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2021 CUSTOMER CHOICE AWARD

Freshly

Overview

Freshly has a rating of 3.8 stars from 7,580 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Freshly most frequently mention customer service, next week, and fast food. Freshly ranks 156th among Food Delivery sites.

  • Service
    416
  • Value
    367
  • Shipping
    339
  • Returns
    144
  • Quality
    355

Proactively asks for customer feedback

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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • Delicious food, fascinating customer support, and fast delivery!
  • Offering larger portion sizes to Freshly's options would make the service a more robust, complete meal program.
  • 2021 Customer Choice Winner

Critical highlights

  • But no - it's auto-reactivated and the next customer service rep (Will) can't do a thing about it.
  • But, overall the food is almost worse than frozen meals from the grocery store and a whole lot more expensive.
  • They told me too bad and proceeded to charge my credit card.
How would you rate Freshly?
Top Positive Review

“Healthy eating for all”

johanna W.
3/11/21

I started ordering from Freshly recently. I had one order so far and the meals are high in calories for the most part. I am a diabetic so I don't think it will work for me. I called and spoke to a person named Mel and he tried to tell me how to choose my meals that might work better for me. I have one more order coming then I believe i will have to cancel. They don't cater for special diets!.

Top Critical Review

“Impossible to cancel - they keep reactivating and charging”

Jeff S.
10/25/22

We were given a gift voucher on Freshly, which we used up. Cost is too high to keep going, so we cancelled. When you cancel on their website, they instantly e-mail that your subscription is re-activated. I e-mailed their customer service (Alexander) and asked for a cancellation which he confirmed. But no - it's auto-reactivated and the next customer service rep (Will) can't do a thing about it. This time I blocked them in Paypal. Freshly is a fraud. The chef isn't crying in their apron about the cancellation. They're busy fraudulently reactivating accounts.

Reviews (7,580)

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8 reviews
23 helpful votes
March 21st, 2020

The meals all looked alike by the time they got to my house. Everything was all mixed together. (Maybe you could purchase containers with dividers and vacuum seal the plastic tight to keep the food from shifting around) They did not even taste good. I could not tell what I was eating. I ordered 4 meals. The first one which I don't know what it was but it was nasty. I tried to eat another one but could not even get a bite in my mouth without feeling nauseated just looking at it, so that one was thrown away. The last two I gave to my son and daughter in law and they could not even taste them, they were so nasty looking.

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Renzo D. – Freshly Rep

Hi Debbie, thank you for your feedback. I'm very sorry to hear about your experience with our meals. I'll be sure to pass along your feedback as we take these issues seriously. Having said that, I'll be reaching out to gather your subscription information so I can further assist and help make things better. My apologies again for any inconvenience, Debbie.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
January 26th, 2021

Our first — and only after this —- order never arrived. "Customer service" basically said "oops that never happens usually" but couldn't give us any help other than next week being free. UHHH... NO THANKS! Overpriced company that cannot do its basic job: deliver food when it says it will. AVOID

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Megan M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Bob, thanks for sharing your valuable feedback! It's disappointing to hear that we've let you down especially since it was your first order. Delivery issues are certainly out of the norm especially during the pandemic but we see to it that we do our best to help make things right. Please email us at SocialSupport@Freshly.com so we can investigate on this further and help make things right.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 21st, 2020
Verified purchase

Cliff was very detailed, an accurate about my billing concern, for which he was courteous in responding to my question. Once we completed my concern he inquired if I had anything else? I let him know that he's response is what I needed to hear. Cliff was thorough and very polite to my call. Thank you Cliff.

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Stephen D. – Freshly Rep

Hi Diane, thanks for your feedback. I'm happy to hear that one of our colleagues was able to assist! I hope you've also been enjoying your meals. Thanks again, Diane!

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2 reviews
1 helpful vote
May 8th, 2021
Verified purchase

I'm really trying to eat healthier and cut out the junk food, so I ordered Freshly to help me with my self-control. I wasn't looking for meals that tasted as good as the junk food (what realistically would live up to those standards), but simply food to get me through the day. Maybe it's my chef, but my meals were atrocious. I had read reviews claiming that the food was bland and tasteless but that didn't really bother me since I was trying to control my meal portions as well. The true crux of the problem though wasn't that I couldn't taste what I was eating, it WAS THE TASTE that was abysmal. This is coming from a person who eats oatmeal 3 to 4 times a week with nothing else added to it. No Cinnamon, Fruit, sugar, nutmeg... NOTHING. Perhaps its the way they freeze the food or, again, my chef was doing something to their recipes or I have Super taste buds since this is the third meal delivery company I've tried. But whatever the culprit, I felt compelled to share my story. I've obviously cancelled and I'm going to try meal kit delivery services where i cook the food myself.

