 'superscrimpers' that if you put kitchen roll in the plastic bag in the fridge it will absorb the gases and stop things going off so quickly.

Edwardia

I use Abel & Cole a couple of times a month at least but don't have veg boxes, I choose what I want and I get my organic veg mostly from Waitrose and Sainsbury's as cheaper. They send me an email to remind me that I need to order by 5pm, two days before delivery which I find useful. No cold calls, and I've had free eggs and milk so far.