Anyway, I decided to make a blog post about why I love it so much. And no, I (SADLY) do not work for Graze. Everyone keeps asking if I do or saying I should, but alas, I am just an obsessed consumer of delicious goodies.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages (seriously, there's a kids box!), I bring you
THE REASONS I LOVE GRAZE:
1) Options
With 144 options, if you get the once weekly box, it would still take 36 weeks to try all of them, which is brilliant because every box is JUST SO EXCITING.
Also, you have options about how often your box comes: 1x/week, 1x/2 weeks or once a month. I believe the US only has 1box/2weeks, whereas in the UK, we can get once weekly, and even a "one-off" box to be delivered whenever, if we want. I will weep tears of horrendous sadness if and when I move back to the US. I will weep even more tears if and when I ship off to a far away land with the Peace Corps. I highly doubt they have Graze in Namibia.
There are also different kinds of boxes, such as low calorie, breakfast, and kids!
Plus you can select items based on your preferences, after viewing photos and ingredients, and mark it so that they either send it to you often or NEVER EVER SEND IT (looking at you, spicy pistachios. YUCK.)
Here is what it looks like!
2) Great Customer Service
Seriously. WOW. The first (of 3?) times I wrote to Graze was to ask if they had considered a sort of box re-use or re-claim project. The boxes are recyclable (which I will talk more about below) but I wondered if they couldn't just re-use them and pick them up when they drop off the next week's box. They replied to me the same day. Apparently people like the idea of recycling but don't want someone's used box. Which is silly, but it's not Graze's fault people are dumb.
The third and most adorable time I messaged them was when my lovely grandma informed me that she was trying to buy me 3 boxes as a gift (they have that option!) but it wasn't taking her info, and that they didn't have a phone number. So I contacted them, gave them her email and asked that they contact her. And they did! And they CC'd me! AND they found a solution to the issue, and now I have 3 free Graze boxes from my grandma (shout out to the Notorious P.O.G!). How sweet are they to do that? I love it.
3) The Website/Easy and Awesome UI (send soon, bin/try/like/love, it's beautiful, selection, holiday)
Ahhhh the website. It is BEAUTIFUL. You can find it here. Seriously, it's the most user-friendly, visually simplistic and lovely website ever. It's better than Zappos (sorry Zappos). I love everything about the UI. Check out my latest box, which is a cool option as well!
I love that you can BIN/TRY/LIKE/LOVE things (as seen above), and it remembers your preferences. I love that you can click on the date the box was delivered and immediately see the contents. It even allows you to see the FULL ingredients of each packet they send you (and the box comes with the nutrition facts).There's also a send soon option on the UK site (sorry, USA) which lets you get it in one of your next boxes if it's available (it's worked so far!). The selection of things is super easy and you can just click on a category ("flapjacks," "dips & dippers," etc.) and see all the wonderful treats that could soon be in your belly.
ALSO, and I love this especially, you can set when you're going to go on holiday and suspend your box for whatever amount of time. This is great especially because some items (like the olives) are perishable if not eaten in a timely manner. My box never lasts more than a day because I eat it so quickly, so I have yet to have this problem...but if I was gone for two weeks, it might lead to disappointment! This way, I don't have to worry.
The rewards program is also super simple. It even tells you who joined using your code. Then you can choose to get your £1 off or donate the £1. Sadly, I am not ready to donate my precious friend rewards, but maybe some day!
4) Accountability
My box is always on time. And only 1 time ever did they say they sent something and it turned out to be something else. No big deal. I wrote them and they said that item (Hello, Graze Brownie) would be in my next box. AND. IT. WAS.
5) Taste
Everything is so delicious. Nothing more needs to be said about this. And if I don't like it, I just bin it and never have to see the offending food ever again. But it's mostly because I'm picky, and not because Graze isn't tasty.
6) Health/Environment
So the cute brown box that fits perfectly in my mail slot is made form sustainable trees and is 100% recyclable! YEEEEE. And I clean out the plastic packs and recycle those as well. I wish they were made from something other than plastic, but I think Graze is doing as good a job as they can with it so far. I'd be interested to learn more about their sustainable practices, but for now that's all I know. Either way, I love it.
Also, most of the food is relatively or super healthy. You can choose what you get and how healthy YOU want to be. Also the ingredients are on everything. As a semi-paleo person, they use a bit more soy product than I prefer, but it's so low on the amount that it isn't too much of a concern. Also, there are PLENTY of options for me if I wanted to go completely soy-free. They list the ingredients of every single thing on the website, and send nutrition facts with your box. And of course there's the low calorie box I mentioned before. Also they label the different packets with symbols, letting you know what's low-cal, or a good source of vitamins or fibre!
So, in conclusion readers....get Graze. You will not be disappointed. And if you are, you can cancel at any time, even after your first free box! It's cost effective, at least in my opinion, at £3.89/each!
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