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Factor is just TV dinner cosplaying as healthy food

Let me let you in on a secret. They're old people meals. My mom, before she passed away, got a meal plan exactly like this through her medicare. They'd send you packaged meals that looked exactly, 100% like these, that you heat up for a couple of minutes in the microwave.

every meal service program is just an elaborate way to make adults eat like they’re in their middle school cafeteria again

I don’t get why there’s so many meal delivery services. All of them are practically the same.

I work at FedEx as a package handler, and the number of factor boxes, among other meal kits,we get is absolutely insane. At least a full 1000 piece box truck of just factor a day, and that's not counting the other meal kit services.

My man’s three videos into his YT career and he’s already broken out the Shia LaBeouf “I’m not famous anymore” bag.

the big thing is, at least in the UK, those pre-packaged supermarket meals that you said taste pretty much the same are usually half the price of a factor meal !! like, i'd much rather go to the supermarket and pick them myself then lmao

I love it when the funny man releases another audiovisual critique towards a popular sponsorship used in the same platform and/or other popular social medias

Unless they're cooking the meals day of near where you live or providing a specific niche diet or food, there's literally nothing any meal service can do to improve quality. The requirements for mass producing, preserving the food, and maintaining cost basically homogenizes them all. It's sad how much content creators have to lie through their teeth just to get decently paying sponsors.

For the price, I'd much rather have a mediocre microwave meal from the frozen aisle

I love seeing ads/sponsorships for stuff not available in my country, or even continent

2:27 that dank pods background music distracted me and took me right out of the video.

Okay doing all the wellness shots in one sitting is BRAVE- even the ginger ones at grocery stores are definitely an acquired taste lol

I'm really loving this series, I always wanted an honest review of these products

I used to subscribe to these meal plans because I used to work long hours and I was dieting. I rarely had time to cook, so instead of getting fast food, I subscribed to these meal services. I honestly used Factor because Freshly went out of business. I liked Freshly a lot more. They were cheaper (probably why they went out of business) and had a larger variety of healthy meals. With Factor, I had to stick to only a couple of meals that were within my diet plan, and it got real old real fast. I eventually canceled my plan because I wasn't a big fan of the variety and I got a new job where I worked a regular 9-5, so I had more time to cook every night.

You should do a video testing out all the vpns for 100k subs.

I just don’t understand why I would buy this when my local grocery store has an aisle full of frozen meals that are just as good, if not better. Plus they’re cheaper.

My mom works at a frozen meal deliver service and tbh just go for that. they have like 50 options and are pretty cheap since they're primarily bought by elderly folks

a creator named atrioc gets sponsored by them fairly often and he’s been the only genuine person to talk about it, most times he states how it’s cheaper to make the meals yourself and the food isn’t terrible but it’s marketed to people who buy fast food daily and want something slightly healthier and maybe cheaper without needing to go to the grocery store it’s just glamorized tv dinner, taste a bit better but it’s souly for people who don’t go to grocery shopping

please keep this series up i love this ad your the only one i found doing this good and real

I really appreciate the “putting the shot glass down upside down” part of this. Excellent!

My friends parents tried this and it went pretty bad. His whole family works out a lot so most of the portions were just way too small to even leave them feeling slightly filled. They also said the food was just not that great and it wasn’t much cheaper than just buying groceries and making larger meals. I guess for a college kid or something it might be alright but meal prepping would probably work much better.

The reason meal-services have creeped onto the scene is that wage stagnation destroyed the stay at home parent who could spend a chunk of the day cooking. Now we are all broke, and don't want to cook after working 10 hours, and both parties are doing so, so this "convenience" is supposed to fill the gap. It's pretty sad.

Basically: "you're an adult, cook your own food, stop eating like a 30 years old toddler"

"They're one of the largest sponsorships/advertisers on the platform." I've literally never heard of these guys. maybe I'm not as addicted to the internet as I thought...

You kept us waiting for a while. Glad your back to uploading.

You popped off with the typical youtube persona look Edit: The fingerless gloves add that flare

I just started with the service starting this year and you're absolutely correct with everything, and can't say it better myself.

I totally understand the logistical reasons why every meal delivery service wants to be subscription based, but I just hate it. Sometimes, I know I've got a really busy week coming up, or I've just been lazy recently and haven't shopped. I've considered many of them for years now, but I don't need a minimum of 3-5 meals delivered to my house every week. If they offered a-la-carte meals (that aren't incredibly marked up -- some do offer this but you "save" like 50% by subscribing) with a minimum order amount of $50 or something, I'd order like 6 times a year, that's $300 that could be Factor's, or any other service. Service subscriptions are so cancerous.

its nice to see honest opinions from someone not being held back by the fact they are being paid to talk about them, and would like more sponsorships later.

