Aussie Farmers Direct

So Aussie Farmers Direct are FINALLY delivering to our area :dance: Am really excited as I seem to live at the supermarket and of course end up spending more than I should when I've just gone to get bananas!

So before we sign up...do you get their deliveries? How is the quality? Do you get through your fruit and veg box in a week? Can you do it fortnightly instead? Do you save $$$?

My main concern is we won't get through the box and it'll be wasted. Fruit is not a worry as Moo eats at least 3 pieces of fruit per day. I'm more worried about the veggies. We just took 3 nights to get through a meatloaf!

Thanks in advance :D

We looked at using them, but they deliver different things on different days and couldn't give us a delivery window. We use Melbourne Butchers online instead.

Thanks Tashybabe, I just had a look at Melbourne Butcher too. Can you take items out of the fruit and veg boxes if you don't want them or do you just get what you're given?

Hi,

We get AFD - at the moment we are just getting bread (Rye bread and Fruit bread) and milk delivered twice a week - all good. I did try out the fruit and veg box - very good quality, but we didn't get through it all cause most of the time with DH being away it is just me and the kids. But, I am pretty sure they started the box where you could nominate quantities and exactely what you wanted in your fruit and veg box, which I think would be the way to go. I think it is such a great initiative and fantastic to have milk and bread at your doorstop on wake up rather than always having to rush out cause your running out of milk. Think it just takes a bit of time to work out the quantities of things that will suit your family so you might be changing your order online a bit to get it right. Enjoy. xxx

when i get fruit and ved i select just what and what quantities i need, i dont get the boxes because we dont get through them all

I can't live without them! :lol: We get bread and milk delivered twice week (and juice, cheese, eggs) and the family fruit and veg box. We are vegetarian so we do get through the big box between the 4 of us but there is a smaller box for couples you could get.

we had meat, bread, milk, and F&V, and ham for about 6 weeks with Aussie Farmers.

It was good quality although I felt there was a little too much sugar in the bread. We never made it through a F&V box (we got the couples one for the three of us). The veggies were not enough and too much fruit. We stopped that because we were getting stuff we don't eat - like mangoes! The ham was ok but a little fatty for my liking. Milk is milk in my book.

The meat was brilliant. The pieces were small but they were thick. I have never tasted meat so good! We were only getting lamb through them though.

In terms of delivery - they deliver different stuff on different days. We never had a problem really. But I did worry how the stuff would last if it was a HOT day. Especially since the front of the house gets the afternoon sun... but the meat, ham, bread, and milk were ALWAYS delivered early in the morning. it was there before I went to work - even on an early shift (where I leave at 6)!. AWESOME! The fruit and Veg was always delivered between 4 and 5pm for us.

I did get annoyed that the driver kept leaving stuff RIGHT in front of the front door. As in against the door so I struggled to open it if it was heavy (as in the F&V)! My bread was frequently squashed on our second delivery of the week which annoyed the crap out of me. And in the last week we used them, they couldn't deliver the milk in the morning one day because they had a leak with the milk. But he dropped it off that afternoon... but it was warm:wall:

Cost wise - I found they were more expensive overall. The F&V was great price wise though.

Overall, we were very happy with them. We only stopped because we felt financially we were better off doing it ourselves and we were sick of squashed bread... Give it a go and see what you think. There is no minimum commitment so if after the first delivery you don't want anything further, you can cancel with no drama's!

MG

I am in your area and I have to say that the bread and milk etc is great BUT the fruit and veg I wasn't too keen on.

We got our first delivery last week and the quality wasn't the best. The tomatoes were very hard and were quite dry, the bananas were very small and so were the apples. I guess overall it was ok but I would rather buy from the local markets then spend my $$ on another box from them.

Reminds me, I better put my cooler bag out!

Just reviving this thread...

Anyone else have any updated feedback on Aussie Farmers Direct? We're likely to be starting soon so just wanted to see how people do it, how often you order and whether you get through the mixed vegie / fruit box.

Cheers,
Fiona

Just reviving this thread...

Anyone else have any updated feedback on Aussie Farmers Direct? We're likely to be starting soon so just wanted to see how people do it, how often you order and whether you get through the mixed vegie / fruit box.

Cheers,
Fiona

I still do it! I get 2 x deliveries per week that are standard with bread, milk, eggs, cheese, juice etc, so I always have fresh bread and milk in the house and 1 x fruit/veg box. It's all online so if I want to add anything, change an order or take a break it can all be done online.

In the time I have been doing it (about 6-7 years) we have had an order not turn up once and an order stolen once (which was credited back) so they have been pretty reliable.

I get weekly order with bread and milk and then various other things depending on week.

Family meat pies are handy to have in freezer.
Beef and thyme shepards pie is nice and easy dinner
Lasagna was nice and easy dinner (not as nice as one i cook but still was nice)
Chicken tenders were handy and good
Meat balls easy and quick!
Cheese block and grated nice.

Had a vegi box 1st order and had a few things that were rotten BUT the refunded and apoligised lots.

We get it on a casual basis. If I'm having a really busy week or DH is away for work then I will jump online and put in an order to make my life a bit easier.
I would usually get milk, bread, eggs, butter and sometimes a few extras. For me they have always been great quality.
I always choose my own fruit/veg combinations as their set boxes don't suit us. We grow some veggies ourselves so we obviously don't need to double up.
I haven't tried their meat yet so I can't comment on that.

We got our first delivery yesterday. Very happy with the bread, milk and yoghurt.

We are now going to get fresh stuff through Aussie Farmers Direct and get our staples from Aldi. I don't like the quality of the fresh stuff there, but it is so cheap for the staples so it just means one Aldi shop a fortnight and the rest delivered to home.

I've only had one delivery so I can't really comment too much, just got bread and milk and it seemed fine :)
Just on the delivery, not sure how it works in other areas but in my area they put the food in an insulated bag (and I leave an empty bag out for them) and deliver it before 7am so I don't need to worry about delivery windows and being home or awake! I just shuffle out in my jim jams when I get up and get it.

ETA - I am going to try the fruit and veg but I think I'll select my own and not get a box, just because normally I have specific things I'm cooking so want specific veggies to fit in with that.

We have just started this week and got our first order of cheese, milk & bread and all seems good. Should have the delivery of f&v tomorrow and will see what we think. I see you can order organic through them, although you can't do the pick & mix boxes on organic yet. Does anyone know if this is truly certified organic stuff???

I used them for a while but we make our own bread and I prefer organic milk, so having to get a second delivery killed it for us. Meat is the same, we buy organic and our local butcher has his own farm so there's no topping his meat!

The fruit and veg was great and I loved getting random seasonal produce that I had to search for ways to use. We now use a local fruit and veg delivery and I choose my requirements each week.