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Megan M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Emmanuel! Thank you for your honest review. I'm so disappointed you didn't feel that our meals were a good fit for you. I understand your frustration and value any feedback, positive or negative. I'll pass along your concerns to our chefs and team. Also, I'll reach out to you via private message as well to see if I can be of assistance.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
January 10th, 2021

My husband and I tried Freshly. The food was fine, it just reminded us too much of eating airplane food and we decided it wasn't for us. Just as we decided it wasn't for us, our next order was charged and we got a confirmation email. Womp womp-- my email had put all of our follow-up emails in spam and so I was very confused about why we were receiving more food. Anyway, I explained all of this to Alex F. In the little chat box and received friendly, succinct, and helpful customer service. I'm really impressed!

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Megan M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Renae! Thank you so much for your honest review. While I'm disappointed that you found your meals only fine, I also know that we're not a fit for everyone! But, I'm very proud that Alex took good care of you with the customer service you received! I'll make sure to pass along your feedback, and I'll follow-up with you privately to see if we can be of further assistance.

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2 reviews
0 helpful votes
January 2nd, 2022
Verified purchase

I had to contact Freshly concerning the fact I didn't realize there were 2 different accounts with my name open. "Josh" was extremely helpful making sure my personal information only included this email account & ph# *******800

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Cristin D. – Freshly Rep

Oh no, Andrea, I'm sad to hear this issue surfaced, but I'm very proud of Josh for taking good care of you. Thank you for sharing your experience and for the 5-star rating!

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1 review
1 helpful vote
June 24th, 2022

The food is very bland and lacks flavor. Also very high in sodium. We tried it as a gift for an elderly person and within 2 days of delivery and before he could try the food they charged my account for another order which we didn't want. The manager said too bad so sad you can't cancel. I will never order from them again and I will tell everyone I know. Hope it was worth it freshly. Shame on you!

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DONT DO IT

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Eli M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Tammy! We're sorry to hear of any confusion with the nature of our service -While we're a subscription we do offer the option to skip weeks or cancel at any time. We're sad we weren't a match but truly appreciate you giving us a try. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to connect with our team by email at Support@Freshly.com or call/text us at 1-844-373-7459!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 19th, 2020
Verified purchase

Very disappointed U stopped your Breakfast items it was the main reason I was getting meals from you

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Eli M. – Freshly Rep

Hi there, Dennis! Thank for sharing this with us. We removed our breakfast items at the beginning of last year due to customer feedback, but I'll be sure to pass along your thoughts to our chefs. Our menu is 100% customer inspired and driven, using ratings and suggestions from our customers.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
December 10th, 2020

I chatted with Precious who immediately helped with a refund and cancellation of service. This was my first order so bummed I couldn't check them out but can't do business with a company that can't even follow through on their first order. May need to revisit the delivery company and enforce where they place the packages.

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Megan M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Christy! Thank you for your honest review. I'm sad to hear the delivery was made late, apparently not at your door, and taken from you! With Covid-19 concerns, I do know that many carriers are very concerned for the safety of their drivers, which leads to the occasional package not being left conveniently at one's door. I'm sad this may have occurred. But, I'm happy the Precious provided you excellent customer service for a tough situation. Thank you for letting us know!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
June 9th, 2020
Verified purchase

Well all I can say is hats off to whoever does the cooking one word greatness so Thankyou freshly always looking forward to new meals as well

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Megan M. – Freshly Rep

Thank you for taking the time to review us, John! I'm very glad to know that you're enjoying your meals and our service is a great fit for you! We hope to bring you more delightful meals in the next weeks to come!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
August 19th, 2022

I purchased a sizeable gift card from Freshly for my mom, who in July 2022 was home convalescing after a long stay in the hospital. When she went online to sign up for freshly meal delivery, she was forced to provide her own credit card number despite having a gift card, which she was told was required for "registration purposes." After placing her first order, she learned that freshly charged her credit card for the meals delivered and did not use the funds on the gift card. When she called to complain, she was advised that she did not place the order properly. Freshly also refused to refund her card and use the funds on the gift card. Needless to say my mom cancelled her account and we are donating the gift card I sent her to a food bank, to the extent that it can be used. It's a racket, the CS reps are useless and a total waste of $. Would never recommend.

