Too Good to Go: living off food waste for a WEEK - Which?
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- If food waste were a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases - that’s six times as much as aviation. Apps like Too Good to Go hope to cut that down by matching users up with businesses with excess food that would otherwise go to landfill.
But what happens if you ONLY eat food from these apps for a whole WEEK?
00:00 Intro
01:00 Day 1 - Costa
02:18 Day 2 - Greggs, M&S
02:57 Day 3 - Co-Op
04:08 Day 4 - Meeting Too Good To Go
05:54 Day 5 - Karma app
07:06 Day 6 - Olio app
08:13 Day 7 - Caffe Nero
08:35 How much did I save?
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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.
Great way to help those who are struggling with funding food purchases. I definitely think the UK should adopt such a law.
How do they wanna control that
@@ValtintimeGaming likely sanitation police, like they have in NYC.
@@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
Our government don't allow that because of over regulation.
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.
What a good idea - it can cost a lot to eat as a tourist and I often find myself eating at odd times! Perfect for Too Good to Go.
Do you need internet to "swipe your order" to receive it? Or could you just give them the order number
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!
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 😋😋
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.
I always eat out of date food as long it ain't green or smells off it's fine
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!
This app has really helped me out as a student
I get to have something to eat and it doesn't hurt my pockets
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.
Love Too Good To Go, been using it for a couple of years now, also started using Olio in the last few months, picked up some great things!
Your diet must suck.
@@gazmothedamaja I’m trying to find where they said their entire diet comes from the apps 🙄 also you can find some really good stuff on these apps.
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
Production value is awesome! Way to go man 💥
Thanks Which. I just made a donation to a food bank. I have had trouble with Too Good to Go with the travel and timings.
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.
This app is FANTASTIC! I have already saved €215 in the first week! Imagine what that will be in a year!!!
And all that plastic !!!!
@samuel ganslandt exactly 😂, I don't even spend that much per month
Good lord. You act the the food is going to explode when it reaches the expiration date. You’ll be fine
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 :)
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
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.
Really really great interview. Oddly relaxing.
I’ve used both toogoodtogo and Olio and much prefer Olio because you too good is pretty much just bread in my area!
If they could guarantee bags that r vegetarian or halal, the app would be top tier
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.
OLIO Rocks! A true food waste reducing app :)
Shitloads of carbs, not for me. But apart from that, great idea.
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.
In the to good to go app you can put your settings on vegetarian and so on. So this should not be an issue
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
Hi, it was nice video. Can you also give an idea how much was spent on travel to collect the items?
I agree that the Coop offers very poor value ( probably because its more expensive in the first place !).
Love the concept - GREAT video!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
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.
@@manholes2fill224 Sorry to hear that - sounds like things are quite difficult at the moment. Hang in there buddy!
What's the best bargain you've seen on these apps?
having food that is past its "Use By:" date is totally fine. it will be good for days after. the use by date is only a guideline
Use by dates are rubbish. Ignore them.
Good th video mateth
The greggs ones up north are insane
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.
Tried good to go today for breakfast and a bag from asda brilliant
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.
what do you do when you turn up at the shop and get stiffed ie they say we dont have anything left over? has happened to me twice.
Just report it to the tgtg app and they will refund you
Food doesnt know what day it is. You can assess and eat after date if you are wise...
Often get Toby Carvery on a sunday. Absolute bargain
It sucks that I’ve only seen it work in California
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.
The shop sold me a bag... then cancelled just before collection. Reason given no extra food! 😢
Great idea but no good for me as a low carber.
I agree I'm on low carb keto. Not a lot of keto options, lot of foods with high carbs.
I think Too Good To Go has vegetarian bags now as well
I love bread 🍞
Shame, it's always junkfood 😢
eat recycled food
it's good for the environment, and ok for you
Can you say freezer?
One thing, you said you saved around 95 quid, but what about transport cost? the trains arent free!
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.
There is a reason why is restaurants near you.
Paid 5.3 pounds expected a full meal at a turkish restaurant but they gave ma a half filled box of random shit. First experience was def not good
imagine if food was made to order instead
£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
Where are you shopping to get all that for a tenner?
@@rogue_hitman6582 UK
@@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
@@rogue_hitman6582 Iceland do a cooked chicken for £4 and pizza £1
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
Is it food waste if you are buying it? Click bait title. I expected you to be making food out of scraps or dumpster diving. As expected with the British diet, (same with North American), the food was a mainly simple carbs. When craving veg he goes & buys more carbs. The only veg he got was free that he diverted from the homeless. It would have been interesting to see what from each day he put into his breakfast, lunch & tea, (dinner); if he carried/used any food to the next day, what, (if anything), he supplemented or added to this "diet", did he skip any meals, drown himself in coffee/tea, etc.
Food for new digital poor people
You're overly picky and expecting too much
This concept is flawed. Only works for people who eat nearly everything. Also many people abuse this app....
Yeah if you aren't picky and can eat basically anything you have a lot of choices in cities.
I tried co-op too good to go, absolute rubbish.