Loving Love With Food? A Preview First!

Still on my philanthropic streak and my love for subscriptions, I came across another food subscription site (while I was pondering whether or not to stop my Graze Snack Box subscription) called, Love With Food.

Screen shot of their home page. Homey, right?

Hey, I love food! Who doesn't love food? With it's bright red logo, it certainly looked interesting and homey. (No, not the ghetto "home boy", but the "homey" as in feels like home.)

Love with Food is a snack subscription service that sends you organic or all-natural snack boxes monthly. These boxes contain as little as 8 snacks, to as many as 20, depending on the level of your subscription (meaning: how much you want vs how much you are willing to pay).

These snack boxes contain organic or all-natural snacks for as little $10. (Shipping is $2 more if you decide to stay on the monthly plan.) From what I can see, these snacks are pretty sizable. But that remains to be seen since I just put in my order and am still waiting for the first box to arrive. But the videos on YouTube show pretty good sized snacks.

The snacks in the boxes are not tailored to your tastes. Which is kind of disappointing since I don't like certain foods such as coconut and peanuts.

What's so great about this company? With each snack box you purchase, Love with Food will donate a meal to a food bank in America. Such a grand and great effort! In my line of work, I've had the humbling experience of seeing how hard it is for shelters to try to help families get fed and get back on their feet. It's really discouraging to see how much they struggle to help and it never seems to be enough. (It's also a struggle to see how many refuse the help as well, but that's a totally different story.)

And now, the bottom line. How much does it cost?

Their different subscription levels.

There are three subscription plans:

Tasting Box
8+ Snacks for $10/mo
Donates 1 meal

Deluxe Box
16-20 Snacks for $17/mo
Donates 2 meals

Gluten Free Box
8-12 gluten free snacks for $24.50/mo
Donates 2 meals

Which did I end up picking? Sad to say, I'm erring a little on the cautious side since this is the first time I'm trying it out, so I went with the Tasting Box. But I can't wait to see it! I will post a follow-up reviewing what I got in about a month. (Sigh, I have to wait that long.)

If you want to check it out, please click on my link here.

And as always, if you have any questions, let me know!

Photo credits go to the rightful owners. I do not claim to own any of them.

Tip: Stitch Fix Previews

Ok, so I'm on my sixth or seventh box from them now and if you're like me, you get pretty excited when you know something is coming in the mail.

When is it going to arrive? Will I like it? How does it look like?

Stitch Fix is one (of many) subscription excuses to keep me on the lookout for anything in the mail and in my inbox.

If you're unfamiliar with Stitch Fix, it is a clothing subscription service where you answer a survey about your likes/dislikes, size and fashion preference online. A stylist is assigned to do your "style fixes" and you are billed $20 for their recommendations. You are sent five items in a box, along with style cards (shows how you can wear the pieces in your fix), a personal note from your stylist and a mailing package for any returns. You try on the five pieces and then keep any that you want or return what you don't in the provided mailing package. Returns ship free. Then you "check out" or get billed for what you're keeping by going online to review your items and tell them which ones you've kept.

Tracking Page. From here you can click on the tracking link to follow your shipment or you can "checkout".

I always want to know what I'm getting in my subscriptions. And usually there are previews in e-mails that companies send you. For Stitch Fix, they don't send you a preview of what you're getting to your inbox. Nor do they have it accessible on your package tracking page. However, if you "checkout", you are able to see the names of the five items in your box and how much they cost. I wish they would show you exactly what the items looked like, but I guess that's all a part of the fun and surprise! If you're really dying of curiosity, you are able to Google the items online.

Example of what the checkout page looks like. It will list each item, the price and ask you to rate it. If you are keeping it, you must click on "keep it".

If you're lucky, you'll be able to find images of the exact items in your box, on a blog somewhere or on Pinterest. Unless you want to look at dozens of pretty pictures, I highly recommend not going to Pinterest to look at the items. Stick to blogs. They will give a more detailed account of the material, the fit, and may show you the various colors the pieces come in.

I've been doing this trick for the past, oh, 3-4 fixes and usually the photos by these bloggers are spot on. And it's always interesting for me to see how other ladies liked the clothing.

If you have Stitch Fix and want a spoiler, try this method. If you're interested in Stitch Fix, by all means, I would love it if you would follow the link here to take you their page. (Yes, I am shameless. Click on my link!)

Hope this helps you! Let me know if you have any questions!