(box)Review: Love With Food

After I found out that Foodzie was no longer doing subscription boxes I was so. very. devastated. They were my first subscription box and I usually loved every single thing I got in those boxes. I know you can still buy them off Joyus, but if I have to actually go and buy them I'd rather just pick what I'd want at Whole Foods.

So when they announced that they stopped shipping boxes in August, I went on a quest to find another box to replace my beloved Foodzie. Out of the more popular and longer running boxes I was left to choose between Love With Food and Gotham Box. I went with LWF first and I'll probably end up trying GB later, just because they seem to have the same kind of local and artisan flavor that Foodzie had.

A pony background and a Rainbow Dash. Box is automagically 20% cooler.

At first glance, the box is definitely a lot smaller -- about half the size -- than the Foodzie box and not as nicely packed, but there's no padding or filler. Most of the products aren't full size and some of them aren't even "sample" sizes; they're just individual pieces taken from a bag. The cost is also much cheaper than the Foodzie box, though, so value-wise it's not that big of a deal.

Info card. Cute graphic.

The product quality really runs the gamut from gas station munches to health nut Vegan. I'm not too picky when it comes to what I snack on, but if I'm getting a curated box I kind of want something I've never seen before and actually want to try and keep buying, not convenience store fare. Of course, I'll be doing individual snack reviews later, too, so keep an eye out for those.

Write-ups for the snacks

I do, however, give them props for explaining each snack and actually giving good reasons for what they included, even if they might not have been the "best" choice. The card is nicely designed and easy to read, unlike Conscious Box's (though they have SO much in each box that I forgive them).

I will not do a value comparison for LWF because they donate a meal for every box that is bought, and I feel like that generosity (hi Rarity!) and charity is much more important than getting "my money's worth" out of this box.

Overall: 6/10 okay food for a good cause, but you can do better LWF

PS: Speaking of Rarity, would anyone like to donate a Rarity toy to me for my reviews? I have all of the ponies and most of them styled, but no Rarity, and I have some clothing subscription box reviews coming up that I know she wouldn't want to miss. Thanks readers <3