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Eli M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Lisa, thanks for sharing your thoughts! We're genuinely disappointed about any confusion with using our gift cards. As stated on our site and FAQ, our gift cards are purchased for a specific meal plan and a subscription must be created to use the gift card code. Of course, we also always offer the option to skip weeks and cancel at any time so that no further orders are placed. If you have any further questions, we'd be happy to help!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
December 26th, 2020

Please stop sending me food and billing me I no longer want your product I have tried to un subscribe Multiple times including having to pay $37 to stop being built which is ridiculous. Overpriced I am not enjoying the food and do not want my account deducted any longer stop my subscription please

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Freshly mealsVery difficult to have the meals stop sent charges continue despite canceling service very unhappy with the service overall impossible to reach a person to discontinue services

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Jamie U. – Freshly Rep

Hi Hans, thanks for your review! We certainly don't want to catch anyone by surprise. While we're a weekly subscription service, you actually have 100% full control of your subscription by skipping weeks as needed when you don't want to receive any deliveries, or even cancel your subscription at any time should you not wish to continue with your membership! I'll be reaching out to you privately so I can help you with canceling your subscription with Freshly. Thanks again for rating us!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 9th, 2020
Verified purchase

With the Covid-19 pandemic going on I expected that there would have been interruptions with your service and was very happy that there wasn't. I would like to see a "favorites" area to save meals that I really enjoy. The Steak Peppercorn meal is, without a doubt, my favorite; I love it. I would like to see more meat options other than chicken, more beef options would be great. Thank you.

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Ricky B. – Freshly Rep

Thank you for sharing this Braulio! Customers such as yourself that help us continue to grow and improve so, Id be more than happy to pass your feedback along!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
October 9th, 2020
Verified purchase

I asked for oven directions and Ash quickly responded with the answer. She also gave me tips for using the program since I'm a first time Customer

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1 review
0 helpful votes
January 14th, 2021

Do not sign up without triple checking what delivery dates are available in your area. The purpose for me was to help me through the work week, which I assume is true for most people and the main point of the service. So I needed early in the week, but I could only get Thursday deliveries. I signed up for that initially hoping I could change future weeks, but no. The best I could get was Wednesday or Saturday, and even those days only several weeks away. Even the Thursday delivery didn't arrive till after dinnertime. Customer service showed no interest in being more flexible.

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Megan M. – Freshly Rep

Hello there!

We want all of our customers to have a convenient and worry-free experience and we're very disappointed this hasn't been the case for you. We're only able to deliver on specific days in certain areas due to carrier availability and restrictions. But we'd be happy to look into this further. With that said, I'll be sending you a private message!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
January 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

Engrid assisted in getting the app downloaded and explained how your system works. She was very professional and patient with me, as I am not efficient at navigating the internet. She's definitely a keeper.

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Cristin D. – Freshly Rep

Andrew, Engrid is a fave with us and our Freshly family members -- thank you so much for your review! I can just picture her appreciation of your review!

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1 review
2 helpful votes
June 14th, 2020
Verified purchase

Unfortunately, Freshly failed to meet my expectations for interesting, flavorful meals. The "turkey white bean chili" was... not that. Instead of a hearty chili, I got about a quarter cup of beige soup. This slurry, falsely advertised as a meal for a grown human, DID include white beans, but any turkey was so thoroughly macerated as to be non-evident. The so-called "Cuban bowl" was so bland, it was basically indistinguishable from a frozen Power Bowl from Healthy Choice. Another entree featured peas and carrots as a side dish. Peas and carrots? That's what they had in the old TV dinners my mom used to feed us... who thinks this is an interesting side in 2020? I'm actually surprised that people are willing to pay $10 a meal for recipes as uninspired as these. But, good luck to you, I guess I'm not your target customer.

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Ricky B. – Freshly Rep

Hi John, thank you for sharing your feedback. I'm saddened to hear you haven't fully enjoyed the meals. I'll be sure to pass this along to our kitchen since our menu is 100% customer-inspired and driven, using ratings and suggestions from our customers! I'd be happy to make note of any further feedback you'd like to share, as we'd like to hear how we can improve.

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1 review
4 helpful votes
February 25th, 2020
Verified purchase

The actual service and convenience is amazing. Literally is just comes to the door, heat it to and eat it. Stores well. However, coming from Hello Fresh the quality if food, flavor, spice and quality of meat is sooo disappointing. And there are so options without meat as the main dish. So because the meat sucked, I thought all let me try some veggie options. None. I wouldn't waist my money.

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Eli M. – Freshly Rep

Hi Jacqueline --thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns with us. While I'm happy you enjoyed the service itself, I'm truly sorry to hear you haven't been finding more meals you can enjoy.

