The TooGoodToGo app for food

Where you can order surplus restaurant food for up to 2/3 off. They call it a surprise bag, it’s food the participating restaurant fixed that they don’t have a regular customer for so they sell it on the app and you go pick it up at a designated time. I was using it 4 or 5 times a month but I’ve cut down to twice a month.

It’s good, hot food that’s not someone’s leftovers, the restaurant fixed it and for some reason their customer didn’t want it or never showed up to get it. They call it a surprise bag because you don’t know exactly what you’re getting until you show up at the restaurant at the designated time. I’ve gotten sandwiches from a sub shop, Chinese food, Mexican food and Whole Foods sells prepared food bags.

It’s not common to get something you don’t like but it’s happened before. For example, I got a bag from Whole Foods two days ago of refrigerated goods and when I got it home I found out that it was two half gallons of iced latte and three big bottles of creamer. I had no use for the creamer but the coffee is good.

I try to only use the app every 11 days which is roughly 2-3 times per month. It’s a good deal, the Chinese food is a particularly good deal, it’s usually two entrees and rice and a side for $5.99. I especially look for the Whole Foods prepared bag foods, it can be a massive salad or salmon or potatoes or something else. The best deals can go fast so you have to check the app every day.

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I’ve looked into it, but it’s an app for people of more limited means than myself so if I’m poaching the deals I am probably hurting someone who needs them more than I do. The other problem is that my diet is fairly tightly managed and the odds are I’ll get something that will make me sick as a dog if I eat it (e.g. anything deep fried now).

It’s a great idea, though.

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i like the idea of it but, one thing i have noticed is their marketing is horrible lmao

the add that i constantly see literally is a piece of old pizza with a caption:

“our leftover food? Tonight’s meal!” or something quite rediculous like that lmaoo

they really need to amp up their marketing :rofl: sounds so gross

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