La famille Québec Alimentation — Restaurant in Quebec

We had samples and decided to not sign. I asked if there was extra fees but was told no. You decide by yourself if it was true.

I think it's difficult to take a decision, on the spot, how much meat you eat per week. At what cost per pound. How many grams of meat you eat per person in 3 months. It's something that I would have like a preparation sheet, not just a sample box as I was getting out of the house.

I did not like at all the minimum that I was told : one person apparently takes slightly under 3 k per year, just for meat. In this economy, I'm having my doubts. There was pressure there as it was not taken into consideration our lifestyle : going some days meatless. Eating out. I doubt the amount of meat recommended to consume per week by them is healthy, it looked too much.

If they were more transparent, they would have gained more stars... We cannot keep a price sheet. There is no sheet...

I would have liked to have documentation I could hold in my hands. Tablets are not good ways to compare prices when it's a 3 peoples conversation. It's all images and even the vendor was confused in the layout. I was almost convinced at some point and then I realized that it was not even disclosed clearly the individual products I was ordering. It's a all key in hands, and you get a vendor who suggest for you what you will eat, cute but I need more control than that before signing. I was still trying to process at that point how much chicken I do want to eat and if I would get bored of eating the same cut. Will it even fit in my freezer? Seriously trying to get in your head 12 x 28 g of fish + half a chicken that I will cut (somehow) + 8 x chicken breast + this and that is a math nightmare because there is no space for you to doubt. His argument was that we can always change it later.

And then, when we decided to take a month to eat out the freezer and think through it, the sale person pretended that he would have no time to come back, he would be too busy.

So come way more prepared than you think you should be. Plus observe that on Google Map reviews a lot of people aren't local guides. They have 2 or 3 reviews only...

Pro: -Yes sous vide is cool. -Having a farm background, from my questions, I believed the person that it was superior meat, that the chicken was raised in more human conditions. -It was appreciated the salesperson was knowledgeable on his products. -Losing less time shopping as it's delivered. -I was told it doesn't auto renew in a year, they come again. -I was told the contract guarantees the price for a year. We are talking about high premium prices but at...

A sales rep came to the door under the guise of being a small local company sharing boxes of meat samples to market their family-run company’s products. I was skeptical at first, but wanted to give this “small family-run business” a chance. She gave me the “free” box of meat, asked a few questions about our grocery habits, and casually mentioned that someone else from the company would come by in a couple weeks to hear how we enjoyed the products.

It was NOT explained that I had apparently “agreed” to a 30-45 minute sales meeting. At NO POINT was that mentioned to me. She even asked for my partner’s name but he wasn’t there at the time so I declined to give it. She insisted twice, so I finally gave it. I didn’t realize that apparently obligated him to be there at the meeting as well?! How can I force him to be there, he wasn’t even present for the original pitch?

After she left the door, an email was sent to me about the meeting time I had apparently “agreed” to with a checklist of other things I had apparently also “agreed” to. At no point had I checked these boxes, so she must have done that herself. My partner and I were livid to discover that I had apparently “agreed” to a sales meeting. I had not agreed to this.

We called the company that evening to explain the situation and that we aren’t interested in the products. The lady on the phone said we had “agreed” to it so we “had to do the meeting.” What kind of reputable company operates that way?! If we don’t want to do the meeting, why force it? We maybe would have considered their products but not after this scam marketing tactic and pressure to attend this sales meeting we didn’t even agree to have.

Some recommendations to this company: Stop forcing people to participate in sales meetings. Let them schedule one with you if they want. You’ll be much better off in the long run this way. Especially if you want to work with future generations who won’t fall for your shady “marketing” tactics. Stop calling yourself a local family-run company. You’re deliberately rebranding the truth to prey on people who don’t know better. A simple Google search makes it clear that this isn’t the case. Oh, and you yourself clearly state your beef comes from Alberta — that’s not exactly local to Quebec, is it? Stop incentivizing people to leave glowing reviews. It’s so obvious and it’s so, so cringey.

Who knew that a company that prides itself on its “high quality food” could leave such a bad taste in your mouth.

If your products were actually good you wouldn’t have to try so hard to get people to...

A representative stopped by our house to offer a sample of products in exchange for a "twenty minute" meeting with a sales representative. Since I am interested in looking for the best possible meat prices, I agreed. He did not tell me of the $135 penalty if I cancel the appointment. He took down my info and asked me to just "sign here, here, and here." I signed without reading--BUYER BEWARE. ALWAYS READ BEFORE YOU SIGN. The fine writing stated that the meeting is to last 30-45 minutes and there was a fee of $135 if you cancel. And you can't return the meat samples for hygienic reasons. I felt conned, but it was up to me to read before signing. On the other hand, it is distrustful for the representative to ask someone to sign without advising them to read the contract first.

I then looked at the website and learned that it is a subscription/contract service, that no prices are listed online, and that they offer only premium cuts. All red flags for me. This is a business that best caters to people with an empty chest freezer, who love cooking for themselves and are willing to plan a 4-6 month menu schedule. I am not those people.

I had called the company's head office to tell them that regardless of what prices or products they offer, I will refuse to do business with them because they are distrustful. They persisted with the appointment, wasting their time and mine. I get it, a contract is a contract. And when they called me afterwards to confirm the appointment, they insisted on both my wife and I being present for the appointment. Presumably this is a sales tactic to have people pressured into signing up. Additionally, a day before the appointment with the sales rep, someone came around AGAIN to offer another sample box in exchange for a meeting.

The meeting itself went smoothly. The representative briefly explained the business and I detailed why we were not the kind of clients they are looking for. We all understood the service was not for us.

I can't speak to the quality of the products or what their prices are. What I want people to know is that the marketing tactics are shady and signing up for their service is a big...