More Kildare outlets sign up to on new app that alerts consumers to cheap food

Too Good To Go, the free app that lets customers buy unsold food from retailers and restaurants, helping to reduce waste, has introduced a number of partners in Kildare. Now people living in Kildare can set their geolocation on the app and see the businesses near them that have ‘surprise bags’ available to sell at an allotted time.

Outlets available in Kildare include Aldi, Applegreen, James Whelan Butchers, and The Rolling Donut with all of them having an average rating of 4 and above. With the start of the summer holidays approaching, the app is a great way for people and families to experiment and make use of unsold food, helping the environment and saving money at the same time. For those travelling this summer they can also use the app as its available in 13 countries.

Too Good To Go was founded in 2016, when a group of entrepreneurs witnessed restaurant staff throwing away fresh food. The food’s only problem? It hadn’t sold in time, and no one was around to take it off the restaurant’s hands. The group pioneered a seamless solution: an app that lists businesses’ unsold food so local diners can find, buy, and enjoy it.

Now, thousands of Surprise Bags are rescued from businesses such as supermarkets, restaurants, bakeries, and manufacturers every day. The success of the app powers Too Good To Go’s wider efforts to drive a food waste movement, working with schools, industries, and governments to build a planet-friendly food system. Alongside its 1,300 partners, Too Good To Go has saved over 320,000 Surprise Bags of food from going to waste in Ireland.

Too Good To Go lets people buy surplus food and drink from pubs, restaurants, retailers and producers to stop it from going to waste. Consumers simply download the free Too Good To Go app and search for nearby businesses with unsold produce. They then purchase a ‘Surprise Bag’, collect it at an allotted time and enjoy it.