Too Good to Go

[BeeZee]

There is an app "Too Good to Go" which is designed to help reduce food waste while helping restaurants reduce losses. The concept is that a vendor who signs up for the program (and pays a fee back to TGTG) has "flash sales" on the app where users can buy a mystery bag for a fixed price and a designated pick up window. Typically you are getting the leftover stuff near closing time - for example near my office Krispy Kreme will give you a dozen donuts for $5.73 if you pick them up 9:30-10 p.m. There is a Caribbean restaurant that will give you a meal that includes 1 meat with 2 sides (dealer's choice) for $5.99 to pick up between 7:30-8 p.m. Lots of pizza places sell off random slices later in the day. I'm going to jump on a Whole Foods bag (they have prepared food or bakery) when the opportunity presents, they are very limited in quantity and sell out fast. I've seen some of the hauls that people have gotten and they can be crazy (one person wound up with several containers of coleslaw in their bag) but I've seen people get 2 whole loaves of bread, dozens of muffins, etc. I'm willing to take a chance with certain categories!

[ElsieD]

I didn't know this app existed.  I downloaded it, but where I live there is not much choice.  Mostly dominated by 1 grocery chain and a donut chain.  There are a couple though, that might be of interest.  Thanks for posting about this.

[BeeZee]

Picked up my first mystery bag from a local bagel place. Not my usual shop, but figured they’d be going in the freezer and worth a try. Got 15 bagels for $6. They were from earlier today, in plastic bags, and a random mix of flavors. Thankfully they didn’t put the onion bagels in the same bag as the sweet varieties😊. Too many bagels for us, I am giving a bunch to my hairdresser for her to stock for her always-hungry boys. Considering bagels are running around $1 each, it was a good value.

[Maison Rustique]

I love this idea, but the last time I checked there were no participants in this area.