Mixed Food Deal - Dublin Area

deisemum

http://www.citydeal.ie/deals/dublin

Great deal from 'chefs garden direct. all this for 32euro!

Mixed Food Selection:

1lb Handmade Butcher Sausages
1lb Handmade Pork and Leek Sausages
227g Irish Black Pudding
1.8kg Whole Irish Chicken
5kg Irish Rooster Potatoes
1kg Irish Carrots
1kg Parsnips
500g Broccoli
5× Red Apples
5× Large Oranges
2× Heinz Beans
2× Punnet Irish Strawberries
2× 250g Cherry Tomatoes
1× Twin Pack Baby Gem Lettuce
5× Bananas
250g Fresh Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli
2× 125g Creamy Mozzarella
Irish Soda Bread
Large Batch Loaf
4× Handmade Fruit Scones
2 Pack of Paradise Slice
2× Seabass Fillets
2× Cod Fillets
250g Cooked Artisan Ham
1lb Irish Beef Steak Mince
6 Free Range Eggs


Luxury Food Selection: €44

2× Benoits Chocolate Factory Luxury Handmade Chocolate
310g Ballymaloe Country Relish
2× 6oz Sirloin Steaks
2.3kg Leg of Irish Pork
2kg Top Rib of Irish Beef
250g Fresh Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli
250g Fresh Pork and Beef Tortellini
2×Cod Fillets
2× Seabass Fillets
2× Hake Fillets
200g of Irish Smoked Salmon
Punnet of Fresh Irish Raspberries
2 × Punnet of Fresh Irish Strawberries
2× Portion of Organic Irish made Soup
Portion of Organic Irish made Basil Pesto
4× Handmade Gourmet Fruit Tarts
4× Handmade Gourmet Cherry and Blueberry Scones
Artisan Tomato and Fennel Bloomer
Irish Handmade Soda Bread
300g Asparagus
2× Courgette
2× Aubergine
205g Portobello Mushrooms
150g Award Winning Knockanore Irish Oakwood Smoked Cheese
150g Award Winning Knockanore Irish Red Farmhouse Cheese
12 Free Range Eggs

jimogr

Thanks, picked up the Luxury Food Selection - looks good.

Bambaata

Picked it up earlier too. Good deal

fizzles

I bought the mixed food selection for myself and 2 luxury food selections for friends. Dying to see what they're like.

Anyone ever bought from Chefs Garden Direct before?

unkel

And just to check for myself if this is a good deal, I guesstimated Lidl kinda prices for the items and came up with this:

1lb Handmade Butcher Sausages 2
1lb Handmade Pork and Leek Sausages 2
227g Irish Black Pudding 1
1.8kg Whole Irish Chicken 5
5kg Irish Rooster Potatoes 3
1kg Irish Carrots 1
1kg Parsnips 1
500g Broccoli 1
5× Red Apples 1
5× Large Oranges 1
2× Heinz Beans 1
2× Punnet Irish Strawberries 5
2× 250g Cherry Tomatoes 2
1× Twin Pack Baby Gem Lettuce 1
5× Bananas 1
250g Fresh Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli 1
2× 125g Creamy Mozzarella 1
Irish Soda Bread 1
Large Batch Loaf 1
4× Handmade Fruit Scones 1
2 Pack of Paradise Slice 1
2× Seabass Fillets 3
2× Cod Fillets 3
250g Cooked Artisan Ham 3
1lb Irish Beef Steak Mince 3
6 Free Range Eggs 1

Total: €47

This deal €32 and remember, if you use fatcheese.ie, you get another 6%, so nearly €2 off

Bought :cool:

anigheh

find this and more offers on facebook/citydeal.ie

Tazzer

Ordered the Luxury one myself - hope its as good as it sounds....as ordered the mixed one for the mother and another luxury for the aunt.

Wont be ordering for a while, so if anyone has any feedback please let us know.

Great idea - if they are any good will be ordering again

Mr. Fancypants

Had ordered the luxury one also. Little worried as i noticed around 2.5k deals had been sold last time i checked. Voucher activates on Saturday, may be best to give them a few weeks before trying maybe?

wixfjord

mbroaders wrote: »

Had ordered the luxury one also. Little worried as i noticed around 2.5k deals had been sold last time i checked. Voucher activates on Saturday, may be best to give them a few weeks before trying maybe?

Think I'll get this and the BBQ deal I posted earlier, and really stock up!!

Tazzer

mbroaders wrote: »

Had ordered the luxury one also. Little worried as i noticed around 2.5k deals had been sold last time i checked. Voucher activates on Saturday, may be best to give them a few weeks before trying maybe?

Its valid till November anyway, so will give them a few weeks myself.

Dotcomdolly

Strawberries are part of the basic deal so I reckon I'll order next week, leave it till November and you'll be getting foreign ones.
I've ordered from them before and the food is of great quality. My only concern is with 3618!!! deals sold will they be able to keep up.

msg11

Folks , can I just mention something here.

