Weee! Asian Grocery Delivery Pro Tips

Updated 2/6/2021

A couple months ago, I wrote a post about Asian grocery/food delivery services. Since then, I’ve been using Weee! the most, though Yamibuy actually has a wider selection and greater coverage. Weee seems to promote their products more frequently with various discounts and has also been greatly expanding their daily bundles. You order multiple days’ worth of bundles in advance.

Weee! – $20 off with my referral link

Yamibuy – $5 off with my referral link

Yamimeal – no referral, but $200 off service fees and 5% off on SJ Distributors bulk produce

Thanks so much to the readers who have used my links, it’s greatly appreciated!

Since I’ve been using Weee the most often, I wanted to share an update and offer some tips that will hopefully help you save the most money on the platform.

Credit Card Coding

• Weee and Yamibuy both code as grocery on Amex. I haven’t tested Citi yet, but I value MR more than TYP. If anyone has datapoints on any other card, let me know and I’ll update this section. I think it is pretty safe to assume it would code as grocery with every issuer though.

Weee! Points Program

• 100 Weee points = $1
• If you refer your friends/family, you will receive $10 worth of points 5 days after their delivery day. However, the points are inactive, and you have to manually activate the points from those referrals so they can be used on your next order. To do so, go to Me > Weee Points > Click the number and then click Redeem.
• If you buy points, you get 2% back for $100 or $200 (3-3.5% if you load $500-1000 but why would you do that). You get extra if you “load with a friend.” I personally don’t really think this is worth the 2% unless you really use Weee a LOT.
• You can also become a VIP member for $10.99/month or $99/year for no-minimum free deliveries, 2% rebate on all purchases, and special discounts. Again, not sure if it’s worth it unless you become obsessed with Wee and are sure you can make that $99 back.
• Post photos of your deliveries to get 5 extra points that you can apply towards future orders. I guess you have to post 20 times to get $1, so you can decide if this is worth it or not. It is nice at least as a community service, because I definitely appreciate when other people post photos, especially when they post dishes they make with their groceries – it gives me ideas.
• There’s a Facebook group (group 1, group 2) that you should join for discounts and to earn points. The idea is to share orders to drive prices down. Browse first to see if someone has ordered anything you were planning to get, and use their link. You get a discount on the items that you both ordered, and that person gets some points. Also, even simply clicking through someone’s link or having them click yours gets you 1 point. It’s a bit convoluted, so rather than overanalyzing it — JUST USE SOMEONE’S LINK!
• I enjoy browsing through people’s links to see what they are buying and get some inspiration (smart marketing move too).

Promotions

• Although it may be a bit spammy, it’s worth it to turn on your push notifications because Weee often sends promotions like $10 off $35 coupons. These can be applied to the bundles, just be sure to select the coupon at checkout.
• Yamimeal has been giving 2% refunds on their purchases as a promotion, straight to your credit card.

Quality and Value

• Generally, for Weee I feel like it’s a crapshoot with the fresh produce like vegetables. My mom and I have both received wilted or pitiful green leafy vegetables that has been honestly disappointing. I’m sure some people have received great fresh produce, so I would say quality control doesn’t seem to be great and that you take a risk ordering these.
• Similarly, I see a lot of people complain about frozen foods becoming partially defrosted. This is not a big deal for some foods, but for frozen dumplings, you really need those to stay frozen otherwise they break and stick to each other.
• For Yamimeal, the greens from SJ Distributors were excellent quality. I would definitely buy fresh produce from them again, though they come in huge quantities that are too much for 2 people (which might be good for others!).
• For both apps, prices are generally a little higher than in the store, but that’s the price you pay for convenience and delivery, just like using Instacart or other online grocery delivery services. Sometimes you can find things that would be more difficult to get in person, so there’s that too.
• Regarding the bundles on Weee: sometimes these are good value, sometimes they are not.
  • I recently got one of the local restaurant bundles and I felt like the portions were way too small for what I paid for (even when using a $10 off $35 coupon).
  • I don’t think I would purchase from a restaurant again for the following reasons: 1) the delivery window is 4 hours, so if you were planning a specific lunch or dinner out of it, it’s a bit too unpredictable for that, this is not Doordash or Ubereats, 2) the food arrives unheated, so you need to microwave everything again, 3) the portion sizes don’t seem to be good value. You could do much better buying the ingredients instead. However, the food is very well packed in sturdy containers and saran-wrapped to avoid spillage.
  • The boba shop bundles have been a decent value (boba is just overpriced these days anyways), as well as the boba ice cream bar bundles.

I hope this was helpful and please let me know if you have any questions in the comments!