An app designed to reduce food waste in shops and restaurants is now available in Gedling borough.
Too Good To Go is a mobile app that anyone can use to get food parcels on the cheap, and help reduce waste at the same time.
The app advertises ‘surprise bags’ where outlets can sell food that would otherwise be binned at reduced prices.
In Gedling, these packages range from £2 to £5.
The One Stop, in Coningswath Road, Carlton, is one of the shops which sells surprise bags, with theirs sold for £4.
A representative from KRB Retail-OneStop said: “It’s good for food waste.
“We’re feeding someone rather than the food going in the bin.
“We wanted to do it to support the community and those who can’t buy food at the full price.
“People are getting a lot of food for a smaller amount of money.”
The Carlton OneStop is open from 7am to 10pm every day.
While the outlets cannot guarantee what will be in each of the bags given it is based on what would go to waste, OneStop said that their bags often contain sandwiches, meat and a range of fresh produce.
Too Good To Go’s website says they are: “A social impact company driving a movement against food waste.
Our app is the world’s largest B2C marketplace for surplus food.
“The app connects users with businesses that have surplus food, so that this food can be enjoyed instead of wasted.
“Users get delicious meals at a great price, businesses reach new customers and recover sunk costs, and the planet has less wasted food to deal with – it’s a win-win-win.”
Other places in Gedling that offer Too Good To Go parcels include:
- The Vale, Mansfield Road, Woodthorpe
- Co-op, Coppice Road, Arnold (groceries and lunch hot food bags)
- Sushi Gourment, Sainsbury’s, Sir John Robinson Way, Arnold
- Aldi, Woodborough Road, Mapperley
- Heron Foods, Rise Park
- Coop, Westdale Lane, Mapperley (groceries only)
- Starbucks, Mansfield Road, Arnold
- Morrison’s Daily, Burton Road, Carlton
- Toby Carvery, Colwick
- Nisa Local, Gedling Road, Carlton
- Costa Coffee, Victoria Road, Netherfield
- Morrison’s, Victoria Parkway, Netherfield
- Starbucks, Victoria Parkway, Netherfield
Good to se its in Arnold. Should promote to the tourists we get hear for our lovely park and shops they would like it and would save them money. Our capital our London