Too Good to Go - Food App

IMO this is a good sign that people are actually buying up the items and thus reducing their grocery spend and overall waste.

It's unsustainable to run a business in a highly competitive market without charging market rates.

No it doesn't. You cannot run most and especially a food or grocery business in a way that all stock would be bought as nobody would go shop in a place that would regularly be out of items to sell.

Same applies to the stock you're selling on TGTG though.

The only way this would really be about expired food would be if the orders only came available an hour or two before closing.

I got my first ever bag from bite size in Midleton, Co cork last week, pain au chocolat, 2 brown scone, one custard tart, apricot pastry and a a strawberry scone. Nice but not sure I’d get it again

Depends on the branch or more likely on the Manager. I know one branch where the manager told me he does not like going any more than 30% and I have seen that branch bin, and I mean bin - pour steaks, chicken, pastries, veg, yoghurts etc into large wheelie-bin (most with 30% stickers). To his credit I have also seen a trolly-load of his stock being taken away by a person I assume was part of some asylum or immigrant group, and he does Too Good To Go. I guess it all depends on somebody committing to be there to take stuff away at the close of business.

Others are placing 30% stickers by about 6 pm the day BEFORE expiry, and overlaying a 50% (rarely now 75%, alas) sticker on the afternoon of "best-by" date.

Aldi do 30% the evening of the day before something is due to expire.

That is upgraded to 50% on the evening it is due to expire.

It used to be 75%, which really irked me as there was no reason to shift from 75% to 50%. More waste is the result, and shareholders line their pockets a bit more.

You can ask any of the staff on the floor or the checkout can you collect your bag, and show them the screen on your phone of your confirmation, and as long as you are there at the correct time they will get it for you. Aldi are fairly strict if you come 10 minutes early you will have to wait. I wouldn't recommend them though I got 2 surprise bags off them and it was pure muck: celery, some seaweed sauce, burgers that expired that day and a mouldy banana!

It's mixed depending on where you go but I've had fantastic packages from bakers and hot deli in Applegreen but the best in my opinion is Cafe Nero. Got 9 sandwiches with different fillings and all within expiry for 2 more days, all for 5 euros. Bargain !

The packaging charge seems a bit bizarre. Was it much?