Cynthia 718

Writing from Brooklyn, New York about urban parenting.

How Fresh Direct saved my life

Okay, perhaps the title overstates the truth but there could have been such a scenario. It’s not my job to come up with every permutation of possible life saving qualities of a grocery delivery service. I used to feel that the refrigerated truck idling on our block for what felt like hours and unconscionable amounts of packaging undercut their life-saving qualities, but in the words of Sarah Palin, the cause of global warming does not matter.

When that Fresh Direct truck would pull up to their door, my friend’s daughter, at a young 14 months or so, would point to it and say, “dinner.” And dinner it was. For in that truck lay the fixings for many meals, including some delicious pre-made creations like samosas and (half-frozen) parbaked bread, for those who like to “cook,” that is, who like to heat something up.

Fresh Direct is breaking out some new features for the wee ones like baby puree recipes, which brilliantly list all of the ingredients below the recipe for you to buy. There is also a “New Parent Survival Kit” which would seem a whole lot cheesier if it didn’t include beer.

Whew! I now have two $50 Fresh Direct gift certificates* on my hands, one for me and one for some lucky winner. Submit a comment to this post, content unimportant, by midnight on 10/14/08, and I will pick a winner at random and post it on 10/15/08. The winner will receive an email that includes the coupon code for the gift certificate, which must be used by 10/30/08.

*Web orders only (are there any other kind?). Limited-time offer. May not be combined with any other offer. All standard customer terms and conditions apply. Offer is non-transferable. Void where prohibited.

Here are a couple of other offers:

Promotion code for Free Delivery for current customers:
Free delivery on your next two orders
Customer needs to enter the code each time
Promo code: MOMBLOG
Starts: 9/16/08
Expires: 10/30/08

Coupon code for new customers:
25% off first two orders
Customer needs to enter the code each time
Promo code: MOMBLOG25
Starts: 9/16/08
Expires: 11/30/08

Now, why do I feel so dirty??

7 Comments »

  alexandra wrote @

also- FD has provided many jobs and even training for the formerly unemployable. While those who deliver do not have prison records, the folks in the plant are former drug offenders and are given a great fres start through fresh direct and for that i commend them!

  Nikki wrote @

Fresh Direct.. where would I be without them, and someone else to carry the groceries up 2 flights of stairs, while my 2 young daughters fight with their dinner: ‘to eat or not to eat’.
That aside, it makes my 2 year old’s day when the boxes come in the front door: you’d think it was her birthday, as she falls over herself to help me unpack them, crying in delight over packs of yogurt and bags of carrots – now to get her to eat them!

  Carolyn wrote @

I really, really need Fresh Direct in my life. I never make it to the grocery store anymore with two kids — and I love all their ready to cook things. I honestly have no idea what we would eat without them!

  Denise wrote @

Thank you so much for your coupon code!! :)

  Amanda wrote @

Fresh Direct rocks. In addition to all that was posted, the efficiency of being able to reorder from your previous lists as well as the cool recipe features are some of the biggest time savers around. Also, there’s something so civilized about both spouses being able to add to the order…makes food shopping practically egalitarian. :)

  dena wrote @

I happened upon your web site when i was browsing for a coupon code for fresh direct. i’m in 25-year-old who lives in Bushwick, works for the city and is usually frustrated trying to buy groceries on my budget and in an area that is lacking in supermarkets. i recently read that nyc has lost one-third of its markets in the last decade – how nuts is that? the quality of food i get at fresh direct is far superior to key foods or associated, at least the ones closest to me. nyc greenmarkets are great as well, but over the weekend i bought a (beautiful and delicious) heirloom tomato that cost me $3 at a greenmarket! nuts! (it was a weird kind of splurge.)

anyhow, i appreciate your site. it helped me out big time with the coupon code – i’ll be checking back regularly to see what other tips you can offer a mid-20 something. (I may not be raising a child, but I am definitely trying to raise myself!)

  cynthia718 wrote @

By a roll of the die (six comments, one die) Amanda is our winner at comment #5. Congratulations and thanks for participating!


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