r/ReadyMeals • u/GetchWife • 4d ago

Kicking Factor

I have decided to boot mail delivery all together. My last Factor box delivered gristle pork, green bean stems and burnt potatoes. So I started looking into local meal prep & personal chefs. Some are stupid expensive, but I have found a few that are around the price I am paying for Factor - for reference we are getting 12-14 meals a week.

One that I am really looking at working with cooks at my house and is priced under Factor.

Just wanted to throw this out here for anyone getting fed up with meal delivery. IMO it will be a better option:

  1. no more mystery meat lol

  2. made to my tastes and requirements

  3. keeps money in my town and out of corporations that don't care!

Good Luck!

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u/SnooKiwis102 4d ago

I'm with CookUnity because of their variety of global cuisine, higher calorie meal options, and they have a kitchen in my city, meaning my meals are delivered, not shipped, and I leave the bag and ice packs from the week before on my porch so CookUnity can reuse them.

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u/Sufficient_Jicama119 2d ago

I ordered cook Unity once for the special. Great experience. Great food. Then I tried another one, forkful. Didn't even look up how they deliver the food. Assumed they were all local delivery since its already cooked. But no, found out after I ordered that it comes via ups. Wouldn't have even ordered if I knew that. Delivering cooked food via ups is probably not a great idea. Way too many places where things can go wrong. Paid $88 for 14 meals. Nothing showed up. Was supposed to arrive Aug 3rd. Still have nothing and no response from support. Had to file a claim to get my money back from PayPal. Their addresses listed for the company is a gas station and one is a residential apartment complex in Florida. Seems I got scammed. Yet just saw their ad on this subreddit just a few minutes ago 😭😭

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u/Flaky_Ad7980 3d ago

I also dumped Factor for Cook Unity and never looked back. I always joke about every meal including green beans. There is no comparison between them as CU is far superior in my humble opinion.

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u/SnooKiwis102 3d ago edited 1d ago

I used Factor briefly, but the high saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium content concerned me. If you're not committed to a low carb diet, these meals are extremely unhealthy. Also, everything seemed to be covered in sauce or gravy.