Has anyone here used Too Good To Go?

yellowstickerfan

sammyjammy said:

So I picked my Magic bag up, they were very friendly, I showed someone it on my phone and he said just wait here, he went out the back of the shop and came out with a bag for life, I said thank you and then he said oh hang on a sec, I thought he needed to do something through the till but he went to the bread section and put a loaf on top of my goodies.!  Very kind.

Pizza Express Margarita pizza (small)
3 packs of spring onions
4 courgettes
punnet of green grapes
big bag of baby spinach
10 large tomatoes
cucumber (that's had to go straight in the compost but better than the bin!)
Hovis granary loaf


 

that seems quite good !!

spaggy

I just noticed on the app there is a section to click if you are vegetarian / vegan, not sure if this would affect what you are given?!

Spies

spaggy said:

I just noticed on the app there is a section to click if you are vegetarian / vegan, not sure if this would affect what you are given?!

You would hope so!

Rosa_Damascena

I tried again on Sunday with a local store that usually sells out in under 5 mins but was a bit disappointed - the business in question clearly wasn't checking codes off and I have a suspicion that "regulars" had been taking advantage of this and collecting bags they hadn't ordered, so there was nothing to collect! I was refunded w/o question though.

sammyjammy

Rosa_Damascena said:

I tried again on Sunday with a local store that usually sells out in under 5 mins but was a bit disappointed - the business in question clearly wasn't checking codes off and I have a suspicion that "regulars" had been taking advantage of this and collecting bags they hadn't ordered, so there was nothing to collect! I was refunded w/o question though.

Oh thats not good, maybe they've learnt their lesson.

olgadapolga

Tried my local Costa: a sandwich, two sausage rolls and a piece of cake. It'll be eaten.

Pyrrho

I live in Birmingham and tried this at one of the many Starbucks. I got a bacon roll, a tomato and pesto panini and two ham and cheese croissants. Coming out at £1 each was not bad value given the RRP. However, I am vegetarian and my partner does not like bacon or cheese so I ended up giving the three meat options away.

I have looked at the vegetarian options and they are a little limited atm. Might be better in the future if the number of stores grow.

bargainbetty

I decided to have another go and opted for a local Polish supermarket that always has lovely fruit and veg, breads etc, so I was hopeful for fresh produce. I got a bag that was definitely over the value I paid, but was made up of pre-packaged snacks and sweets, one tub of cookies and a bottle of long life mixed fruit juice. Nothing that I would typically buy, to be honest. 

I think I'll stick to Morrisons. 

Rosa_Damascena

I bought a Morrison's Magic bag (£3.09) at store on my long journey home this evening which was good value: 

I whizzed round the store before I picked it up and did a YS shop for £5. For comparison: 

The magic bag is better value! 

Rosa_Damascena

olgadapolga said:

Tried my local Costa: a sandwich, two sausage rolls and a piece of cake. It'll be eaten.

I placed a Costa order yesterday for this evening through sheer curiosity - I received the cancellation notice at the collection time. I can't imagine it would have offered fabulous value but I was interested enough to gamble £3.50.