In a nutshell
In this modern world, most industries can deliver your purchases and shopping to your doorstep, including the food industry. Whether at work, at home or on the move, meal delivery companies can send their consumers fresh or frozen food and partially prepared meals. Delivery is done quickly, safely and quite efficiently. This part of the value chain is booming has become very competitive in Vancouver’s meal kit scene and one interesting small player is Fresh Prep. Read our review below to see if their 2 simple plans can fit your taste and needs.
What is Fresh Prep?
Based in Vancouver, Fresh Prep is a meal kit delivery service that typically delivers all the fresh ingredients you would need to prepare meals at home within 30 minutes. Fresh Prep was founded by Dhruv Sood, Becky Brauer and Hussein Rahemtulla in 2015. In 2019, the compnay was recognized as Vancouver’s leading meal kit delivery service.
How Does Fresh Prep Work?
Fresh prep is pretty simple and straightforward. By signing up to www.freshprep.ca , users are able to tell us their tastes and preferences. Their website is well-designed and quite detailed. However, some of its features are not mobile device friendly. They also have an App that supports Android and IOS devices. After signing up, the user is prompted to pick their preferred recipes and delivery dates. Each week comes with new and interesting recipes and users are allowed to change their preferred recipes. The company then sources the necessary local ingredients and delicious recipes, which are then chopped, portioned and delivered to customers, whether at work or at home, in efficient and reusable cooler bags called fresh prep weekly boxes.
How Does Fresh Prep Operate in Canada?
So far in Canada, Fresh Prep operates only in two major cities, Vancouver and Victoria. Consequently their deliveries are restricted to these areas and their environs. They advise that for clients outside their delivery zones, they do deliver to workplaces in cooler boxes making it easier for people to carry home their orders. The company is however slowly expanding into other cities and widen their delivery area. They deliver between Sunday and Wednesday with time slots depending on the clients’ locations. This information is usually available on your account page after signing up.
Where does Fresh Prep Operate?
Currently, fresh prep meal delivery only operates in Vancouver and Victoria in Canada. They have no delivery fee, as they have their own delivery mechanism, which is quite appealing. Having started just recently they haven’t had a chance to expand to the rest of Canada and cannot be accessed from other smaller cities. However founder, Hussein Rahemtulla has been quoted saying that they intend to expand but are being cautious about making losses due to too much enthusiasm for expanding their network. Main cities include: