Cherrypick: Plan | Shop | Cook 12+

Hi,

I use this app solely for the meal plan function.
And I recommend to everyone! I was so surprised to find we save over £20 on our weekly shop when using this app in collaboration with Sainsbury’s. We are eating better and trying fresh new things. I had polenta the other week for the best first time which was delish!

Couple of even better if points…

It is sometimes frustrating the more we are using as each week it will suggest the same recipes, would be good if you could list ingredients/ recipes you dislike so it wouldn’t recommend them again.

Also, we find with creating a meal plan for the week, the physical items delivered are very low life which makes it impossible to use all ingredients sometimes. Would be good to have this noted somewhere on the suggestion that potentially will only have 2 days to prepare that specific recipe.

Finally, when buying store cupboard staples, we have ended up accumulating a lot of spices/sauces/ oils/pasta/rice etc. which would be good to use up. I think the recipe suggestions should consider these ingredients that wouldn’t have been completely used up from previous recipes.

Imogen here 👋 Thank you for the review and feedback Paj. These are great suggestions on how we could make Lollipop even better 😃 For your last point I'm happy to say this is possible! You can use our search by ingredient feature to find recipe inspiration based on items and help you use up those odd bits and bobs in the cupboard. Thank you for all your support so far and it's great building Lollipop with you 🍭

Cherry pick for the win. My aim this year is to eat fresher, waste less and try more. I also want to get my son eating more veg and less processed food. I used this app when it first started out as lollipop but along with a name change they’ve up-levelled to allow you to add recipes and their ingredients to Tescos delivery as well as sainos. This is a game changer. I haven’t tried the Asda collect option but using Tescos has saved me a lot of money on my weekly shop.

I select the recipes, tick the bits I need and boom, it adds to my Tescos account. Through the app you can also add your general groceries from the Tescos shelves (or amend the order on the tesco app later). Each week I’m cooking at least three new meals. My son has loved the sweet and sour chicken and the pesto, lemon chicken with giant cous cous. I can’t recommend enough I’ve done the Hello Fresh and Simply cook but the recipes just keep coming with Cherrypick and it’s minimal effort. You get the beauty of choice with the ease of not having to trudge through recipe books.

Hi Caroline here 👋🏻

Great to hear we're helping you to hit your food goals and saving money too 💰

Absolutely fantastic piece of software, this is what HelloFresh, Gusto and all the other meal prep boxes wish they thought of.

Every single person I show or tell about this app, loves the idea, downloads it and is hooked, out of 4 people I’ve signed up, every single one of them has loved it and made it part of their weekly shop.

I used to be a HelloFresh customer but with continuous errors, delays and gross items I just gave up with them. I had always hoped for a “HelloFresh for Sainsbury’s.” this is just SO MUCH better than what I had ever envisioned.

It’s not only their own recipes but a huge array of recipes available. The system knowing which items you likely already have in your cupboards just cuts down on cost so much that this has literally started saving me money as my food wastage has gone down!

Then once I’ve selected my meals for the week, I then just throw in my normal items I buy from Sainsbury’s and go pick them all up as one.

I had a couple of small issues at the beginning, I reported them to their team and they were addressed in the following update! Incredibly agile to feedback that it was genuinely impressive.

I’m looking forward to where they take this application because it has the possibility to become even deeper rooted into my life.

Excellent job, well done and look forward to continuing to use this system!

Caroline here, thank you so much for the great review and for all the recommendations, keep spreading the word 😊