Thanks for all the great feedback on the new Foodzie Tasting Club. We love hearing stories about breaking open the Cooking Box and getting to play Iron Chef at home or that the new option to choose made the Tasting Box a fit for even the picky eaters! We wanted to make sure we could clarify some of the questions we’ve received and give a general overview of how the new Tasting Club works.

How it Works with Choice:

1. At the beginning of each month, we’ll give subscribers like you a selection of Foodzie-curated options to choose from: The Signature Tasting Box, plus other special selections.

2. If you’re happy receiving the Signature Tasting Box, do nothing and enjoy; if you like one of our special selections, you’ll receive an email to make your pick and you’ll need to do so before the 6th.

3. Tasting Boxes ship by the 9th and arrive shortly thereafter. Dig in and enjoy!

4. Order more of what you liked.  The way our new limited selection marketplace will work is you’ll see the current month’s Tasting Box items for 30 days. Then after the 30 days, we’ll carry the best-selling items from past Tasting Boxes ongoing in our marketplace.

Here are some additional perks for our subscribers:

• First Access: Between the 1st and 5th, we reveal the new boxes for you to select from. The Signature Tasting Box plus other special selections. The special selections are more limited in quantity, so they might sell out during the selection process and never make it to the site for non-Tasting Club Members to purchase.
• Free Ground Shipping (on everything): As a Tasting Club member, your Tasting Box always comes with Free Ground Shipping and so do the Tasting Box items you want to replenish, plus anything else in the marketplace.

More Tasting Boxes for Everyone
You probably noticed that for the first time we allowed you the chance to purchase one-off Tasting Boxes. Many of you had requested this to give one as a gift or to hit the repeat button on the box you received that month. We listened; thanks for speaking up.

What’s in The Box
The biggest change from the old price point is that products are generally larger or, if a box has smaller-sized items, you’ll typically find more things to taste in that box. You’ll always get $29.95 (or more) in retail value of product plus Free Shipping. On the Tasting Box selection page, we’ll note the number of items you get in that box, so you’ll know exactly what you can look forward to.

So, depending on the month’s theme and the number and size of the products, this might mean they still fit in a smaller box – as was the case in December.  We apologize for the confusion based on November’s box.

The Way it Works with the Foodmakers We Feature
Some subscription businesses rely on free samples to make their models work and some of you have asked if this is how our model works. We pay a fair price for the things we include in our tasting experiences. This allows us to do two very important things.

• Ensure You Get the Best: Purchasing the products gives us editorial control to always make sure we get the products that are the best.
• Meaningful Business for our Producers: It supports our mission in helping small artisan foodmakers grow their businesses. For the small businesses we work with, the Tasting Box purchases we make are incredibly impactful to their business, and that’s even before you come back and buy more of your favorites. One of the foodmakers featured in the Stocking Stuffers Box, p.o.p. candy, told us participating in the Tasting Box was nearly their entire holiday season in one order. That’s pretty awesome.

If you have any other questions about the way it works, feel free to hit up our rockin’ support team at support@foodzie.com.

PS – We are real people! And we’ve been on this journey building Foodzie since 2008, get a glimpse into our passion for this business and how we got here.