The Too Good To Go app is perfect for those trying to do this as it connects users with local stores, cafes, and restaurants that have surplus unsold food and sells it to them for a cheaper price
Many people like buying themselves a lunch or a treat now and again from one of the many high street food outlets. However, with the ongoing cost of living crisis continuing in the UK, many are doing all they can to save cash where possible.
The Too Good To Go app is perfect for those trying to do this as it connects users with local stores, cafes, and restaurants that have surplus unsold food and sells it to them for a cheaper price. This means that as well as saving money, it is also helping cut food waste. A lot of people often share their Too Good To Go hauls online now on sites such as Facebook to spread the word about outlets who provide good value ‘surprise bags’ and ones to avoid.
One woman named Charlotte decided to do exactly that recently as she posted about her Greggs bag. Charlotte told people she’d paid £2.99 for the bag and was left shocked when she saw what was inside of it.
The post read: “Finally got a Greggs and well worth the wait! Awesome bag. Chicken baguette, Ham and egg roll, Steak bake, cheese and onion bake, two gingerbread men and two big yum-yums! £2.99!”
She included a photo of all the goodies she got as her post racked up more than 80 likes. People agreed that she’d definitely got a good haul, as one person wrote: “Crikey best one I have seen yet.”
Charlotte isn’t the only Too Good To Go user who has been impressed by her Greggs bag recently either.
Mum-of-two Alice Nash also shared her incredible surprise bag only, where she got £33 worth of Greggs food items for just £3.15.
Alice, from Wiltshire, said she received a bag crammed full of sweet treats and savoury snacks – with 14 items in total.
This included three custard slices, a Margherita pizza slice, a box of two Yum Yums, a Chelsea bun, a Southern fried chicken baguette, a cheese and ham toastie, a tuna cucumber sandwich, a cheese Ploughman’s roll, a steak bake, a veggie bake, a cheese, beans and sausage bake and a BLT sandwich.
Speaking to What’s the Jam, Alice said: “It’s definitely the best bag we’ve received out of all the places we’ve purchased from, as there was such a variety.
“I have been told this is a lot more than anyone normally gets since I posted my TikTok, so I know we got very lucky. My partner Kyle picked it up and immediately rang me and said he couldn’t believe how much food there was.
“It was our first time getting a Greggs bag, and we didn’t know what to expect. We thought we’d get maybe a sandwich and a bake – not a whole feast.”