I love me some good quality fresh fruit and veg. I was converted away from the supermarket stuff when I started to go to various markets, because I discovered that a) market bought stuff lasts FAR longer than supermarket fruit and veg, and b) it TASTES better. I discovered that when I moved away from the supermarket stuff, I’m not wasting any of the produce I was buying.
Now of course I love a good farmers market, and I am spoiled to have the weekly Jan Powers Farmers Markets in Reddacliffe Place right close to my workplace. However I find it really difficult to haul home heavy fruit and vegetables on the bus, and in some cases, the prices aren’t that great either.
So when friends started to recommend Fresh is the Best, a local home delivery fruit and veg business, I thought I might give them a try. I followed them on Twitter, and then put my first order in a few months back. Check it out:
Aren’t they pretty? It all tasted as good as it looks too And all of this came to me, home delivered, for $35.
It’s so easy as well. You go to the site, put your order in. You can either pay then and there via Paypal, or they’ll give you a call and do a credit card payment over the phone, or if you’re home on the day of delivery, you can pay cash or EFTPOS. The delivery dude who comes to visit me is friendly, polite and turns up when he says he’s going to (he’s usually the one who calls me to take my credit card payment, and often has an estimate as to what time he’ll turn up).
But it’s more than that. Last week when Fresh is the Best were promoting on Twitter that they are currently giving away a 200gm bag of organic coffee with every $65 box, I happened to tweet that it would be cool if they had a little sample for those of us who don’t need to purchase the huge boxes too. A $35 fruit and veg box lasts me 2 or 3 weeks, I can’t imagine what I’d do with the ginormous box, and it’s nice to get a sample of something regardless of how little or how much you consume.
To my delight, they told me they’d pop one of the 200gm bags into my next order! I’d have been happy with a wee single serve.
So when the box arrived on Saturday, I put away all the fruit and veg and took the coffee down to my friend’s place, so we could give it a try. The verdict? Pretty damn good! Mild and smooth with a gorgeous scent. I’ll certainly buy some more when I’ve used this lot up.
I was impressed also that they contacted me on Monday via Twitter to just confirm that I’d got the coffee and was happy.
So if you’re in Brisbane, and you want good quality fresh fruit and veg for a really good price, delivered to your door, pop on over to www.freshisthebest.com.au
Tell them I sent you!
June 3, 2010 at 7:59 am |
I’ve used Fresh Is the Best before, and I bought a $35 box for my Mum, and it was GREAT!! I love to go down to the markets, but haven’t had much time lately, so to have them home delivered was GREAT!!
I’ll definitely be purchasing more, the quality was great and lasted quite some time!! It’s even MORE convenient then buying from a supermarket, which saves me the frozen bananas that taste like chalk!
If in doubt, just try it. You’ll be convinced just like I was!
June 3, 2010 at 9:18 am |
I hear you on the bananas from the supermarket. I nearly died of shock the first time I ate a banana from other than a supermarket. I COULD TASTE IT!!
June 13, 2010 at 12:11 pm |
Good to know there is still good value out there and that the products are fabulous!