Fruit & Vegetable Delivery

I don't know about you, but I often find going to the supermarket to be a lot more difficult than I feel like it should be. I don't drive so getting there, getting back and transporting everything takes up a lot of time and effort and sometimes it's easier to order takeaway or dine out.

Of course those options are expensive and if you have restrictive dietary requirements, may not work so well or may become repetitive!

Something that I found improved my life, and especially the quality of food I was eating, was getting my groceries (especially fruit & vegetables) home delivered! These days I get my fruit and vegetables in a box once a week and then go to the supermarket to pick up odds and ends. 

Aussie Farmers Direct (Australia wide, but not all areas)

I used AFD for several months until I moved house and unfortunately they don't service the area that I'm in. I ordered my meat and dairy as well as fruit & veg.

Unfortunately AFD don't have the facility to customise the 'mixed box' options for their fruit & veg. If you've got fruit/vegetable restrictions (such as being low FODMAPs) (and you don't have other household members who'll eat whatever you don't want) then you're better to just pick the vegetables you want/like. You can set up recurring orders either weekly or fortnightly - and you can even set up two alternating fortnightly orders which means you get a little more variety.

AFD were happy to deliver my food while I was at work and would just leave it by my front door.

Sydney Fresh (Sydney only)

When I moved to Sydney I moved to an area which isn't serviced by Aussie Farmers Direct so I had to look elsewhere and I've settled on Sydney Fresh. 

They do fruit & veg only, no meat/dairy, but their options for the Fruit and Vegetable boxes are much better. You can choose the proportion of Fruit and Vegetables - All of one or the other, half and half or 25%/75%. There's also a list of fruit and vegetables which you can select as "Favourite" or "Never" so you can make sure they don't send you any of your problem foods while still getting a variety of seasonal foods. If you prefer to just pick your own vegetables then you can also use that option.

Like AFD I don't have to be home for the delivery - they just leave it by my door.

Organic Angels (Melbourne Only)

I haven't used this service myself, but one of my tricky-eating friends has and recommended them to me. Like Sydney Fresh you can set your preferences for the mixed boxes to fit your requirements. I know my friend has said it works well for her low-FODMAP needs.

I know there are a bunch of other services but those are the ones I've used or heard anything about. You'll probably need to look to see what's available in your area. But if you've dismissed box-delivery out-of-hand there is hope as many of them do allow you to customise what you do or do not get in the boxes.

Have you had Fruit & Vegetables delivered? What kind of options or preferences do you get? Let us know in the comments!