We started HelloFresh at the beginning of the year and it’s just gotten steadily worse. This is like less than a fourth of a cup of rise for one portion.
by Sensitive_Air8208
30 Comments
wrecking_ball_z
Which country and which meal? I’m in the US and I find the portions to be appropriate. There’s a few exceptions (like the ravioli), but for the most part it’s fine.
Slermanator
That’s a joke. I’ve been having the same problems lately. Like thanks for the free 7 dollar chocolate bar, can I have more rice please?
Sensitive_Air8208
And honestly the chicken portion is more than half because my husband didn’t have any.
SoloxFly
Hello fresh is honestly so shit
Grouchy_Visit_2869
I’ve noticed similar. I’ve been generally disappointed overall.
I keep skipping weeks, but should probably just cancel. The menu is stagnant. Many previously included meals are now premium. General quality, especially on animal protiens has declined, and portions are shrinking.
Compromisee
I’ve been mixed with them lately.
I feel like unless you want stir fry, a rice bowl or cous cous then you have to go premium and they’re not well priced. £10 extra for the 2 of you is mad
Portion size can be weird too. Some things you get barely anything, others it’s decent but not consistent.
We ordered the premium chicken tikka curry and it was nice but 1/3 of it was an unnecessarily large salad
joshyuaaa
Rice as a side is something I have extra jasmine rice to add to it if I feel like it. When it’s a bowl I don’t like adding more rice cause then I feel like the bowl is too much rice and the flavors doesn’t spread out enough.
Veggies have been typically enough except one time I really only had enough broccoli for one portion.
Solrex
Wow shrinkflation is getting out of control lol
ConsumeYourBleach
Me and my partner would get meal kits for 4 people and have it between the 2 of us..
DietCokeYummie
I don’t plan to stay with Hello Fresh long term for exactly this reason. We are doing it right now because so far it has been *mostly* positive, but at this point I consider it a “starter pack” for a recipe more than a full meal kit when it comes to many of the recipes.
I don’t use their rice at all anymore (I use my own), which isn’t a huge deal for me because I keep a very stocked kitchen due to loving to cook the other 5 days of the week, but nobody should have to do that when you’re paying a premium. Especially when rice is dirt cheap.
If Hello Fresh is doing this so they can say they’ve never raised their prices, honestly I’d rather them just raise the price.
ReeRunner
The part that gets me is the rice. Rice is cheap! It’s filling! It’s not super nutritious and I know this, but sheesh. At least give me enough to match the picture on the card. Same with green beans.
ferrin14
I’m in the US and haven’t had portion issues. Even when we think it’s not enough, it always ends up to be more than enough.
Markjohn66
That’s why I have small plates.
Daddys_peach
Had the same with Gousto. That portion would feed me (gastro problems not a saint) but it’s nowhere near enough for my husband and son. Does hello fresh cut chicken breasts in half too? You get a tiny chicken breast portion, as I say about the right size for me but it’s definitely not an adult serving.
DanielaThePialinist
Tbh this doesn’t seem normal. I would contact support and make a complaint. I’ve been using HF for almost two years and haven’t had a portion size this ridiculously small before. I know sometimes they have a habit of slightly shortchanging people but this seems ridiculous.
This is really interesting- my mother and I get the 2 person meal option and we get way too much food to the point there’s become an absurd amount of food waste. We’ve had to start giving the extra servings away, which can be enough food to feed up to 3 people sometimes
Middle-Bodybuilder-8
Crying because I’m making this meal tonight 😭
Little_Ali81
Wow! I’ve never had a problem with their portions. They were obviously feeling stinjy when they were putting your box together!
howllie
Unfortunately they are dead serious about their portions. Some are good some are realllllllly bad
MermaidDragon566
We got our first box a fortnight ago. What a measly amount of food. Not talking about the portion sizes but for the price (we had a free box code but paid $50 extra to get more meals), it was an absolute rip off. Never again.
CommercialLimit
I once had a meal with a rice portion this small. It was ridiculous. Since then, the rice portions seem to be decent enough. I keep minute rice in the pantry just in case, which I shouldn’t have to do for a service this pricey, but it was only that one time so far.
RedZoneNA
I get some meals (I order 4 servings per meal) where they seem to be more like 5 – 6 servings and it’s great. But for some reason, the rice is always so little to where whatever protein I have to go on top of the rice(like the beef/chicken/turkey rice bowls) I always have so much left over and no rice to put it on. I really don’t understand why it would be such an issue to add more rice.
Paprikadot
The vegetable portions especially have gotten so ridiculous
myfav0ritethings
I just made this last night and was sooo disappointed by how small the portion was, hardly any rice and really not that many green beans either. It definitely didn’t fill me up for dinner.
LuckStriking6928
I’m in Canada and the portions are never too small.
sweaterpunk666
I’ve been skipping my boxes for a couple months and I think I’ll just cancel.
oliverpls599
***excuse my ignorance, I’m asking the question because I don’t know***
Isn’t this to do with nutrition? Are they trying to make the portions hit some sort of goal in the way of providing healthy meals?
