Abel and Cole organic box scheme (Abel & Cole Organics)

Member Name: rebjayal

Product:	Abel & Cole Organics
Date:	21/11/08 (77 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Excellent customer service, good website, lovely produce

Disadvantages: Delivery slots

We've been using Abel and Cole for about 18 months and they are generally excellent.

The fruit and vegetable boxes are lovely and often contain things I'd never before heard of, let alone come across in supermarkets - (Khol rabbi, black salsify) It's lovely to get carrots in bunches with the stalks and leaves on, and 'living salad' to put on my kitchen window sill. The presentation is lovely and the customer service excellent. The price of the boxes may seem expensive £23.50 for a mixed box that feeds 4 or 5 people (or 2 - 3 vegetarians) but it really is worth it, especially when you consider it's organic, seasonal, and mostly grown in the UK.

We occasionally buy other products from Abel and Cole although some items are fairly pricey.

One of the best features of Abel and Cole is the ability to banish certain things from your box. You can create a list of dislikes. Each weeks box content are listed on the website, so if one week you happen to be over run with potatoes and you see them on the list, you can click on dislike and you wont get them.

The only disadvantage I can think of is that each area has only one delivery day. This can be a little inconvenient.

Summary: Generally excellent and well worth the cost.