Aussie Farmers Direct

[~Hestia~]

So Aussie Farmers Direct are FINALLY delivering to our area 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

[LionsandBears]

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.

[~Hestia~]

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?

[Boo Boo]

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

[Olive]

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

[Nai]

I can't live without them! 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.

[Jennifer13]

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.