Before buying diet chef from QVC.....

[louise66]

Browsing the 'web firsts' section of the website, 4 packs of 7 biscuits (28 in total) for sale at £16.25 + £4.50 p+p. These biscuits are the same brand as the oat bakes and are available in all major supermarkets at less than £1 for a box of 4 packs, each pack containing 5 biscuits. To buy two boxes will cost less than £2 and will contain 40 biscuits. The mark up by QVC is astronomical and the cost exorbitant. As with other famous diets, the dieter is lulled into believing, erroneously, that they have to purchase the brands of that particular diet, whether it be a points based plan or another. But this brand can be purchased elsewhere and, at £20.75 compared to £2.00, should be.
There is only one reason to purchase the diet chef system from QVC: the 30 day MBG will allow you to return it when it doesn't work for you.
The same applies to the oatbakes. They sell for 34p per packet in all major supermarkets, one of which is currently offering 3 packs for £1. Not exactly rocket science working out where to buy it from.
As with all diet companies - and this is not aimed at QVC - diet chef is capitalising on the insecurities and desperation of people who want to lose weight.

 

[alan1302]

Same brand but are they same inside?

 

[medusa]

also might want to check out http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/Page/Index.aspx
sam concept. gourmet meals that are microwaveable. Lots of the meals are exactly the same as diet chef, makes me wonder whether they use same supplier. Can also vouch for these meals. Have brought a few to work and they are nice.

 

[merryone]

also might want to check out http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/Page/Index.aspx
sam concept. gourmet meals that are microwaveable. Lots of the meals are exactly the same as diet chef, makes me wonder whether they use same supplier. Can also vouch for these meals. Have brought a few to work and they are nice.

Course they do, too much of a conicidence otherwise. Your buying all the bumf and advice that goes with it, and of course the convenience, which is ok if you can afford, or don't mind paying well over the odds for something.

I don't know about the milk shakes (slim-fast perhaps?), but the Oatbakes (Nairns), the ready meals and soups ( both LWWF) and the granola (Lizi's) are all widely available in major supermarkets, and from what I've seen, not only are much cheaper, but are often on bogof, 3 for 2 deals etc!

 

[merryone]

Browsing the 'web firsts' section of the website, 4 packs of 7 biscuits (28 in total) for sale at £16.25 + £4.50 p+p. These biscuits are the same brand as the oat bakes and are available in all major supermarkets at less than £1 for a box of 4 packs, each pack containing 5 biscuits. To buy two boxes will cost less than £2 and will contain 40 biscuits. The mark up by QVC is astronomical and the cost exorbitant. As with other famous diets, the dieter is lulled into believing, erroneously, that they have to purchase the brands of that particular diet, whether it be a points based plan or another. But this brand can be purchased elsewhere and, at £20.75 compared to £2.00, should be.
There is only one reason to purchase the diet chef system from QVC: the 30 day MBG will allow you to return it when it doesn't work for you.
The same applies to the oatbakes. They sell for 34p per packet in all major supermarkets, one of which is currently offering 3 packs for £1. Not exactly rocket science working out where to buy it from.
As with all diet companies - and this is not aimed at QVC - diet chef is capitalising on the insecurities and desperation of people who want to lose weight.

You have got this slightly wrong, but it's still a major rip off! It's not 4 packs containing 7 biscuits but 4 x 7 packs each containing 2 biscuits which total 56. In Waitrose a multibox containing 9 assorted 2packs (18 biscuits per box) costs just £1.39. So if you consider what QVC are charging (incl p&p) you could in fact buy yourself 14 packets (252 biscuits) for less money!

Note to QVC it's not the pounds in our pockets we want to lose!!!!!

 

[concordia]

also might want to check out http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/Page/Index.aspx
sam concept. gourmet meals that are microwaveable. Lots of the meals are exactly the same as diet chef, makes me wonder whether they use same supplier. Can also vouch for these meals. Have brought a few to work and they are nice.

Look What We Found makes the meals for Diet Chef and they are exactly the same as the ones you can buy from them or in the supermarket. (there is no "diet" version) They are a fairly local company to me and they came to our food festival last year, where I asked the reps there. I also asked them why there are more meals in Diet Chef than they sell on their own website and they said that some where licenced for DC alone and they could not sell them separately. They provide the soups and meals, not the other bits.

 

[louise66]

Browsing the 'web firsts' section of the website, 4 packs of 7 biscuits (28 in total) for sale at £16.25 + £4.50 p+p. These biscuits are the same brand as the oat bakes and are available in all major supermarkets at less than £1 for a box of 4 packs, each pack containing 5 biscuits. To buy two boxes will cost less than £2 and will contain 40 biscuits. The mark up by QVC is astronomical and the cost exorbitant. As with other famous diets, the dieter is lulled into believing, erroneously, that they have to purchase the brands of that particular diet, whether it be a points based plan or another. But this brand can be purchased elsewhere and, at £20.75 compared to £2.00, should be.
There is only one reason to purchase the diet chef system from QVC: the 30 day MBG will allow you to return it when it doesn't work for you.
The same applies to the oatbakes. They sell for 34p per packet in all major supermarkets, one of which is currently offering 3 packs for £1. Not exactly rocket science working out where to buy it from.
As with all diet companies - and this is not aimed at QVC - diet chef is capitalising on the insecurities and desperation of people who want to lose weight.

It is actually 2 biscuits a day, so that would be 56 biscuits in the order. £20.75 would buy 56 biscuits, not 28. It is still exceedingly expensive. One could purchase 60 biscuits for under £3.00 in the supermarket.

 

[Mitzi]

Perhaps the idea is that you purchase these from QVC and when you realise you could have purchased more for less you'll feel sick and then loose weight that way. Just a thought.

 

[apple]

No mention of diet chef with Ann Dawson's weight loss.