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President's Choice Meal Kits Delivers Now. Free Delivery (GTA Only) + $6 off.

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May 16th, 2020 10:37 am

GateGuardian [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jan 12, 2005; 5170 posts; 1818 upvotes; Mississauga

May 16th, 2020 10:37 am

President's Choice Meal Kits Delivers Now. Free Delivery (GTA Only) + $6 off.

Deal Link:: https://www.pcchef.ca/
Expiry:: May 22, 2020
Retailer:: PCChef.ca

$6 off + FREE delivery
when you buy 4 PC Chef™ Meal Kits*
use code: 4PCCHEF at checkout

$9 off + FREE delivery
when you buy 6 PC Chef™ Meal Kits*
use code: 6PCCHEF at checkout

Offer valid from May 16–22, 2020.

These are the same large meal kits (not the single entrees) you can buy in store. I've only tried the single entree ones and they are ok. Nothing spectacular, but wasn't expecting much for something that can be prepared in 10min.

Note, this is NOT a subscription service, so there's no worry about canceling afterwards.

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May 16th, 2020 10:47 am

kr0zet: Deal Fanatic; Jan 16, 2011; 7205 posts; 9238 upvotes; The NORTH

May 16th, 2020 10:47 am

May want to add GTA to the title...

May 16th, 2020 11:19 am

canada_dry: Sr. Member; May 18, 2007; 953 posts; 1895 upvotes; Toronto

May 16th, 2020 11:19 am

I'd seriously love to get his service regularly - my problem with all of these meals-in-a-box places is the high price for what are mostly cheap meals/ingredients (e.g. lots of cheap filler like rice and potatoes).

The pricing on this says that either Lobaws are trying to stuff too much margin into it, or their overhead is ridiculous. I mean, they get all the ingredients at wholesale cost... they just need to efficiently package the ingredients and deliver them. Were these to be way more aggressively priced they could have entrenched themselves as the ones-to-beat and killed the competition.

Finally, I love how their "nutrition facts are "Per 1/4 recipe"... huh?? Blatantly misleading for a "Serves 2" meal if you ask me.

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May 16th, 2020 11:21 am

silverjelly: Deal Addict; Jul 21, 2007; 1271 posts; 834 upvotes

May 16th, 2020 11:21 am

Seems like a decent deal but the meals (at least what they have up so far) don't look all that appetizing/interesting to me.

My favorite box delivery service thus far is Cook It.

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May 16th, 2020 11:36 am

Manatus: Deal Fanatic; Mar 21, 2010; 6696 posts; 3931 upvotes; Toronto

May 16th, 2020 11:36 am

Some SDM locations have these - if you live near one it's worth a look especially on 20x points day (i.e. every weekend, basically).

Personally I found that the quality of the produce is on par with what I would pick in the produce section, and better than Hello Fresh.

Of course it's cheaper to find a recipe and pick up the ingredients one by one and prepare them - but if I'm honest, most of the time I wouldn't do that, I would just get takeout. So this is a decent option.

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May 16th, 2020 1:54 pm

ShylocK: Deal Addict; Nov 26, 2003; 3254 posts; 927 upvotes; Toronto

May 16th, 2020 1:54 pm

we have tried a few of these via shoppers. pretty good. not the cheapest but taste good. portions are alright. just ordered 4 with the code for delivery next wed.

May 16th, 2020 5:16 pm

asterisk*: Deal Addict; Oct 20, 2010; 1349 posts; 2037 upvotes; Toronto

May 16th, 2020 5:16 pm

canada_dry wrote: ↑ I'd seriously love to get his service regularly - my problem with all of these meals-in-a-box places is the high price for what are mostly cheap meals/ingredients (e.g. lots of cheap filler like rice and potatoes).

The pricing on this says that either Lobaws are trying to stuff too much margin into it, or their overhead is ridiculous. I mean, they get all the ingredients at wholesale cost... they just need to efficiently package the ingredients and deliver them. Were these to be way more aggressively priced they could have entrenched themselves as the ones-to-beat and killed the competition.

Finally, I love how their "nutrition facts are "Per 1/4 recipe"... huh?? Blatantly misleading for a "Serves 2" meal if you ask me.

Not only is there a requirement for you to cook it yourself but if you want the nutritional information, you need to calculate. So, giving you food, teaching you how to cook and training your math skills. It’s food AND education all rolled into a nice package.

May 16th, 2020 6:25 pm

canada_dry: Sr. Member; May 18, 2007; 953 posts; 1895 upvotes; Toronto

May 16th, 2020 6:25 pm

asterisk* wrote: ↑ Not only is there a requirement for you to cook it yourself but if you want the nutritional information, you need to calculate. So, giving you food, teaching you how to cook and training your math skills. It’s food AND education all rolled into a nice package.

LOL! But you forgot how to file for bankruptcy after getting sucked into these overpriced services instead of just reading a recipe book and shopping yourself.

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May 18th, 2020 12:37 am

Timbo420: Deal Addict; Mar 18, 2006; 2274 posts; 1030 upvotes; BC

May 18th, 2020 12:37 am

canada_dry wrote: ↑ LOL! But you forgot how to file for bankruptcy after getting sucked into these overpriced services instead of just reading a recipe book and shopping yourself.

Who in the world is going bankrupt on meal kits???? I mean, there's people who eat out EVERY.SINGLE.DAY and you're getting snippy over some meal kits with some overhead? You do understand that you pay more for convenience, right? Delivery removes so much time overhead from shopping that your comment makes you seem... [this post will get deleted, so I'll refrain, but use your imagination]. Jesus christ, the drama. *eyeroll*

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May 18th, 2020 12:59 am

Squirrel99: Deal Fanatic; Dec 27, 2007; 7469 posts; 4896 upvotes

May 18th, 2020 12:59 am

Souvlaki is sold out

Guess I can just buy the ingredients myself lol

I'll try this when they get meals that I'd want to eat but are too time consuming to make on my own

May 18th, 2020 1:15 am

grego9198: Deal Addict; Dec 7, 2003; 2109 posts; 557 upvotes; Toronto

May 18th, 2020 1:15 am

I saw this in my email, the pricing is reasonable vs good food which my wife and I have been using for almost 4 years now at $65/week for 3 meals. We’ve had some issues with good food recently (mostly with their chicken breasts) so I might try 1-2 of these just to see how they compare. Do they change their options periodically?

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May 19th, 2020 11:19 am

dysonlu: Deal Addict; May 4, 2007; 1267 posts; 667 upvotes; Montreal

May 19th, 2020 11:19 am

It seems everyone and their cats want to be part of the game. Margins must be pretty fat.

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