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Review of HelloFresh België/Belgique


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Spammers who blatantly ignore GDPR

A year and a half after I was confirmed as unsubscribed from a mailing list I never signed up for, and gotten a reply that yes, they will proceed to delete my account, I got another email asking to "share my opinion" (= give them more data about my gender, age and shopping habits) - apparently this is a separate mailing list they freshly added me to.

August 13, 2024
Unprompted review

Reply from HelloFresh België/Belgique

Hello Loes, sorry to hear about your experience. It sounds incredibly frustrating, especially after being assured your account would be deleted. It’s definitely not the experience we want for anyone. Can you contact our Customer Care? We would really like to help you. Your privacy is important to us, and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention. Kind regards, Hannah

Review of JohnBeerens.com


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Paid for delivery only to be forced to drive to collect the package in the middle of nowhere

They charged extra for delivery, and then didn't even provide the courier with some "minor" delivery details such as my correct name. Delivery service was DHL, who handed it to BPost, and each step of the way address got distorted a bit more until only the street name and the town were correct, making it undeliverable. Luckily there's a barcode and I can still pick it up, but unluckily the pickup point (which I couldn't choose) is 20 minute car drive away from my home, in a place that I wouldn't pass through otherwise and that has no parking and has about the same working hours that I do. It's more than mildly infuriating.

February 17, 2023
Unprompted review

Reply from JohnBeerens.com

Hi,

Thanks for the review!

We are sorry to hear that the delivery did not go smoothly, our apologies for this!

This is of course not what you should expect with regard to delivery.

If there's anything else we can help with, we'd love to hear from you.

Review of Lookfantastic


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Cheaper than the competition, WHEN they have things in stock

Has its pros and cons. A wide selection of brands and products, most items being cheaper than elsewhere. Delivery is a bit slower than average though (4-7 instead of 1-3 days I'm used to). Items are unfortunately often out of stock, and don't restock fast (it can take a month or two for a product to reappear as available). If they have what you want and you're not in a hurry, it's worth it.

September 18, 2022
Unprompted review

Reply from Lookfantastic

Hallo Loes
 
Het spijt me te horen van de frustratie die deze zaak heeft veroorzaakt.
Ik los dit probleem graag voor u op. Zou u zo vriendelijk kunnen zijn om u ordernummer met on te delen of neem contact met ons op via uw account en we kunnen dit onmiddellijk voor u oplossen.
 
Met vriendelijke groet,
Lookfantastic

Review of HelloFresh België/Belgique


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Low-quality and super-unreliable

Ordered three boxes, and there was an issue with each and every one of them.
A selection:
- cheese with animal rennet can be found in veggie boxes, and they see this as perfectly normal
- letting me know two hours before delivery time that they are "out of" a main ingredient in a recipe, and substituting it for something else without asking me for opinion/feedback
- letting me know half an hour *after* the expected delivery that they won't be coming that day

Recipes are also really low quality, the "throw the chopped ingredients into a pot with a bouillon cube" style.
Ingredients sourced are from all over the world, and still they try to proudly claim CO2 neutral title.

There is no way to self-delete the personal information (I'm mostly concerned about the payment details, which you can change, but not remove).

Customer service is hard to reach (no email or contact form, and you have to click through robo-replies to even get to any option of direct contact), and once you do - picked chat myself - it gets all buggy on you: I got a popup with the rest of the site greyed-out saying "something is wrong" with the chat; I could see the support person typing in the background, but couldn't reply to it nor remove the popup, and after the refresh the process started from zero, with no one picking up the chat request. The other two options for direct contact after the robo-clicking were Facebook (which I don't have), and calling (I don't speak the language well enough to handle this in any way but writing).

They still have my banking and personal information, and I don't know of any way to successfully reach them to ask for the removal.

November 29, 2022
Unprompted review

Reply from HelloFresh België/Belgique

Hi Lucija ! I am sorry to hear that something went wrong - my apologies! We always try to deliver our products fresh. Please contact our customer service (+32 (0 )3 808 5062) so we can sort this out for you! You can speak in English and request the cancellation of your personal data. Alain