Only buy this if your going to use it. There's an awful lot of fresh products there and the Best Before on Fresh stuff is limited so it might look like a good deal, but it won't be so good if it's going in the bin.

People stock up on fresh products not realising the dates, so you might only use half that stuff which could be cheaper if you just bought it fresh.

Just my two cents, the deal is good I must say!

applejunkie

Damn, sold out , how did I miss this lol ,

Compak

Just tried it out, its charging me €7.50 for delivery.


Anyone else????

Gileadi

Website is down for maintenance it says

tk123

Compak wrote: »

Just tried it out, its charging me €7.50 for delivery.


Anyone else????

It says spend over €50 for free delivery in Dublin - did it say that during the week??

Gileadi

· Delivery is available Monday-Saturday and is included in the price you paid for this voucher

From the citydeal email

January

tk123 wrote: »

It says spend over €50 for free delivery in Dublin - did it say that during the week??

Delivery is included in the deal... maybe ring them and see?

Mr. Fancypants

It is included, they will take the charge off manually once it goes through. Spoke to them during the week.

Tazzer

Saturday 06th, August

Welcome to Chefs Garden Direct…
1: To redeem your city deal click the hamper you have brought and PLACE IN SHOPPING CART
2: Next type in your voucher code in the voucher box making sure that you have typed in the correct code
3: YOU CANNNOT PLACE ANY ORDERS BEFORE SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST
4: WHEN PLACING ORDERS PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 3 – 4 WORKING DAYS FOR YOU DELIVERY.... DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND
5: REMEMBER YOUR VOUCHER IS VALID FOR 3 MONTHS
6: Don't forget with this great value you can still add more items to your shopping basket
7: If you have any problems please call grace on 01 429 8020

http://www.chefsgardendirect.ie/top_category.php?top_id=22

Compak

Ordered and just selected cash on delivery as the payment option, so no need to be charged and then removed

tk123

Compak wrote: »

Ordered and just selected cash on delivery as the payment option, so no need to be charged and then removed

Report back on what it's like! :pac:

Gileadi

Anybody have an update on this? Quality of food etc

Gileadi

I requested a delivery at some stage this week. I finally got an email reply off them today telling me that my delivery will not be until next week at the very earliest. Very annoyed that they sent an order confirmation that mentioned nothing about this.

Any good will they would have built up from new customers by offering this discount will easily be countered by their inability to manage the influx of orders. They simply should have capped the amount of deals they sold instead.

Mr. Fancypants

I'm expecting mine this Thursday, will update once it arrives

the groutch

they definitely bit off more than they can chew

dvpower

There are lots of stories out there of businesses making bad mistakes with Groupon campaigns. Hope this one end OK.

jimogr

When you order can you choose a time for delivery, or do they tell you what time it will be?

the groutch

jimogr wrote: »

When you order can you choose a time for delivery, or do they tell you what time it will be?

I think normally you could choose your time, but with 3,000 people suddenly all trying to order at once people will be lucky to even get it on the right day

rain on

the groutch wrote: »

I think normally you could choose your time, but with 3,000 people suddenly all trying to order at once people will be lucky to even get it on the right day

Yep my BF ordered one and they said it'd be there around 1pm, finally showed up at 6 when he had gone out. They said they'd come back the next day, haven't asked him yet if they actually did or not.

jimogr

Ordered today for delivery Saturday morning at 11am.

Tazzer

Tazzer wrote: »

4: WHEN PLACING ORDERS PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 3 – 4 WORKING DAYS FOR YOU DELIVERY.... DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND

http://www.chefsgardendirect.ie/top_category.php?top_id=22

This has now changed on their website to
4: WHEN PLACING ORDERS PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 8 – 10 WORKING DAYS FOR YOU DELIVERY.... DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND

I am still not going to it order for a while, so hopefully things will have settled down by then.

laurynsmam

I ordered this on Monday

Still waiting to hear back from them about a delivery date.

I have tried contacting office numerous times & have left messages on the mobile number provided. Still have had no call back..

Not very good impressions if they are trying to get new customers.

rain on

rain on wrote: »

Yep my BF ordered one and they said it'd be there around 1pm, finally showed up at 6 when he had gone out. They said they'd come back the next day, haven't asked him yet if they actually did or not.

So this was supposed to be delivered around 1pm on Monday and just showed up now :eek: They also never answer their phone or return messages, as the post above me mentions. The food better be tasty..

tweety76

It's going to be a costly "deal" for them if they turn up at people's houses who were expecting a delivery on another day/time and no one is home ... I suspect that might happen to me Friday but we will see ..

