The baskets can be ordered from noon Monday until Tuesday night or until all the baskets are gone. Each pick up location receives 100 baskets maximum at each pick up. Each person that orders a basket can order up to three baskets. Since we have a family of four, we only get one basket each time, otherwise the produce goes bad before we can eat it.
Our pick up day is Saturday. So we order our basket and pay for it online earlier in the week and pick it up on Saturday. Each pick up site is run by volunteers that sort the produce into the baskets to ensure the produce is of good quality and each basket has an equal share of produce. Since the pick up sites are run by volunteers, we have a 20 minute window to pick up our basket. Now, I said we pick up our basket, but we have to take our own bags to put the produce in. We do not get to keep or take home the basket that the produce is sorted into. They reuse the baskets for every pick up.
Since we started ordering the produce baskets, our family have been making healthier food choices and including more fruits (although eating fruit in our family has never been an issue) and vegetables (we struggle to get enough servings of vegetables daily). The USDA has a recommended daily allowance for fruits and vegetables and we try to meet these recommendations each day.
If you don't already order Bountiful Baskets, I encourage you to visit their website, learn more about it and try a basket. There are no obligations, you can order a basket whenever it works for your family, you choose the pick up location, and your family has better food options. And the best party, you receive much more than $19.50 worth the produce - you receive at least $30 every time you pick up.
Since I have been talking about Bountiful Baskets and posting pictures on social media, I have several friends and family members that order baskets every two weeks - and some order a basket each week since there is a pick up each week in their city.
Will you accept my challenge and try Bountiful Baskets?
