11/19/09
First Purchase
by zaynabpruitt at Citysearch
Hello, I just purchased some lemon pepper chicken and ribeyes steaks from these door to door salesmen. I have never purchased meat this way before, so I was very skeptical and I asked lots of questions and made them stand outside. I checked out the truck, the freexer, asked for id's and all that. Everything seemed legit so I let them proceed to give me the spill.
They worked their business man talk very well I must say. They were not very presentable as far as attire goes, but you cannot judge a book by its cover.
Long story short, I purchased the meats stated above, tried the chicken last night, cooked very well very tender although I do not like Lemon pepper, next time I will buy the plain I like to do my own seasoning. I just finished cooking the steaks- wow, right out of the vacuum sealed pack, they plumped and had a beautiful red color to them like fresh out the butcher shop meat. I seanoned and pan fried the steaks and they are to my surprise a lot more tender than my local grocers steaks which I pay more for.
Bottom line. I researched the company after I purchased and they have an "F" with the BBB because of like 23 complaints in one year thats about one a month. Yes that is bad. Luckily for me I got some honest salemen and I got to talk to some of their reps on the phone they were very professional. The meat quality is good to the taste, but now I just have to find out its origin. I like to eat healthy and I am a fan of healthy cows!:) so I just need to find the origin of the meat because I know there technology where they can clone stuff now. :(
All in all, the reviewer who said that the people giving the company five stars are fake, this is not true for me. I will give them four stars and so far I am a happy customer.
Oh and I am in Spartanburg, SC. The salemen came from the branch in Greenville, SC.
- Pros: The salesmen
- Cons: None Yet
11/18/09
INSIDE INFO ON MEAT COMPANIES, DONT BE A VICTIM OF SCAM!!!!
by hottmomma4444 at Citysearch
after reading ALL of the reviews from start to finish (WHICH I HIGHLY RECCOMEND THAT EVERYONE TAKES THE TIME TO READ ALL COMMENTS)!!!!! I have found some info that you might be interested in. The first "positive" comment about this company has words such as "family" "friends" and all other so called "positive comments" have the same pattern, saying how they fed this S*** to their neighbors, friends, family and so on. sounds like the only REAL comments here are ALL bad reviews from concerned citizens, the linguistic pattern shows that someone who owns this company or wants to keep ripping citizens off has taken the time to put several FALSE REVIEWS about how wonderful the products and services are. If anyone does decide to make a door to door purchase here is some helpful information that could save you alot of money and hardships.
1. ask to see the health department permit that should LEGALLY be on the vehicle in plain site at all times along with the companies business liscense.
2. Ask to see their solicitors permit, it should have their name and photo ID on it and shows that they have passed a backround check and paid the proper fees to do business this way in your couny.
3. by law if you buy products from a solicitor or peddler they MUST BY LAW provide you with a three day buyers right to cancel contract and give you two copies of it, it MUST have the company name , mailing address, and phone number. all the info must be current and phone numer must be in working order.
4. be prepared to ask several questions such as where does the food come from and what is the experation date, also ask how long the company has been in business for, and if they have a legitmate website, and most of all take the time to research a door to door company by computer search, bbb, chamber of commerce and/or attorney general, all of that feedback can help you make a decision. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR HEALTH ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU ARE REALLY BUYING AND WHO YOU ARE BUYING FROM!!!!!!!!!
These tips can be very helpful and remember if a company is not legal in EVERY way CALL THE POLICE AND GET A LISCENSE PLATE NUMBER AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTION!!!!
most of all alot of complaints about this company is about SHADY WORKERS thats why the solicitors permit is very important, any person who obtains one has been through a criminal backround check for felonys and crimes and is not approved if anything is found that puts you at risk. (you could be answering your door to a murderer, rapist, child molestor, theif, ect. so make sure that the individual that rings your door bell is legit(CALL THE POLICE IF THEY ARE NOT) they are most likely tring to scam you or harm you, or rip off citizens in your city. dont let anyone rip off your community, stand up as a team to fight against the rip off companies, and remember their are legit companies out their and if they are legit they will be more than happy to SHOW THE VITAL PROOF AT THE DOOR!!!!! Also where I live it is against the health deparment laws to have a exposed freezer in the back of a truck, the freezer MUST BE enclosed with a full shelter, such as a topper over the truck bed or inside a van due to health regulations. also their must be a thermometer inside the freezer and the meat because it is frozen has to be kept at a certain temp. 20 degrees i believe because meat has enzimes that are very harmful to the body and if meat is not handled correctly tou could get really sick or even die. I have been ripped off by several door to door meat salesman so I have done my homework and even contacted my HOA in my neighborhood and eventually the horror stoped, however their is a repitable meat company that comes around now that has passed all of my tests and the meat is excellent and the service is priceless. JUST BE CAREFUL AND KNOE WOH IS WHO AND WHAT IS WHAT WHEN YOU BUY FOOD THIS WAY!!!!!!!
- Pros: YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE IF A COMPANY IS NOT LEGAL
- Cons: WASTE OF $$,BAD FOOD,ANGRY CUSTOMERS,FAKE "POSITIVE" REVIEWS
11/05/09
Pretty good steaks
by roughnable at Citysearch
I thought the grade of meat was good and I cooked these on the grill and served them to friends. Everyone else told me I was a great chef, so I guess they earned me five stars. I'll get them again when I'm trying to impress a crowd, that's for sure.
- Pros: I liked the texture and the taste
