Approved Food Ltd Reviews

4.6 Rating 9,460 Reviews
95 %
of reviewers recommend Approved Food Ltd
4.6
Based on 9,460 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 92%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 89%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In
2 - 3 Hours
Customer Service
4.7 out of 5
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About Approved Food Ltd:

Approved Food is the largest online retailer of short dated food and drink in the UK. Customers regularly save over £60 on their weekly grocery shop made up of major brands and 'de-Identified' residual stock from the major supermarkets. This mix of products and savings offers our customers fantastic value every day, something that supermarkets and high-street discounters just cannot compete with.

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Phone:

01132350553

Email:

cs@approvedfood.co.uk

Location:

Approved Food Ltd. Unit 1, Silkstone Court, Upper Cliffe Road, Dodworth Business Park South, Barnsley,,
Barnsley
S75 3SP

Approved Food Ltd 5 star review on 28th November 2023
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Approved Food Ltd 5 star review on 28th November 2023
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Approved Food Ltd 5 star review on 28th November 2023
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Approved Food Ltd 5 star review on 28th November 2023
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Approved Food Ltd 5 star review on 28th November 2023
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
a bottle of chardonnay was smashed in he bottom of the box
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Posted 4 years ago
Hi, So sorry to hear this - could you please email our customer service team about this and they will be happy to help? cs@approvedfood.co.uk Thanks AF
Posted 4 years ago
Used to be a great site but prices have gone up stupidly high for out of date & damaged stuff. Don't recommend it as much now :(
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Posted 4 years ago
Hi, So sorry that you feel this way! All feedback is passed onto the appropriate team, as we are always trying to provide the best service for our customers. Thanks for taking the time to leave this review, and I'm sorry again for any disappointment. Kind Regards AF
Posted 4 years ago
Some dog food not so good and found cheaper elsewhere noticed prices creeping up! As well as delivery charges on my big orders
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Posted 5 years ago
Thank you for ordering with us and for your feedback, AF
Posted 5 years ago
Products were good but postage was a disgrace I live outside Aberdeen but was charged postage for Highland and Islands disgrace added £10.50 onto my order
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Posted 5 years ago
Very poor delivery take more than 17 days to get the package...I don't think I will do again
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Posted 5 years ago
With the minimum £55 shop to have free delivery; it is now not worth using approved food. They do not save any money in the long run.
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Posted 5 years ago
Some items can be more expensive than supermarkets but still some good bargains can be found. However they are let down badly by terrible customer service. My last order was dropped and damaged by the shippers, which is a nuisance but not their fault. However their customer service took 5 days to reply and only said they couldn't see the photos I'd added to the ticket (despite them showing up in their reply to me). They took many replies and many days to resolve the problem whilst each reply announced at the top that my problem was "solved". They falsely claimed they couldn't see people's replies unless they mark all tickets as solved. When I tweeted them twice to prompt a response to my ticket there was no reply. Have added the photo (that they said they couldn't see) of the broken drink carton, leaking olive jar and mess. They say the service is slow due to volume of emails but actually the customer service is simply inept, untrained or working against the business.
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Posted 5 years ago
I have placed orders in the past and the service has been excellent this time I ordered for collection and the status has not changed in 10 days from picking, emails have been sent service calls made, phone calls impossible as no reply all to no avail still the order has not been updated and still no replies to my emails getting concerned as we only have a limited time frame in which we can collect then it will no longer be possible. Extremely disappointed by this lack of customer service as in the past all queries have been dealt with in good time.
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Posted 5 years ago
Hello, we apologise for this. We are experiencing a high volume of emails and calls but getting back to everyone in order as soon as possible. Your issue is important thanks for your patience. AF
Posted 5 years ago
Do not get the credit promised for writing this review
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Posted 5 years ago
My low score applies to the latest delivery. The service seems to have gone downhill during the last year. Nine items on my delivery sheet were missing, I sent two e-mails and five days later, I still had no acknowledgement ! This now makes three out of my last four orders which had problems. Still waiting for a response.The food itsself is usually okay.
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Posted 5 years ago
Hello, I apologise that your issue has not been solved. We are experiencing a high volume of emails and calls but getting back to everyone in order as soon as possible. I have however passed on your details to the customer service team. Thanks, AF
Posted 5 years ago
Ordering, especially if it’s a popular product, you only have 30mins to complete your shopping,bit more time would be helpful👍 Shipping is not a problem and friendly van drivers. Lastly the BAD part......CUSTOMERS SERVICES via telephone, is non existent. Something really must be done, at this moment in time, after reviewing here, it’ll be my 7th attempt to contact regarding an order I received last week. Neither by phone, email or service ticket have I been able to speak to anyone. Don’t get me wrong APPROVED FOODS does save you money, good products and yes I would recommend them to friends but would make them aware of customer services
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Posted 5 years ago
Hello, I apologise that your issue has not been solved. We are experiencing a high volume of emails and calls but getting back to everyone in order as soon as possible. I have however passed on your details to the customer service team. Thanks, AF
Posted 5 years ago
Several items not in stock, some products misleading. Unfortunate as been a regular customer until now. Very unhappy with the last order I made.
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Posted 6 years ago
Faq states that out of date products are "perfectly fine to eat". I purchased three packs of poptarts, bb:June 2017. All three packs had mold on each tart. Approved foods response was, "out of date food is fine to eat. Sorry, have a refund". Blatant disregard for their products and the potential mold risk.
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Posted 6 years ago
As detailed in an email to Approved Food yesterday afternoon, the reason for the delay in the order arriving was that the contents were all virtually destroyed by the carriers. Not only was the delivery a complete mess with broken glass and sticky substances all over the goods. Biscuits and crisps were crushed flat but most of all there were many items missing either smashed by careless carriers or taken from the delivery and not replaced. All in all at least half of the goods were missing.
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Posted 6 years ago
Changed my rating. Offer you half price delivery for leaving a review...then there is no promised code after!!
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Posted 6 years ago
My order wasn't complete and just cuz it wasn't over a fiver they wouldn't complete the order
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Posted 6 years ago
Hi, actually I prefer the 3pounds refund. Thank you very much.
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Posted 6 years ago
Products are okay-some are around the same price as retailers though, only found the odd bargain. Delivery was the biggest gripe! £5.99 for delivery which sort of defeated the object of saving on food goods. No real information given about what day it would be delivered on and for expensive delivery costs- our parcel was left outside our front door, on a busy street during a storm!!! The box was soaked through and some of our goods damaged! Don't really know how the courier thought it was appropriate to be left where it was left and in the weather conditions on the day. Overall we are not very satisfied.
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Posted 6 years ago
well you sent an email to say spent 50.00 and free carriage but I had to pay carriage I find that very poor not the first time your promises came up short either also no contents sheet so couldn't check order and some things I ordered never arrived so couldn't check as no sheet I am assumeing youl ignore this email as usual
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Posted 6 years ago
Hi Mr Ross, Thank you for shopping with Approved Food. I can see that as your address is not classed as UK Mainland for the purposes of shipping, your shipping charge was reduced by £5.99 as per the terms and conditions. We endeavour to reply to every email that we receive and I must apologise if this has not happened in the past. I have asked our Customer Services team to send you a copy of your paperwork. Kind regards, Jennie
Posted 6 years ago
One item (bought multiples) were not delivered. I was still charged for these items and told my account was "in credit". I should have received my money back not held to random to placing another order. Shame on you Approved Food.
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Posted 6 years ago
Approved Food Ltd is rated 4.6 based on 9,460 reviews