Picking up a Surprise Bag on the Too Good To Go app may be the missing key to your weekly routine.5 Reasons to Pick Up a Surprise Bag!

Here are 5 reasons why you should pick up a Surprise Bag:

To eat great food 🥐

If you haven’t picked up your first Surprise Bag yet, you may be wondering something along the lines of “am I getting expired food?” and the simple answer is: of course not. The foods you receive in a Surprise Bag are delicious, perfectly edible, and flavourful - they’re just in need of some saving! Will you be their hero?

To explore your city like never before 🗺

Browsing the app allows you to see a map view of nearby businesses that you may have never heard of. You can easily discover local gems with incredible food that will make you wonder “how did I not know about this place?!” By picking up Surprise Bags from “new-to-you” businesses, you’ll discover great restaurants, cafés, and grocery stores that may become staples! Explore the city, try new food, and save money all at once!

To keep your routine fresh 🌿

Weekly routines can quickly get monotonous - wake up, shower, work, cook the same recipes until you’re tired of them, go to sleep and repeat. Spicing it up a little doesn’t have to be so complicated. A Surprise Bag is exactly what it sounds like - a surprise! And we promise that these are the good kind of surprises - the ones that keep you coming back for more anticipation and excitement. Picking up a Surprise Bag of groceries, for example, allows you the opportunity to be more creative in the kitchen with the surprise items you receive. Cooking should be fun so pick up a Surprise Bag and let it guide your meals for the week!

To support local businesses 👩‍🍳

We all know the importance of supporting local businesses, but what if we took this one step further? It’s no secret that the pandemic has made it nearly impossible for businesses to guess daily demand and know how many loaves of bread, cupcakes, fresh juices, etc. they should have available. Because of this, there will almost always be unsold, surplus food at the end of the day that took time, effort, resources, and money to make. That’s when Surprise Bags shine - they’re a safety net for businesses to recoup some losses from unsold products by offering them to consumers for ⅓ of the price. Without someone rescuing their delicious food, it would go to waste so be sure to support businesses by being a food rescuer!

To make a real impact 🌎

Did you know that food waste is responsible for 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions? This is more than the aviation industry and nearly the annual equivalent of all US and European car emissions (Source: WWF, 2021)! Reducing food waste at home and picking up Surprise Bags are great ways to make a positive impact on our planet. By saving one Surprise Bag a week for a month, you’d save the CO2e of leaving the TV on for an entire week.

There you have it - 5 reasons to pick up a Surprise Bag. Trust us, there are many more reasons we can think of but we know you have bigger and better things to do - like rescue delicious, surplus food from going to waste!

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