Do they have nutritional labels where you can compare the recipe portions against the actual amount?
Thunsley8
I wonder if it’s some lactations cutting back. My meat, rice and pasta is the same but the vegs have got so small. I wish they came more green beans, zucchini and broccoli.
TwitchTheMeow
I’ve been with HF for years and that does not look correct. Not once have my wife and I had issues. I would reach out to their support
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Which country and which meal? I’m in the US and I find the portions to be appropriate. There’s a few exceptions (like the ravioli), but for the most part it’s fine.
That’s a joke. I’ve been having the same problems lately. Like thanks for the free 7 dollar chocolate bar, can I have more rice please?
And honestly the chicken portion is more than half because my husband didn’t have any.
Hello fresh is honestly so shit
I’ve noticed similar. I’ve been generally disappointed overall.
I keep skipping weeks, but should probably just cancel. The menu is stagnant. Many previously included meals are now premium. General quality, especially on animal protiens has declined, and portions are shrinking.
I’ve been mixed with them lately.
I feel like unless you want stir fry, a rice bowl or cous cous then you have to go premium and they’re not well priced. £10 extra for the 2 of you is mad
Portion size can be weird too. Some things you get barely anything, others it’s decent but not consistent.
We ordered the premium chicken tikka curry and it was nice but 1/3 of it was an unnecessarily large salad
Rice as a side is something I have extra jasmine rice to add to it if I feel like it. When it’s a bowl I don’t like adding more rice cause then I feel like the bowl is too much rice and the flavors doesn’t spread out enough.
Veggies have been typically enough except one time I really only had enough broccoli for one portion.
Wow shrinkflation is getting out of control lol
Me and my partner would get meal kits for 4 people and have it between the 2 of us..
I don’t plan to stay with Hello Fresh long term for exactly this reason. We are doing it right now because so far it has been *mostly* positive, but at this point I consider it a “starter pack” for a recipe more than a full meal kit when it comes to many of the recipes.
I don’t use their rice at all anymore (I use my own), which isn’t a huge deal for me because I keep a very stocked kitchen due to loving to cook the other 5 days of the week, but nobody should have to do that when you’re paying a premium. Especially when rice is dirt cheap.
If Hello Fresh is doing this so they can say they’ve never raised their prices, honestly I’d rather them just raise the price.
The part that gets me is the rice. Rice is cheap! It’s filling! It’s not super nutritious and I know this, but sheesh. At least give me enough to match the picture on the card. Same with green beans.
I’m in the US and haven’t had portion issues. Even when we think it’s not enough, it always ends up to be more than enough.
That’s why I have small plates.
Had the same with Gousto. That portion would feed me (gastro problems not a saint) but it’s nowhere near enough for my husband and son. Does hello fresh cut chicken breasts in half too? You get a tiny chicken breast portion, as I say about the right size for me but it’s definitely not an adult serving.
Tbh this doesn’t seem normal. I would contact support and make a complaint. I’ve been using HF for almost two years and haven’t had a portion size this ridiculously small before. I know sometimes they have a habit of slightly shortchanging people but this seems ridiculous.
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Literally same. So small 🙁
This is really interesting- my mother and I get the 2 person meal option and we get way too much food to the point there’s become an absurd amount of food waste. We’ve had to start giving the extra servings away, which can be enough food to feed up to 3 people sometimes
Crying because I’m making this meal tonight 😭
Wow! I’ve never had a problem with their portions. They were obviously feeling stinjy when they were putting your box together!
Unfortunately they are dead serious about their portions. Some are good some are realllllllly bad
We got our first box a fortnight ago. What a measly amount of food. Not talking about the portion sizes but for the price (we had a free box code but paid $50 extra to get more meals), it was an absolute rip off. Never again.
I once had a meal with a rice portion this small. It was ridiculous. Since then, the rice portions seem to be decent enough. I keep minute rice in the pantry just in case, which I shouldn’t have to do for a service this pricey, but it was only that one time so far.
I get some meals (I order 4 servings per meal) where they seem to be more like 5 – 6 servings and it’s great. But for some reason, the rice is always so little to where whatever protein I have to go on top of the rice(like the beef/chicken/turkey rice bowls) I always have so much left over and no rice to put it on. I really don’t understand why it would be such an issue to add more rice.
The vegetable portions especially have gotten so ridiculous
I just made this last night and was sooo disappointed by how small the portion was, hardly any rice and really not that many green beans either. It definitely didn’t fill me up for dinner.
I’m in Canada and the portions are never too small.
I’ve been skipping my boxes for a couple months and I think I’ll just cancel.
***excuse my ignorance, I’m asking the question because I don’t know***
Isn’t this to do with nutrition? Are they trying to make the portions hit some sort of goal in the way of providing healthy meals?
Do they have nutritional labels where you can compare the recipe portions against the actual amount?
I wonder if it’s some lactations cutting back. My meat, rice and pasta is the same but the vegs have got so small. I wish they came more green beans, zucchini and broccoli.
I’ve been with HF for years and that does not look correct. Not once have my wife and I had issues. I would reach out to their support