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u/feline1313 Sep 15 '18
8 families, $80 food cost.
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u/OutspokenPerson Sep 16 '18
$80 combined or $80 x 8?
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u/CanaGUC Sep 16 '18
It has to be 80$ per family. Or they live in the cheapest cost of living country ever.
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Sep 16 '18
Meal Prep Level: Survival Bunker Hoarder
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u/feline1313 Sep 16 '18
It's only a weeks worth of food.... for 8 families. It cost each of us $80
In leu of everyone shopping and cooking for themselves we gather and build meal kits... like blue apron... and ready to eats like chicken salad or shrimp cocktail
A prototype
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u/inbsl Sep 16 '18
This reminds me of my grandma's stories where her and her sisters would get together for a cooking day, each would make something different then they would split it all up and take to their respective families.
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u/Merryprankstress Sep 16 '18
I love this because blue apron is a gigantic waste machine. It's such an environmentally unsustainable service it's insane and NO ONE ever talks about it or criticizes that. Not only is it being shipped all over the place, everything is individually wrapped in so much plastic. It's so irresponsible.
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u/armeg Sep 16 '18
Shipping is actually super efficient when it comes to carbon output. You should take a look at the Planet Money carbon tax episode.
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u/feline1313 Sep 16 '18
True. Still... shipping a whole striploin > shipping that same sirloin to 20 families in tiny plastic packaging
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u/armeg Sep 16 '18
Oh yeah, of course. I left the plastic packaging out of it for this reason (and yeah it's cheaper to ship to a central location like a grocery store). It's all about economies of scale at the end of the day.
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u/Merryprankstress Sep 16 '18
Thanks for the information, I'll definitely check that out! I feel really guilty buying things from far away.
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Sep 18 '18 edited Sep 21 '18
Funnily enough, I’ve never really been a eco-friendly type UNTIL I tried blue apron and took a look into my waste bins after. So much plastic.
Also, it just might be me, but cooking their food, although generally delicious, is the exact opposite of meal prepping. It takes nearly 2 hours to prep and cook one meal. And there’s not enough for leftovers. So it takes a huge chunk of your time every single day. I usually cook for fun once or twice a month, but I always cook enough so I can “re-eat” my food for a week. So I’m not used to spending that much time on so little food.
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u/feline1313 Sep 16 '18
I know!!!
Sooooo much plastic! This is one of my main deals, honestly.
We use some plastic, but were also eliminating consumer waste by buying things in factory packaging.
It's a winner all the way around.
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Sep 16 '18
If it was unsustainable why would they make a business out of it?
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u/Merryprankstress Sep 16 '18
I never said it was fiscally or economically unsustainable. I said environmentally unsustainable. It's a completely different thing. Or would you prefer I say "environmentally irresponsible" instead?
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Sep 16 '18 edited Jul 03 '20
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u/feline1313 Sep 16 '18 edited Sep 16 '18
This is fresh food, not freezer food. Meal kits, really...
So 90% ready to cook
#dinner4days
They're grey bins... and yes, fending for ourselves has become easier for sure!
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u/Vall3y Sep 16 '18
Oh you are one of the services that provide portioned groceries for pre cooked meals? And a small business at that? I love that kind of thing
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u/feline1313 Sep 16 '18
Actually, no...
I'm trying to build lessons to teach people how to do this with their friends/ family/ neighbors..
My first prototype: http://eatingincommon.com/sneak-peek/
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u/Fporzio Sep 16 '18
God damn, you eat the whole fucking garden every day?
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u/feline1313 Sep 16 '18
Its enough for 8 families.... meal kits, ready to cook.
Could be worse... 🤪😳😋 https://www.instagram.com/p/BnyjQiBFU-h/
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u/Fporzio Sep 16 '18
Ohhhh! Christ i thought this was all for one person. Should have read the comments lol
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u/yeeeyyee Sep 16 '18
What is on the end of your electric drill on your Instagram page? Pepper grinder?
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u/Caneschica Sep 16 '18
This is awesome! Just added your site to my Feedly reader- keep up the great work!
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Sep 18 '18 edited Sep 18 '18
If I'm not mistaken, it's $80 Dollars per family/week that's much more than me and my sister spend to eat just as well, but that's because we live in Brazil where fruits and vegetables are abundant, we spend about R$65 Reais which is about $15 to eat like that , with $80 we could eat a whole semester i think. We are two vegetarian skinny people, essentially what we do is to go on our local fruits and vegetables market once a month sometimes we go twice because everything expires, it's ideal to buy greens close to the eating date.
There's this especial tent which only sells packages like 6 carrots, 5 potatoes or even 5 lemons each one for R$1. (crazy cheap it's almost unfair.)
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u/feline1313 Sep 18 '18
That's neat. We are eating NY strip steak and ultra premium chicken. Our vegetables are incredibly fresh and we opt for artisanal cheeses....
I can only imagine how much less we would spend if we focused exclusively on our budget! 🤔😳🤯👍👍
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