Gobble

Gobble Review

Gobble is a meal subscription service. It is one of the services orientated towards quick meals which recommend it for those with busy lifestyles. Most meals from Gobble take between 10 to 15 minutes to prep. The secret behind this short interval is that all the ingredients come pre-chopped and ready to cook.

How It Works

Gobble is one of the services which is easy to use. There are various online filters for the recipes which make the task of choosing the meals much easier. For example, there are filters for kids’ foods, wheat, milk or eggs. A few examples of tasty meals from Gobble include parmesan crusted chicken with lemon-basil orzo salad, Thai basil chicken with brown rice, sweet chili shrimp with coconut rice and Thai coleslaw, and potato pierogis with caramelized onions. Added spices are also available and included for these meals. Each meal comes with printed instructions with detailed steps on how to cook the ingredients.

There are options for 2 or 4 people with 6 meals delivered every week. Both options come with a price of $11.99 per serving. $6.99 is applied for shipping. A weekly service for two people equates to $71.94. There is also a minimum order policy in place which requires the customer to purchase at least 2 dinner kits or 4 meals.

What Customers Say About Gobble

Customers are generally happy with Gobble. This being said, it is among the meal delivery services with most errors and areas which need to be fixed. In terms of user interface, Gobble needs to update its website. Customers find it hard to navigate and this is what leads to shipping being charged twice or delayed. Putting deliveries on hold or canceling the service is complex on the site. This then makes the customers call the customer service department to get the information which they need. This department isn’t at its highest standard either.

As with other services, customers have also noticed on a number of occasions the packaging is not really up to standard when it comes to protecting the environment. Seasoned customers have also noticed a shift in the quality of the menu and it is not a good change. It remains to be seen how Gobble reacts to stay relevant and keep up with Blue Apron or EveryPlate.

Final Considerations

There certainly is a lot of potential for Gobble. The ability to filter foods according to preferences is an easy-to-use tool which can be a great foundation for improvements. The meals themselves are great and the recipes are easy to follow. At the same time, customers have noted that the website needs to be improved to make them more user-friendly. These changes can put Gobble on the map once again. On the technology side, customers would also like to have the ability to use the service with a native app. At the moment, there is no official app for Android or iOS which keeps Gobble further away from its customers than it needs to be.