Review: GOPICNIC meals - tuna + crackers

I recently discovered a food product that I love. The concept of gopicnic meals is to provide a conveniently boxed, ready-to-eat, healthy meal that doesn't require any refrigeration. The food included is all-natural and gluten-free, and many of the meals are also Kosher and Vegan/Vegetarian. Besides the food itself, the packaging concept should appeal to consumers, especially Bento fans like me. (Bento is Japanese visually appealing boxed-lunch, but more on that another time...)

The food, especially the fruit and nut mix, was pretty tasty. But the thing I liked the most about this product was the cool folding spork! Here's a closer look:

The box itself is also cool. It acts as a tray for your meal and even sports a Sudoku puzzle in the bottom, for your lunch-time entertainment.

Unfortunately, there was a problem with this particular meal. Because of the extreme heat of summer, the chocolate melted sometime during the shipping process and then later solidified again. Because I was doing this review, I contacted gopicnic about it. At first they just said that this issue shouldn't effect the taste of the chocolate, which would be true if it had been less extreme. But then I showed them this picture and explained that it had completely dried out, become powdery, and crumbled at the touch:

The happy ending is that they were very nice and are sending me a replacement meal. However, until they figure out a cooler way to ship their products, I would recommend only buying the meals that do not contain chocolate until the weather becomes more temperate. Once the heat issue is solved, the chocolate will be great, and beyond this small issue, I highly recommend these meals. I've tried three so far, and have enjoyed all of them. I look forward to getting my replacement meal.