Has anyone here used Too Good To Go?

EasyToAssemble01

Have just done TGTG twice now, with mixed results. My first was with Morrisons, which was reasonable for the £3 I paid. Two bags of carrots (made loads of carrot + coriander soup from the entire lot), tortilla wraps, yoghurts (good until end of March - bonus!), two punnets of grapes, and some bananas past their best. Would have preferred a little more variety, though. Maybe some bread or sarnies in there.

My second one (tonight) was at a OneStop. A cheese sandwich and tiny pot of grapes. That was it, as they'd ran out of other stuff. I refused that one, and submitted a refund request.

Have many people found themselves shortchanged, because the store is either being stingy, or they've run out of items?

TBH, it's a little hard to plan meals around the entirely random selection you get. Unless, you've chosen a cafe or baked goods company. But, I guess it can work if you're resourceful, and any wastage doesn't eat into the savings you made.

sarahj1986

A couple of new places have appeared locally to me including a new Costa, and even better one I can collect at a reasonable time. I’ll let them get reviews first before trying them. 

Rosa_Damascena

EasyToAssemble01 said:

Have just done TGTG twice now, with mixed results. My first was with Morrisons, which was reasonable for the £3 I paid. Two bags of carrots (made loads of carrot + coriander soup from the entire lot), tortilla wraps, yoghurts (good until end of March - bonus!), two punnets of grapes, and some bananas past their best. Would have preferred a little more variety, though. Maybe some bread or sarnies in there.

My second one (tonight) was at a OneStop. A cheese sandwich and tiny pot of grapes. That was it, as they'd ran out of other stuff. I refused that one, and submitted a refund request.

Have many people found themselves shortchanged, because the store is either being stingy, or they've run out of items?

TBH, it's a little hard to plan meals around the entirely random selection you get. Unless, you've chosen a cafe or baked goods company. But, I guess it can work if you're resourceful, and any wastage doesn't eat into the savings you made.

Morrisons usually offer a lot of bakery stuff, particularly large loaves. I end up turning it into huge trays of bread pudding, which although is very moreish is a complete carb-fest!

Krakkkers

Got another Costa coffee TGTG £3 bag today and got 3 x Bacon baps and 2 cakes, normal price around £18.

Rosa_Damascena

Krakkkers said:

Got another Costa coffee TGTG £3 bag today and got 3 x Bacon baps and 2 cakes, normal price around £18.

I have never got cakes in a Costa bag, I gave up after a while because it was always 3 sandwich items, usually 3 baps / panini and definitely no cake. I have yet to find a generous one in the area!

Nelliegrace

A wet, cold wet day here. DH had an app message this afternoon reminding him to order his M&S TGTG. He has tried regularly, but it is a busy motorway service station and there have been none available. He has just collected this, worth £20.30 at full price. He was going to make a loaf in the morning. 

From this I shall make,

2 portions of Singapore noodles with some of the steamed broccoli and the carrot sticks. 
4 portions of soup and a bread roll, 
2 toasted rolls with humus.
A tortilla for 2 with potato and broccoli, plus eggs.
Jacket potatoes x 2.
4 portions of fruit salad.
A soup with potato and broccoli sliced stem ends plus onion and bouillon powder.
and still have enough potatoes for a week.

Ms_Chocaholic

The last Morrisons TGTG bag I got had about 3 boxes of strawberries, 4 of blueberries and about 15 packets of herbs.  Nothing could make a meal out of.

Nelliegrace

Not a meal but a few jars of jam. Bread and jam is a comfort food. Blueberry jam from a large punnet of yellow stickered-blueberries, 34p for the sugar, sterilised, re-used jars. I scraped every last bit from the pan so it is a bit untidy.

The herbs would have been a problem. 

Rosa_Damascena

Ms_Chocaholic said:

The last Morrisons TGTG bag I got had about 3 boxes of strawberries, 4 of blueberries and about 15 packets of herbs.  Nothing could make a meal out of.

My last Morrisons bag was awful - I knew it would be purely from the attitude of the staff member, in contrast to the usually pleasant crew. (Is it me or are some older people just not suited to a retail environment? I say that as someone who is both middle aged and enjoyed working in a retail in my younger days - and still wouldn't object to it now). So terrible in fact I gave half of it straight back.

Luckily my TGTG experience was redeemed with an Aldi box later that evening. Nearly 100% plant-based, I have plenty to keep me going for over a week .

EasyToAssemble01

Has anyone found certain retailers constantly listing Magic Bags, but cancelling orders because they don't have enough stock?. I've tried one (Coffee #1) for 3 days in a row, and each time my order has been cancelled due to lack of stock. Very annoying.