In France it’s against the law to send food to landfill. Waste food has to be greatly reduced or given away free. I think it’s called ‘anti gaspi.’ I think that would be a good law to have here.
@@Iced_Diamondz its criminal they dont or try n cover it up until the likes of the newspapers or Jamie Oliver uncover landfill for a bit ........they then do something about it...........then they resort back to WASTE
A loaf of bread bought on its SBD is split into 4-lots if I don't need it all at once... I stick it in the freezer & get out however much I need the next day. This saves me throwing away stuff which could turn mouldy.
To Good to Go is just bread in Colchester. I've just had a Toby large breakfast which was advertised as £7.99 and it was a tin child's portion worth about £2.79 which is what I paid on the app the night before. Total waste of time and fuel to drive there. Zero saving , zero convenience and no help to the environment.
£40 buys a LOT of FRESH food for 1 person.......example for £10 one can buy a full chicken ,2 loafs, a bag of spuds, a butter, a pizza, a packet rice and a tin of chilli con carne ! i know its not good for the enviroment bus jus sayin. saves £30 ! and i defy any one person to eat ALL THAT in a week
@@rogue_hitman6582 any supermarket chicken £4, 2 loafs (when they have the cheap ones) £1, Spuds £1, Butter £2, Pizza £1 , rice 50p, tin of chilli 80p (gone up) ........so ok butter up and chilli up but still £11 ish, this comment was a year ago
YOU WASTED MORE THAN EVER ......LOL ....did your really eat 6 sandwich in 2 days ..3 bags lettuce .. ...thought not ......Sell you a bag of whatever makes them money that how it works ....your throwing more food out this way than if you brought things you wanted in reduced ......This app is horrible ......
We just got back from a week trip to London and we used the “too good to go” pretty much for all our food. It was perfect for on the go eating and we could collect from areas we were sightseeing in. Some places were better then others for sure.
Too good to go is great in England as you found out! I also recently uploaded a video on my channel testing too good to go in Manchester and I got so much food as well!
Great video! Thank you for your experiment. The only thing I would disagree with is the idea of the best by date. Let's be honest- the food is not going to "magically" become inedible as soon as the best-by date comes up. I think most people probably eat foods past the best by date in their own homes because most people probably don't check the best by date Foods once we buy it. My thing is just use good common sense. It's a food seems to still be good then enjoy.
Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed! There's a distinction to be made between the "best before" dates (where food is safe to eat still) and "use by" dates (where there does exist some risk). But absolutely: there's no magic change at the midnight hour!
To be fair, use by date does not mean you can't eat it afterwards. It's merely a suggestion to when the food reaches the "end" of it's supposed freshness. Food that surpasses that date can still be eaten with no problems. You just need to check it to make sure it's alright. Just giving it a little sniff and looking for mold or other unpleasant things does the job. And if it tastes funky it can go to the bin. But other than that you can enjoy it with no problem!
Best before date*, _not_ use by! Anything past a "use by" date is seen to be so dangerous that it's illegal for it to be sold to a customer, "best before" is the one where you don't have to worry too much. Once that got taught to me, the terms suddenly became much more self-explanatory(!)
@@fetchstixRHD use by and best by dates are all just terms. The manufacturer does not know when his product starts to get bad. Food doesn't magically kill you if it goes past that day. So just use your nose/eyes to make sure
Freeze on the day anything which can be frozen. When ready to use your frozen items, defrost overnight & eat the next day. I've been doing this reduced food for approx 6-yrs... I don't need the TO GOOD TO GO APP. I've saved approx £30,000 over 6-yrs to feed my family.
Freeze on the day anything which can be frozen. When ready to use your frozen items, defrost overnight & eat the next day. I've been doing this reduced food for approx 6-yrs... I don't need the TOO GOOD TO GO APP. I've saved approx £30,000 over 6-yrs to feed my family. ...Oh, I only shop at supermarkets within walking distance, as this doubles-up as my regular walking exercise to keep me nice & slim after the cakes I occasionally guzzle 😋😋
1 - looks like a LOT of junk food 2 - if you're actually trying to save money, it's still more economical to buy cheap groceries and cook proper food for the family in bulk. In this experiment he's getting a load of crap for a big discount from the original high price of pre-prepared food. I don't get a discount on a bag of pasta, but it's still way cheaper
You get whatever hasnt been sold, but restaurants/stores can offer vegetarian, halal etc. bags if they want to - its not the app that sells the bags - they just facilitate the transactions between buyers and sellers.
Very impressed you were able to interview manager from Too good to go, I totally support this app. Thanks to you and TGTG f to bring awareness among people to save food & fight against food waste.. I know, especially in my country (India) and people around the world do not get a proper meal to eat, we are blessed to have good food from Costa, M&S, Greggs , Pret A Manger etc etc to buy food at a reasonable good price.. Thank you God bless.
Me, I have bought bread at supermarket for 16p and expiry day after and 3 or more days later and still good.. If kept in cold or cool environment it will keep a few days. I use To Good to Go once and not bad but most times are when I am working or late in evening when I am already home but will keep trying it. Since watching video may give Olio a try as sometimes you don't need a full shop but just a few things for now or a couple of days.
I know he was worried about the use by dates, but most of this stuff freezes nicely. Day 1: Groceries: You can freeze that meat. Costa: Sandwiches like that are usually fine after their use by date. I would freeze the bacon roll, and sausage & onion chutney toasties, and eat the beanz and cheese toastie day of. Day 2: Greggs: Eat the ham salad baguette day of, and freeze the rest. M&S: Freeze the chicken rolls masala, Yorkshire puddings. Eat the pasta salad, and cheese and onion sandwich day of. Day 3: Freeze the bread and pastries. Day 4: Co-Op: That did suck about the clearance thing. Anyways, freeze the Warburtons loaf, potato cakes, ham & cheese sandwich, and Hoison duck wrap. Eat the tuna Mayo sandwich and fries day of.
I think it would be worth a follow up to this with togoodtogo being so much more now, especially with supermarket doing grocery bags as well as the tasty treat stuff :)
My argument with t2tg is that is absolutely nowhere on the app to put in your food allergies 😢 then even if it is food waste it could be left out or put in a separate container for someone else
i recently found an app like this. If its same day expiration i usually freeze it or give it to another friend but usually even a couple days after even though they cannot sell it it will be fine for a lil bit in the fridge
Good point! Almost all of this was local so within my normal travel - the trips into London were to see friends too so no wasted money there! Definitely lucky to be in an area with lots of cafes in walking distance.
you cant fully rely on it because its quite random but its a large supplement of your food expenses and adds and element of surprise to your cooking and meals. Likely saving thousands using too good to go at this point or grocery store leftover programs.
1 big bug bear, is the amount of plastic used !! all the meals i usually get come in plastic containers, which will end up in landfill! oh one other thing, maybe i´m to blame, if youre on holiday and you happen to pick up a too good to go meal, there wont be any cutlery. I sadly had to buy plastic knives+forks. So a warning always come prepared.
I encountered the problem of paying more for my reduced food than if I had bought it at the discount price at Aldi. I have also encountered the do gooders doing bad by grabbing all the discount stuff at the supermarket depriving others. Frankly, they are a nuisance.
I would love to use all of these apps but I can not as i don't have any money also i can not get to any of the shops or warehouses. Things got so bad sky cut off my internet connection do can not get online this means i can not get any food. I asked for help but the door is shut. I wish i was pushing up daisy's.
Amount of packaging used for those food items is a lot. My mum home cooked foods taste batter healthier less plastic waste and food waste too. British people are too lazy to even peel and cut onions