These videos are really going well so far, I love them

my mom signed up with some first month referral deal and halfway through the first week just started giving what was left to me and unsubscribed once the first month was over (she has a mild garlic allergy). They really are just ok but its like the version of cooking we all claim to want but don't really enjoy that much, just something full of diced veg and a protein. They all get so bland so fast and the full price is too high. it isn't the worst thing ever but you end up not wanting to eat them again after like meal 6 and just keep on doing it because you are hungry not because you are looking forward to a easy and tasty meal. I can do that on my own without a paid service, except I can now also make whatever I want whenever I want without feeling like I am "Wasting" my subscription meals.

"all the meals were edible" now thats a sterling recommendation

feels good being a semi-functional adult with the ability to cook

I’ve had a Factor meal before, probably the best frozen pre made microwave meal I’ve ever eaten, but it’s still a pre made microwave meal, so it’s still not great

I never realized how small they were size wise but, now that you pointed it out, yeah, that doesn't look great. If you're too busy to cook for yourself, chances are you're going to have a considerably bigger appetite than that.

🤣😆the way he chucks the parcel around at the TV dinner

6:01 Enjoying A 200 Year Old NUKACOLA QUANTUM (WARNING: VOMIT ALERT)

i know you are going to have millions of subs one day dude. your stuff is quality i can’t wait to see when you get it

The testing bag is peak comedy on RU-vid.

I got a few from my mom because she got some for free by accident and felt weird about it. Compared to a microwave dinner, I think they were so much better. The chicken and the vegetables I had were great. The pastas were kinda mid.

Not sure why every one of these meal companies fixate on delivering you food when most people don't live far from a grocery store that they're likely going to anyway. If only there was a way to reduce the price of these meals by getting rid of the wasteful packing material and shipping costs by consolidating them into some kind of refrigerated units in an area where people go shopping to get food 🤔

Wasn’t expecting that at 0:25 lol

I feel like these types of products would be really good as a in bulk set sold in like costco or sams, you can get them whenever time you need and not having to worry about shipping or forgetting to end the subscription

I’ve been waiting for another video from this channel. I clicked so fast.

Your experience reflects my own. I got them because the deal made them only around $4 per meal at first, and they weren't bad. But they gradually make them more expensive each month, until they reach the 10-12 dollar range, at which point they are waaaay too overpriced for how much food you get. And now they keep sending me mail asking me to join again, even though I told them 3 times to take me off their mailing list.

the food time edits realy remind me of brutalfoods

Every once in a while i see one of these review videos showing a youtube promotion is mid or scammy, then that channel pushes something else, and the cycle resets

The tasting bag is the most uncanny thing i have seen in a while

A rule i have in life is nothing good ever comes out of the microwave

HOLY CRAP I RECOGNISE THOSE WELLNESS SHOTS! I had one on holiday when I got sick 'n it was so bad I nearly gagged

my name for this show is "companies i don't know about because i use sponsorblock"

I tried a few of their Meals one was pretty good the other three were not much better than a frozen meal from the grocery store. I'm sure this depends on what you order, but still it's nothing like RU-vidrs claim it to be of course

Factor works great for me and my husband because im diabetic along with having high blood sugar/high cholesterol. And he has GERD. We also both work 10+ hours a day at a warehouse with a one hour commute to work and one hour commute back home. By the time we get home we are both too exhausted to meal prep or cook. It doesn't spike my blood sugar or blood sugar. My cholesterol has actually come down some since then because im no longer eating as unhealthy with these meals (like with tv dinners or processed lunch meat) And it offers choices that my husband can eat without him throwing up after (something that happens on a regular basis when he eats something that sets it off.

All the grocery stores in my area sell pre-made meal kits for way less than Factor’s pricing and better product. You’re paying a premium for worse product delivered to your door.

One good thing abt factor (or any already prepared meals I'm not here to stan factor especially since I don't like hello fresh really) is that it's mainly a good thing for people who literally won't eat if they didn't have a prepared meal. Like I'd rather someone eats ok enough vs not eating at all. Whether it's because they're super busy, just hate cooking or have mental or physical disability that prevents them from cooking; I do think pre-packaged meal have a place in society, but good lird the price on factor.

Oh my god the paper bag with just a mouth hole in it is too funny Also i wonder if these would ve slightly better if thrown in the oven? I know its not the point. But tv dinners are so much better in the oven a lot of the time

Yoooooo! They reinvented TV Dinner!

