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Before you book

What actually happens at a consult?

Most people who ask are really asking one thing. Am I going to get a sales pitch in my kitchen. Here is the honest answer, and what the hour looks like.

The short version. A Food Planner asks how your family eats and what you spend. You go through the catalogue together and pick what you want. You get the plan in writing with a price. Nothing is ordered until you sign, and plenty of people do not.

How the hour goes

1

We ask about your table, not your budget

How many people you feed. Who is fussy. What gets eaten every week and what sits in the freezer for a year. Whether anyone works shifts or plays hockey four nights a week. This is the part that decides whether the order is any good.

2

Then we ask what you already spend

Not what you can afford. What you are already spending on groceries now. The plan is built to that number, because the order is meant to replace part of your grocery bill rather than sit on top of it.

3

You pick the items

Line by line, from the full catalogue. If your household eats chicken and ground beef and almost no pork, that is what goes on. You can say no to anything, and swapping one item for another is normal, not a favour.

4

You say how you want it cut

Steak thickness, roast size, how the ground beef is packed. Your instructions go on the order in writing and follow it through the cutting room.

5

You get the plan and the price, in writing

Every item, the total, and what it works out to weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. You take it away and think about it. Nothing is ordered and nothing is charged.

What we do not do

  • We do not bring a preset box. There is nothing to accept or decline, because the order does not exist until you build it.
  • We do not need payment information to give you a quote. The quote is free and it costs you nothing to walk away from it.
  • We do not do the one-night-only price. Your quote is good for 14 days, and if you order later the price is the price.
  • We do not promise you a delivery day at the table. The date depends on where the truck is that week and on your items being in and packed. The office confirms it and we text you before it comes.

How long it takes

An hour is normal for a first order. Less if you have taken the two-minute survey first, because we arrive with a draft plan built from your answers instead of a blank sheet.

Re-orders are much faster. One of our customers put it at ten minutes, which is about right once we know how your family eats.

Common questions

Is the consult really free?

Yes. The conversation is free, the plan is free and the quote is free. There is no fee and no obligation to buy at the end of it.

Do I have to decide on the spot?

No. You get the whole plan in writing to take away, and the quote is good for 14 days. Most people think about it. Nothing is ordered and nothing is charged until you sign.

Does it have to be at my house?

No. Plenty of orders are planned entirely over the phone. If you would rather do it that way, say so when you book and that is how we do it.

Do you need my credit card or banking details to give me a quote?

No. A quote needs to know how your family eats and what you spend. Payment details only come up after you have decided to order.

What if I say no?

Then you say no. We would rather hear it than talk someone into an order they regret, because most of our business comes from families who have stayed for decades and from the people they send us.

Want to see what yours would look like?

Take the two-minute survey and we will build a draft plan from your answers, or book a free consult and we will do it together. No obligation, no payment information.

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