Been using this a reasonable amount recently; if you're not aware it's an app where supermarkets, grocers, coffee shops and restaurants sell off the stuff they'd throw out at the end of the day and you can buy a bag of it for anything from £2-£4 on average. Sometimes you get a really good bag, sometimes it's a bit disappointing but you're never spending enough to have lost out dramatically.
Anyone else using it and what gems have you found?
My local M&S garage shop had a few up yesterday; got two nice big pre packed salads (I had the prawn cocktail layered salad for my lunch, my partner took the new potato, cherry tomato and egg one, both were still very fresh), cheesy garlic bread, a bag of salad, lemon mousse and a pack of bramley apple hot cross buns. Essentially lunch for both of us, pudding for one of us, something to go with two coffee breaks each and also two sides to go with our dinner tonight.
Last week went to Costa and got a big bag of paninis, toasties etc. and a couple of pastries. Absolutely banging bag and one of the best I've had.
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08-03-2021 08:51 PM #1
Too Good To Go app
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08-03-2021 10:09 PM #2
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08-03-2021 11:01 PM #4
It exists here in France too. I installed it 3-4 weeks ago after my sister-in-law got the the following from her local baker for about £3.50. I haven't managed to use it yet as we're still under a 6.00pm curfew so haven't had time. I definitely will though.
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09-03-2021 05:09 AM #5
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09-03-2021 06:37 AM #6
On a related note, do any of these places have arrangements with homeless charities for leftover food?
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The last one I got was probably about £6 on the yellow sticker price, £9-£10 at full price and I paid £4. The food was still good to eat a couple of days afterwards.
There is an element of fun to it if you aren't a fussy eater or have dietary requirements though, I kind of see it like a Ready Steady Cook sort of thing where you're going home with a bag of ingredients and figuring out how you're incorporating it all into the next couple of days.
It's quite shocking when you get some things that are really still very fresh and good to eat that would otherwise be thrown out. There needs to be a change as to how supermarkets and coffee shops view food waste as it's quite clear that there are mountains being thrown away every day for an app like this to operate.Last edited by Northernhibee; 09-03-2021 at 12:08 PM.
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There are also a couple of fancy chocolate places that show up on my list that tend to offer 13€50 worth for 5€ so I'll definitely be trying some of that - f*** the poor!Last edited by Peevemor; 09-03-2021 at 12:09 PM.
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The app does give a small window of collection - usually just before closing for half an hour - so it's the stuff at the very end of the day that's unlikely to be snapped up at that point. If people are wanting to try and get it then they can (and indeed if it's somewhere a Greggs or a coffee shop they don't reduce their stuff at the end of the day anyway so you're not depriving people of that).
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09-03-2021 03:40 PM #14
Just been to collect two I ordered yesterday evening.
Costa (£3) gave me two mozzarella and cheese paninis and a tuna crunch panini. They freeze well.
Greggs (£2.59) gave me a pack of jam doughnuts, a box of sprinkly doughnuts, three sausage rolls and a ham and cheese baguette. As ever, all fresh (sausage rolls still warm).
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Food poverty is also a big problem in this country when it should never be, but wasting less food is one way that we can help become a more sustainable society without much extra effort at all.
On top of this a school friend of mine now has a small restaurant and it’s fair to say that business in the last twelve months has been inconsistent. He’s needed to make every penny work for his business and if it means being able to recoup some of the cost in food that is no longer of use to him (and is unable to give away) then there is a benefit to that too.
I completely agree that food poverty is a massive issue but so is food waste and it’s very possible to battle both at the same time without a crossover of interests. In fact it’s beneficial on many fronts if we battle both.
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10-03-2021 08:53 PM #25
On the back of reading this thread last night, i got an M&S one today (from the garage at Dalgety Bay), was £4 and got a prawn cocktail, chicken in red wine main, 2 citrus tarts and a green veg side.
Can’t argue with that value, what was the Greggs one like, Callum?Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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I have had this app for about 2 years. Not much on it just now obviously. Wait till everywhere opens again. You will be able to have breakfast, lunch & dinner for about £11. I've had some piss poor ones, but also some really good ones.
It seems to be that with the bigger companies you get the better deals & the wee independents not so good.
But it saves the food going to landfill.
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11-03-2021 07:37 AM #30
There's nothing on it at the moment that I fancy/is close, but how does it work?
Once you click reserve do you then pay via the app or do you pay at the shop? Do you just go to the till and say you've reserved a TGTG bag?Mon the Hibs.
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