I'll also be sure to pass along your thoughts on our meals over to our chefs. If there's ever anything I can assist with, please don't hesitate to connect with me here or give me a shout over at SocialSupport@Freshly.com!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
February 12th, 2022

I'm not sure what everybody else is eating. But yuck! Do not recommend. Someone else said it taste worst than the freezer food at the market and I definitely agree. No no no

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Cristin D. – Freshly Rep

Summer, while I'm disappointed to read your review, I do want to sincerely thank you for your honest feedback on your meals. While we always want our customers to enjoy all of their meals, it is only by hearing all feedback, positive or negative, that we can continue to strive toward providing meals that people enjoy. I will reach out to you via private message to see if I can be of further assistance.

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1 review
2 helpful votes
February 21st, 2020

I got one week of meals? Did I say meals, I have seen better food at soup kitchens. They show you a nice picture of the meal but when you get it, it has no eye appeal does not look at all like what was shown. Every thing is pilled on top of each other. You have to do your own seasoning because it is tasteless.

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If you order you are signing up for weekly shipments.

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Stephen D. – Freshly Rep

Hi Charles, thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. I'm very sorry to hear you didn't enjoy our meals. We always want our customers to have the best experience! With that said, I'll be reaching out privately to see how we can improve and help make this right!

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1 review
1 helpful vote
October 13th, 2022

Absolutely terrible. Do not order from this place. After you choose your meals they change them on you and give you the same exact same meal as substitutes because they are overstocked and push the product onto their customers. After constantly asking them to fix the problem they refuse and after canceling the membership they still try to charge you!

Crooked Company if I could give them 0 stars I would.

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1 review
1 helpful vote
June 3rd, 2020
Verified purchase

Food great, customer service great. 5 out of 5 stars.

AxleHire delivery will lose your packages making the 2 good parts of this business drop down to 1 out 5 stars. Out of 3 weeks, I recieved 1 box and have 2 missing boxes... find a better partnering delivery service or continue to lose customers. I will be canceling my membership and go to a competitive business that can DELIVER their goods.

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Eli M. – Freshly Rep

Hello there, Rebe. Thank you for sharing your experience with us, I'm terribly sorry to hear of such trouble receiving your meals. Being a meal delivery service built partly for convenience, we're disappointed we weren't able to fulfill your orders in a timely manner.

I'll be sure to share your thoughts on our meals, partnered carriers, and concerns with delivery overall, over to our team. I'd also like to see how I can help, so please don't hesitate to connect with me over at SocialSupport@Freshly.com!

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1 review
1 helpful vote
March 16th, 2020
Verified purchase

We eat the meals at dinner time and 3 hrs later my husband is having a bowl of cereal. Also, wish you'd include a dinner roll.

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Eli M. – Freshly Rep

Hello Joyce! Thank you for sharing your rating and review. I'm truly sad to hear you haven't been fully satisfied with your meals.

I'll be sure to pass along your thoughts to our kitchen. Any and all feedback is appreciated, and taken into consideration when making improvements. Our menu is 100% customer inspired and driven, using ratings and suggestions from our customers.

If there's anything I can personally assist with, please don't hesitate to give me a shout over at SocialSupport@Freshly.com!

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1 review
0 helpful votes
October 11th, 2022

They lied to me on the plan and that it provides macros and calories count on each meal, and turned out it doenst after I have paid. They also don't return deposits for the bag. Horrendous business.

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1 review
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October 1st, 2021

Pretty horrible experience right off the bat. The first delivery was two days late and no longer fresh. The second week they just canceled my delivery because they don't have the ability to deliver that week? I was made aware of neither of these developments. I got texts letting me know my order was supposed to ship, but none notifying me that it would be late or that next week had been canceled. I went into the app, but there were no notifications about the problems there either. It just led me to a broken link if I tried to track my delivery, but it still said it was on time. Finally wrote to customer support and that's when I found out about all the issues with the orders. Hopefully I can find someplace more consistent and communicative.

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Cristin D. – Freshly Rep

Hello Peter, I'm so sad to hear about your overall experience with us! However, I appreciate you sharing this with us so we can use this feedback to improve. I'll be reaching out to you privately to take a closer look into this matter. You can also reach us at SocialSupport@Freshly.com - we'll be there to listen and help!

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Healthy, gourmet, chef prepared meals delivered to your door.

How Freshly Works:

1 - Choose Your Meals. You pick your meals from our constantly rotating weekly menu of more than 30 different gluten-free options.

2 - No Shopping, Cooking Or Cleaning. Our chefs take care of everything for you. From perfecting the meals on your weekly menu to shopping for the finest, all-natural ingredients they can find.

3 - Delivered To Your Door. All of your meals are prepared and cooked by our chefs and delivered fresh (never frozen).

4 - Heat & Enjoy. Our fully prepared, healthy meals are ready in under 2 minutes. The only thing you need to do is enjoy.

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