Butcher Box Reviews

Butcher Box
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Not Worth Your Money
July 23, 2023

I bought their box of meat. I cost about $340. I got rib-eye, new-york and filet-mignon, and it was all tuff. I eat grass feed beef, Prime, and it is always tender.

The beef from Butcher Box was not tender at all. It was more like select from walmart. The bacon and sausage where all good and so was the sea food, but the sea food is the same that I can buy from sam's or costco, for less. I canceled my subscription.

Do you want to support companies like this?
March 16, 2023

I used them for awhile and lately have received duplicate orders and items I didn’t want. Now to be fair these were my mistakes but you know what could’ve prevented every single one of these? If they would notify me shortly before the delivery so I could make changes or see that I had two orders when I only wanted one. BUT BB does not let you know a delivery is coming u til it’s too late.

WHY? So you can’t cancel your order. I found out the hard and expensive way when I called customer support and they sent me a link to sign up for text messages to be notified of an impending delivery. This link is nowhere to be found on their website, I confirmed with the rep that this is the case.

They would rather you get incorrrect orders rather than risk getting cancellations by notifying you of an order. And once you get a wrong order you are stuck with it. So this is the mindset of this company and who’s they want to treat you. Screw BB I cancelled my subscription once I found this out.

White line disease
December 29, 2022
The first chicken breast out of the package had white line disease. This is a disease caused by hormone additives and too rapid growth in poultry industrial production. It is precisely what Butcher Box claims their suppliers do not do. This low quality chicken is available at any supermarket for 1/4 the cost of BB.

Don't support animal torture
September 28, 2022

The advertising for this company is disappointing and sad. The commercial is clearly meant to try to make the consumer feel good about supporting the industries that profit from animal torture and slaughter. It mentions doing things the "right" way with grass fed beef and humanely raised pork.

First, they are living sentient beings who don't want to die. They are cows and chickens who don't deserve to be bred into the world just to be murdered. Cows don't care if they are grass fed, it doesn't make a difference when they are still treated like a product and in the end have their throats slit or a bullet put in their skull.

And what is humane about prodding a pig into a gas chamber or slitting their throat? There's absolutely no humane way to kill someone who does not want to die that would be like saying if I treat you nice up until the point that I murder you it's okay that I kill you. Your company's advertisement is very very shameful you all should be ashamed of yourselves for profiting from this.

becks77 December 28, 2023

They were created to be food for us.

Chewy Steaks
September 7, 2022
I ordered 2 boxes (2 months). Both times I cooked the steaks on the BBQ, I had to throw them away, I literally couldn't even chew the meat. I don't know why. Even the chicken wasn't great. I cancelled my subscription. It was not cheap either.

They will sucker you into subscribing and then disappoint you.
August 1, 2022

I was sent multiple promotion emails and although one was applied and the other was half applied, free bacon for life was not applied.

Which is weird because one of the options for trying to get me not to cancel was $1 bacon for life.

How ironic that the thing that would have kept me happy could have been offered to me for $1 and I would have went on my merry way.

Now instead of surprising my family not only with flying into see them along with some great meat for bbq to end the summer, they just get me. I know they will be happy with that, but I really wanted to share in some great end of summer food.

On principal I could not accept the $1 bacon as #1 it should not have been sent in a promotion I couldn’t have and #2 it should have been offered before I went to cancel.

Shame on you for false advertising and basically lying while sending out emails. How about some QC on what goes out? Don’t send multiples if people can’t use them!! It’s unfair and a misrepresentation of product.

If I could have cancelled the box I already ordered I would have, I’m extremely disappointed and sad that this subscription service sucked so bad.

Butcherbox is more than we expected!!!
June 4, 2022

It is the best thing we have done for our health. I am blown away, the flavor & quality. You can adjust your auto order each month. Choose to get it alittle later in the month. So convenient. God Bless these farmers. Caring about our health & the critters health. Free range.

I can't imagine buying supermarket meat again. My husband has occasional acid reflux. He said I don't seem to have issues after eating this meat. We have one life. Give your body your best. Hormones & antibiotics pumped into food have caused so many issues to our health & the poor critters.