Frozen meals like this can actually be pretty good, but here's the thing. They literally just sell these at the grocery store. You don't need to pay for factors marked up prices due to all the advertising they do. Just go to the grocery store, buy some of the more premium Frozen dinners, see which ones you like and boom. You basically have Factor but for a cheaper price. Edit: holy shit i did not realize these were $10+ per meal FUCK that.

I love the “tasting bag” 😂

This channel has the energy of RU-vid from ten years ago (in a good way)

Every time I've seen a creator shill this product they always look so goddamn miserable lmao

There’s another delivery service I prefer that has a lot more variety in the menu and much less salt. Factor pissed me off so bad. I’m shocked people still like them - the menu is pretty stagnant. I tried to go back to factor for a week because they sent me one of those coupons begging me to come back. After that heavily discounted box, I canceled it when I saw the menu was basically the same shit from months ago - the reason I had canceled in the first place.

I literally just went out and bought ingredients to make fried rice with scallops for the price of less than two factor meals, and I made enough to last me a week. Ten bucks a meal is just too much for what they are making, especially if people are trying to plan meals for a week or so, which would be 70 dollars a week.

They're just fancy Marie Calendars meals, which are already the fancy frozen meals

Forget using bourbon for your drinking games. That ginger wellness shot would knock you tf out

Instead of buying their "wellness shots", you might as well make your own Jamu (herbal drink from Indonesia). It also have ginger and some other herbal ingredients.

My favorite part is when RU-vidrs are promoting Factor, half the time they dont even show themselves really eating it. Instead you get a lot of shots of the meal and maybe one shot of taking of bite, not chewing or swallowing, just eating a bite and thumbs up.

*PLEASE* do Raycon next, I am DYING to see if they've gotten any better since the Dankpods reviews.

love the point at the end about factor being good for people who are SO overworked they literally do not have the time to cook. but also have the kind of money to drop on 10$/meal. like that's such a weird niche to be aiming at, because if people are working that much out of necessity then they probably can't afford a service priced like factor, but anyone who has the money for factor is probably just gonna spend their money on better food than that. really not sure what their customer base looks like

I remember most Factor ad reads mention that it is a cheaper option than going out to eat or going to the store, which considering the price means their studies were done by people who really impulse buy at inner city whole foods or something.

They should've factored this into consideration.

TEN BUCKS for one meal? Bro jesus christ, I'd rather just buy my ingredients and cook everything myself. As much as I am one to often pay for a convenience cost, that is absurd.

I'm disabled so meal delivery services make a lot of sense for me. That said most of them, including factor are awful. The best you'll find are options that are exclusively local and work with local restruaunts. Anything else is going to be overcooked sousvede mush

Another thing worth noting, and this is true of all meal-delivery type deals, the sheer amount of plastics each package contains is NUTS. I’m no environmental nut, but it’s pretty egregious. Especially for the price.

13 dollars for a microwave meal is insane...

My boss is a big fan of factor. Course I suspect that this is just a lingering effect of being in the army

2:18 ah yes the dankpods headphone testing music

10 to 15$ a MEAL???! BRUH! i can go to my local restaurant for dinner at that price!

Thank you for singlehandedly annihilating million-dollar ad campaigns. What a time to be alive.

The thing that drives me crazy about Factor is that it's almost exactly the same as those pre-packaged fresh meals you get at grocery stores (as you mentioned at the end). If these busy, overworked but well-off people were to go to a higher-end grocery store they could get something that's the same quality (IMO grocery store meals taste better than most Factor ones), roughly the same price if not cheaper, more quantity, and you can easily adjust what/how much you get based on your tastes or how much you'll be eating out that week, etc.

Hot take: I actually really liked Hello Fresh. Wouldn’t pay full price, but for someone who’s disabled it really helped me cook real food.

Is there even a good sponsorship product? This almost feels like a bubble that's going to burst with every sponsorship being useless crap or complete scam.

When my dad was diagnosed with cancer, his coworkers pitched in to sign our family up for an absurd amount of Factor meals. I ate so many of those things while crying lmao.