Mr. Fancypants

I was speaking to them last Thursday and they were very very helpful on the phone. I do think they have taken a lot on though. My first impressions from the phone calls i had was excellent though, lets hope my food shows up on Thursday now

the groutch

their mistake was making the luxury ones so cheap
should have just done the standard with a limit of 1,000, and done it again if sucessful

dvpower

rain on wrote: »

So this was supposed to be delivered around 1pm on Monday and just showed up now :eek: They also never answer their phone or return messages, as the post above me mentions. The food better be tasty..

... don't keep us in suspense. Was it worth it?

Compak

the groutch wrote: »

their mistake was making the luxury ones so cheap
should have just done the standard with a limit of 1,000, and done it again if sucessful

Well considering the Groupon figures show worldwide waiting list of 42,000 merchants you dont really get that kind of luxury.

Secondly I personally wouldnt go near the standard one. I can source all that myself in tesco, few quid extra maybe but no hassle. Looked a waste of time to me, that's one potential customer lost, and considering their market is more niche and seems to be higher price for supposed higher end I cant imagine the same attraction appeal for future customers with that standard.

They gave groupon the limit, they take the commitment, its up to them to match it. I ordered Sunday under a supposed 4-5 day delivery time.I asked for it by Saturday. I've vistiors over the next day. If they do not come through on their word I can only imagine that this will be a disaster as annoyed people spread a bad word. This is really a business that can be made or ruined through word of mouth if enough people.

I really can't imagine the logistics of the deal they did, but thats their problem, they undertoook and should have thought it through.

In fairness to them the time and date selection is for normal purchases. It said 4-5 days and you are dreaming and unrealistic to expect a certain time. If they were thinking they would use a text based service to inform you when it was dispatched and when to expect it

rain on

dvpower wrote: »

... don't keep us in suspense. Was it worth it?

Not really according to the BF - apparently it sounds like a lot more on paper than it actually is, but it's not bad either. That's all the details he's currently forthcoming with

Nanazolie

Was going to order mine later this month, but since it takes up to 10 days to be delivered, I've ordered it now. Honestly, I didn't expect them to keep up with normal delivery standards, and the voucher is valid for 3 months so you have plenty of time to use it.
Gives me some time to empty the freezer before the meat and fish come in.
I'm pretty flexible with delivery times, I told them any day / any time but on the 2 days I'm working away. I hope they consider this because it would be a waste of time and resources for them to drive to people's houses when they specified they wouldn't be there

Mr. Fancypants

Received mine today as promised. It is missing one steak though and there is chocolate cake instead of chocolates. Have tried to call their office number but it seems to be off the hook/dead. Sent them an email anyhow.

Dotcomdolly

mbroaders wrote: »

Received mine today as promised. It is missing one steak though and there is chocolate cake instead of chocolates. Have tried to call their office number but it seems to be off the hook/dead. Sent them an email anyhow.

I have heard of others not getting the chocolates too. I wonder if they checked that their suppliers would be able for the demand also, esp small companies like the chocolate one.
I've used them several times before this offer and I am cringing for them, they've made such a balls up of it

BOHS

Is the website down for anyone else?

Dinging

yes site down for me too.

Nanazolie

Yep, me too "under maintenance".
I hope they are not going to cancel the offer. Even if it comes in late and there are a few sustitutions, it is still great value!

Compak

Surprise Surprise, no delivery

Absolute cowboys in charge it seems.

Thats two offers form citydeal I've purchased. The first I had to demand a refund for overselling and now looks like the same this time.

Two offers from living social also and both were fantastic service.

I know citydeal are the big company but seems there's no criteria and the companies signing up with them might as well be Pegged Leg Henry going around with his shovel and wheelbarrow offering to tarmac my drive.

Good job Chefsgarden, you ensured Ill never shop with you and will give my 2 cents to anyone contemplating using you, to try and put them off.

redalan

The site seems to be back up.

Mr. Fancypants

I thought they only delivered one steak. Turns out there are two steaks in the same pack! So if you get delivery and are worried about the steaks make sure to open to be sure

tk123

Just got this - don't mind as I was holding off a few weeks before ordering!



“Mixed Food Selection (€32) or Luxury Food Selection (€44) Delivered To Your Door from Chefs Garden Direct (Up to 67% Off)” – important information.



We have important information for those of you yet to redeem your CityDeals at Chefs Garden Direct.



Due to the extreme popularity of this deal, you may experience a delay receiving your order from the partner. We’d like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.



Chefs Garden Direct’s small team is trying it’s hardest to get orders out as soon as possible. We’d like to thank you for your patience in the meantime.



We hope you enjoy your selection. As always, please visit www.citydeal.ie to see what other exciting deals are on offer in your city today.



Kind regards,

The Customer Service Team

Nanazolie

It's good that they send updates at last. They should have done it earlier when they saw that they couldn't cope. Unfortunately, this will cost them thousands of potential customers because every unsatisfied customer will tell 10 of their friends on average to stay away from Chef Garden.
I still think that it's a great offer and that they deserve some understanding.
Waiting for my order to arrive within the next few weeks