Quality does not match price.
May 23, 2022
Most impressive thing about the delivery was the box. Lots of insulation and sturdy. Bacon was too salty and only 10 oz. Shrimp was small with little flavor. Chicken breast package was a month past its 'Use by' date. I knew it was per pound expensive but I wanted to see if they'd impress me with quality. Didn't happen. Cancelled membership.

No meat & no customer service
February 23, 2022

This has been the worst experience with a company ever. I watch people give positive after positive reviews about this company. A co worker pointed me to this company because we are trying to eat healthier.

Our order began on Feb 8th and it was headed our way, so we thought, but come valentine days nothing arrived. There was an email saying something about a delay. Emailed back and forth, and checking on the website, and our order had been delayed and no info about when it will arrive.

Days went by and the order went back and was Considered damaged goods. It took me contacting to question what was happening, and then getting another order processed for delivery.

As of today, I tried to cancel and was told that the new order was already in process. That has been four days ago. I've heard nothing about my order until I emailed this customer service rep. that I was in contact with.

I could find no details as to when my order would be shipped via email. I also checked the website before sending this email and nothing. It still shows my old order. I finally received a response saying it has been shipped.

Today marks 14 days without any real help other than getting emails that lacked any type of customer service help. During these conversation and there are many I was given a $10.00 discount.

I really do not want this order now, as we have had to buy meat almost daily anticipating this order. I had planned on doing my own video review before this big disappointment. Canceling my account immediately.

Buyer beware. Watch the charges!
February 4, 2022

I ordered for the first time early December and kept noticing that my order hadn’t been processed yet in January.

Then in February, I went online to cancel and I emailed them to ask where my box is that I paid $140 for was? The reply was. We are showing a P.O. Box on file and don’t deliver to P.O. Box. Back and forth with when would I have been notified of this?

Why didn’t anyone reach out to me for 2 months etc. I was refunded BUT then she got sarcastic with me and never once answered my questions professionally. She told me she would be HAPPY TO CHARGE MY CARD ON FILE and send a new box out!!!? How???

She doesn’t have my correct address to ship it! Even though I did have a physical address along with the P.O. Box. Had I not monitored this… I would be out the $140! BUYER BEWARE!

The concept is great, the customer service terrible.
September 17, 2021
I truly wanted to love Butcher Box. On the recommendation of Thomas DeLauer I subscribed. But my package arrived with the meat all cut up. Looked like an employee used a box cutter. These meats were slashed. I documented the whole thing, but Butcher Box chose not to correct the issue, leaving me well over $150 out of pocket. Shameful customer service.

Poor Meat Quality
December 15, 2020
I welcomed the possibility of cutting down on trips to the grocery store but the quality and taste of the meat were not good for the price. I cooked two cuts of beef, the chicken breasts, and the pork chops. The pork was okay but both the beef and the chicken were tough. I just canceled tonight and feel I wasted my money.

Total disappointment
November 15, 2020

This is the second time I attempted a subscription with Butcher Box. I was a long time customer initially but cancelled when I continued to get products that the packaging would crack open during shipping and would ultimately spoil and I was throwing away hundreds of dollars in meat because the mailing process was inadequate for California heat.

We’ve moved to TX and this time the customer service was terrible. Charged me and never delivered the box. Had to contact customer service multiple times trying to get the box replaced which they said would be sent out. Never arrived. Only to call again and find out that I was in a no-ship list. I finally had to ask for a refund but that left me without the products I had needed for my large and busy family. What a waste of time and efforts. Very disappointed and won’t be going back.

A consumer should NOT have to try so hard...
August 9, 2020

A consumer should NOT have to try so hard to find out WHERE their meats are sourced! Do you all realize that grass-fed beef could be a water buffalo eating stalks in a rice paddy in China? My point is NOWHERE do they make it easy to know what country their meats come from.

I would eat a grain-fed over something raised in Indonesia any day! What about the fish? Wild-caught WHERE? I am done searching they will not get our business because of deceptive practices of the country of origin games.

Not Good
August 2, 2020
The meat I ordered arrived mostly thawed. Not packed well at all. Half the meat was completely thawed; the other half was partially thawed. The box was barely cool inside and it felt dangerous to even eat the meat. I certainly didn't re-freeze it! I never got a response to my complaint so I canceled my subscription and will not order from ButcherBox again.