It's ridiculous how had sponsors are getting. I use Premium and I pay for ad-free services, yet sponsors in videos are practically just as annoying and just as shady as regular ads too. Yeah, I know it's out of YT's control. Yeah, I know RU-vidrs need to put food on the table. And yeah, I am aware SponsorBlock on PC exists, and I'm aware sponsors are skippable. But this sponsor BS is putting a bandaid on the problem. For one, it's ridiculous how every year, RU-vid keeps making it so creators earn less and less revenue, and even more ridiculous how they keep making monetization guidelines stricter and stricter. Creators have to put in more effort for less money, and that's stupid. For two, there's a lot of RU-vidrs who already make a lot. There's creators with tens of millions of subscribers and yet they need sponsorship money? And think about this for a second: so I joined your channel membership. I joined your Patreon. I donated money to say "Thanks" on your videos, I even bought your merch from your merch store. And you're telling me that _none_ of that is enough and you want me to buy from/subscribe to a shady company? Some of these creators I know for a fact make a _shit_ ton of money, and sponsors just seem so ridiculous. At the end of the day, an ad is still an ad. I just hate how no matter how much effort you go through to get rid of them, and no matter how much you pay for an ad-free service, there's still always going to be ways to advertise to you anyways. They are so damn intrusive and have the time scummy, and it's just the same with sponsors. It's just ads with extra steps. I don't care that Adblock and Sponsorblock exist. It doesn't make advertisements and sponsors any less annoying. The point is that I shouldn't _have_ to go through all this workaround BS. This shit should just be a given. Like my Prime Video subscription is not cheap, and they just made it so I have ads now, and have to pay an extra $3 a month to get rid of them. I'm not using your service for free, so how about I get zero ads because I'm paying for it? And Amazon makes so much money and even paid negative-percent taxes once or twice one year, you can't tell me they can't afford to not have ads. Even dumber still is a lot of Prime content is only available on FreeVee now, which has no ad-free options period. I haven't seen YT ads in so many years since getting Premium, but I always hear about just how bad they've gotten. Numerous unskippable ads back-to-back, excessively-long ads for a 5-10 second video, etc. And since YT doesn't moderate ads, anyone can make an ad which means there's been a lot of scam stuff. If people really wanted to put sponsors on their videos, save it to the freakin' end so it's not intrusive. Not that it matters anyways because nobody ever researches their sponsors, they just take the money and run without a care in the world. I'm so tired of there being advertising in everything that I see and do no matter how much I try to avoid it, or pay to avoid.

Let me deal with Hello Fresh quickly. My mom did that because the pandemic hit and we couldn't go to Walmart or food lion as much, but also she was tired of cooking the same thing. Pretty decent food actually. But it is ALL. THE. SAME. INGREDIENTS. Same beef, same pork, same potatoes. Sometimes they mix up what you get with what, but it's like taco bell. Same ingredients in different orders. We have since changed to Dinnerly which I haven't seen much advertising if anything and the variety is MUCH better than Hello Fresh.

I love scams that union bust. It makes the plain microwaved vegetables taste extra bitter!

If you're going to spend extra money on microwave dinners and you're in the US, just buy Amy's meals. All their stuff is organic and they have gluten-free and vegetarian options. The meals are kinda pricy, anywhere from $5 to $8 depending on where you shop, but that's still less than Factor. Obviously you're better off just cooking your own meals, but I can't blame anyone for choosing microwave dinners. After a long day of work you may not feel like cooking, and it's a lot easier just to throw something in the microwave for a few minutes and go sit on the couch.

I think the most horrifying thing is that Dougdoug's love for factor makes more sense if you've seen his guy fieri cooking stream. He is his own food desert.

my mom got some factor stuff for free and its literally just bourgeoisie tv dinners.

HOLY CRAP, LOIS!!!!! LIPS REVEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Might I suggest the humble balaclava for a face covering? It keeps you warm, and doesnt make you too hot depending on the material you go with, obscures your face, while still allowing you to see and depending on the design you go with, allows you to eat without removing it. you could also design your own balaclava and sell it as merch too if thats your kind of thing.

Manscaped next?????

I find it kind of crazy that they were able to market TV dinners into some sort of premium dining subscription and no one ever points this out

I don't understand Factor at all. Nothing about them is any way unique or even particularly convenient. If I wanted a bunch of microwave meals to be shipped directly to my door, I could just order some from Amazon for half the price.

So my Mum is like 80 now and gets a catalogue for something called "Oakhouse Foods" which is... literally this. Delivered microwave meals with fancy descriptions using words like "hand finished by our chefs" so old people don't get fussy.

my god im so sick of seeing ads for this company im glad you made this

I always found a meal delivery service sponsorships unintentionally funny because there really is no good reason to have it as your main source of food so all of the creators always say stuff like you don’t have to eat out and not explain why that’s a selling point

Raid shadow legends video is about to be golden

Cant wait you for you get big enough to get a sponsor that is just as sketchy as most of the current big ones are while also preaching about something that the sponsor kind of goes against. And yes, I've witnessed one or two youtubers like this.