The Yellow Leaflet!

[Si Hunt]

Someone else has it too! We got a yellow leaflet from "Abel & Cole" a company specialising in home delivering organic food.

It all sounds good to me - they say they provide fresh organic food, for free home delivery, and time their deliveries to minimise fuel outlay. There is a good selection, and I've wanted to do the 'organic box' thing for ages - I love the idea of getting a random selection of fresh organic fruit and veg every week. Just a few things still bother me -

- They seem to be nationwide, so not local. I don't suppose it matters, but I'd hoped to support local farmers if I did this. Am I just swapping one company that delivers to supermarkets, for another that delivers to houses?

- In our area they deliver on Thursday, not ideal if we go away for a weekend.

- They claim to be able to be quite versatile delivering, and you don't need to be in. Yet surely this leaves the food open to being nicked, or being fried in the sun during the summer?

- If you do an organic box, you have to set up a regular order. But you can cancel it when you go away on holiday. I don't quite get this - surely you could claim to be on holiday every other week then, and still only have it on the weeks when you want it. So why have the regular order thing then?

I may do this shortly, I just wondered what others thought of this kind of scheme. Do you do it? Have you had the leaflet? How do you think it sounds? Given it's free delivery, the price of their fresh organic meat, fish and vegetables is very competitive when compared to the big stores.

www.abel-cole.co.uk

Si.

[Raston]

Its interesting Mr Hunt, however i would rather use a local farm rather than a nation wide firm. There is a farm about 3 miles from where i luive that runs a box system so i think i will maybe look into using them.