Too Good To go is an app that is really gaining popularity in the Netherlands.
Basically you pay 4/5 euro’s to collect a mystery box with food that otherwise would be thrown away by the supermarket or restaurant. I tried it recently and it was a nice experience.
Our mission is to inspire and empower everyone to take action against food waste. We know that to live and breathe this every day, we need to turn our words into actions. With this in mind we have set out a new ambition - to contribute in every way we can to building the global food waste movement. It’s only when we all come together to fight food waste, that we’ll be able to generate a positive change in society.Too Good To Go Website
I was wondering if people knew about this initiative and what you think of it? Do you think food waste is a problem, and can be solved with initiatives like this? Or do you have other ideas on how to stop food waste? This is the place to talk about it!
Not really, it’s usually like 25% of the price it would normally be, only thing is you never know what you get so there are basically always things you wouldn’t buy yourself. But it’s also nice if you want a change and challenge on what to cook!
I’ve heard about but I don’t think that I would try it because I’m a very picky eater but I like the idea, especially since food waste is such a huge problem nowadays
Yeah that makes it harder. Any solutions that you think could work for you? I know Lidl lowers their prices at the end of the day to only 25 cents for each thing that’s on the date in the Netherlands
Hmh, that as well, it helps people eat healtier since it’s mainly fresh food that’s more affordable this way
I know, the numbers a huge, I don’t understand why they can’t do more about it…
That’s already a good start, but it’s only a small percentage that consumers throw away after buying
Most supermarkets work like that as well here, Lidl only started to do the 25 cents things very recently and it’s only there in the last hour of the day the supermarket is open I think
It’s a good idea. I’m a little guilty of food waste, I end up leaving scraps on my plate most of the time, although I try not to waste food. If I know I’m not going to eat something, I don’t buy it.
Ohh, I love this initiative I read about, a supermarket will be donating their food waste from the 2 days around Christmas the store is closed to a kinda pop up restaurant where homeless people can get an amazing Christmas meal for free. It’s good in 2 ways and I like initiatives like that, you give people a special evening and prevent food waste
but I like the idea, especially since food waste is such a huge problem nowadays 