Do not get what you order.
June 17, 2020

They started off great with our first 2 orders. The last 3 orders we got have been substitutions. We ordered fillet mignon and got ranch steak we let them know and said they would send it with our next order. We got the next order and no fillet mignon now we got flank steak.

This month we did not get the 2 fillet mignon they said they would send in addition to our normal box and they did not send us our free bacon we are supposed to get with each order. Maybe they were growing to fast or demand is too high so they do not care. I asked them to send me the 2 missing steaks and the missing bacon but they won't until we order a new box. Waiting 24 hours for a supervisor to call us.

Food poisoning, open, leaking packages, and rude employees Oh My!
March 4, 2020

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!! 0 Stars. My husband got food poisoning from the hamburger meat. All packages have holes and are not sealed properly, an issue they clearly know full well and furthermore do not care about. I proceeded to cancel and decided to inform them about the situation. The "customer service" representative told me they would need photographic evidence of the ripped packaging. (I had since thrown it away because that is gross!)

Talk about rude, snarky and horrible. I told her the meat was gross. What I meant by gross is because it is exposed to everything and everything to it, not gross meaning taste. (Taste is mediocre by the way, nothing to write home about.) Her reply was "Well, taste is subjective." REALLY! Way to retain customers lady. NOT! Did not even care or make an effort to correct the situation. Horrible, just horrible.

Not what I ordered!
February 6, 2020

I ordered a full order box of sirloin steaks. Packaged, they all looked like sirloin steaks. When I opened each of the two (they come in two attached) 5 out of 10 were New York strips and the other 5 sirloin steaks!

When I first contacted them on my first package, I said, Let it slide, do better next time!

But when package after package revealed that someone was not paying attention and I felt I was purposely being cheated (they were packaged to look like sirloin, all bunched up and pretty and fat looking) I began to ask for a refund ~ they refunded me 2 of the 5~

Not going to order meat from them again So, my next order was a box full of Salmon steaks (12) ~ definitely different sizes don't know if total weight was what they promised or not ~

So first package of two salmon steaks, not scaled.

Second package one scaled and the other not

Third package both scaled.

fourth package half scaled . . .

So my point is ~ there is much need for quality control on their packaging.

The sirloin was great and the salmon was great! BUT, I won't be ordering from them again as I don't know what I will get (and unlikely I will get a refund for all the miss-packaged product) and if I will need to be scaling my salmon (I like to eat the skin) or not!

Disappointed!
January 12, 2020

Summer of 2019 ordered and received a Six Star box of assorted beef, pork and chicken. Fabulous! Put a hold on

Subscription. Ordered a box of beef and pork (free salmon

Included) in late December. Box arrived containing two pounds each of hamburger, beef stew, pork ribs, two rib eye steaks and a 6.52# bone in pork butt! ( My kids at birth didn’t weigh that much). At $129.00 that makes these 9 packages Approximately $16.33 a piece!

Customer service told me the assortment came from what was available in the locker. She told me to cut the pork butt in half (really, frozen). I was given $20.00 off my Next

order. My suggestion: don’t order or if you do, not at the end of December when the lockers are full of bone in pork butts!

Poor Quality Meat and Bad web site
November 2, 2019

Meat quality is no better than my local grocers and probably not as good in some items. Was really excited until i got the first box. What a disappointment that was.

Move order out to give the wife and I time to use the meat and that didn't work out to well.

Web site is persistent in keeping you on a schedule come hell or high water.

Finally chatted with a "customer service" rep and got the plan cancelled. Funny thing on the way to the chat room is that I had twice previously cancelled the service and the damn thing kept coming back. Now I have to $129.00 of meat I don't want or need.

I had used a Mac once and then I used my secure Windows machine and that didn't work either. Both times i got the typical why are you leaving.

They must have figured I didn't know what I was talking about and kept my account alive.

When I asked that the account be wiped they politely, (sic) refused. I know Service desk are notoriously un-responsive to customer but this type of canned crap has to stop.

People need to be more assertive with companies that ignore them after the initial contact which is all peaches and cream until you find the cream curdled on delivery and peaches were ground pick up from last month.

Not a happy camper.

JimL September 17, 2021

You can request a DSARs for all information on you, and request they delete. By law they have to comply.