We have recently been made aware of the Too Good To Go! app, and yesterday bought two large bags of shopping in Milford on Sea village for just £3.29 each!
The example below was from our village Coop, and One Stop are also part of this excellent money saving scheme.
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Incredible Contents of 2 Surprise Bags for £3.29 each
from the Coop in Milford on Sea
(Sunday 5th May 2024) |
Like most brilliant ideas, Too Good To Go! is simple, and makes a massive impact in turning food that would be wasted into bargain food for local people.
Too Good To Go Surprise Bags
Each Surprise Bag contains a random variety of products at a genuine fraction of its retail price. The picture above shows the bargains we received when we tried it.
On daily basis, participating food businesses package up items that has passed its best before date, or any fresh food that hasn't passed its use by date. The best before date is just there to indicate quality, not safety, so the food will still be perfectly safe to enjoy.
The prices of Surprise Bags vary, but each provides the opportunity to buy a bag of groceries at a fraction of their cost.
Food waste feels criminal when so many people have been hit by the cost of living crisis and could benefit from food that is thrown away unnecessarily. Shockingly, In October 2022, a report by the WWF found that globally, 33 to 40% of all food produced is wasted, whilst simultaneously, seven million people in UK live in food insecurity.
It couldn't be easier to see the Surprise Bags available in the village each day. Simply download the Too Good To Go! app from your app store or use this QR Code.
You can then buy a Surprise Bag on the app, collect it from the seller with your own bag, and then see what you have to create meals for the week.
At present our village Coop and One Stop are providing Surprise Bags on the app and we hope that other village food outlets will sign up having read this.
Village Shop, Café, Restaurant Owners
We would love to see more of our village businesses joining the app.
Signing up to Too Good To Go is free, and you won't pay anything unless you sell food through the app. Once you start selling food, they will deduct an annual fee and a small commission on each Surprise Bag sold.
To sign up, simply grab the app and they will walk you through how to register and to start providing local people with food that you might otherwise throw away.
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About Too Good To Go!
Website Statement: We dream of a planet with no food waste. Every day, unsold food from your favourite restaurants, grocery stores, cafés, and shops goes to waste simply because it hasn’t sold in time.
The Too Good To Go app makes it easy to make a difference, allowing you to save Surprise Bags of good food at an even better price.
We work with lots of different types of stores and restaurants, so you'll find anything from supermarket groceries, to hotel breakfasts, to fresh pastries from bakeries. Any fresh food that hasn't passed its use by date can be sold on the app. Occasionally, you might receive an item that has passed its best before date. This date is just there to indicate quality, not safety, so the food will still be perfectly safe (and delicious!) to consume.
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