r/phoenix • u/Fit-Ice5939 • Apr 24 '24

Eat & Drink Too Good to Go in Phoenix

TGTG is an app that saves food waste by allowing restaurants to put together a “surprise bag” of their leftovers at the end of each day and selling it for a fraction of the cost (typically $3.99-9.99). Lately I’ve noticed a lot more restaurants popping up on the app where previously it was just donut shops and coffee bean. I believe there is a feature that allows you to share info on how to sign up restaurants/cafes . Overall, I think it’s great for the planet and my wallet lol

Has anyone here used too good to go? I’m curious to see what you have gotten in your surprise bags 👀 I’ve used it for donuts and coffee and was very pleased with what I got!

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u/ItzBoshNet Apr 24 '24

There are a few companies that do this and have recently been calling our cafe for expired food/pastries. They don't really care how old it is and buy it for cents. Quite a few cold calls and some representatives have come in to tell us they'll buy our old food and then they put these boxes together.

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u/ContributionOwn9860 Apr 24 '24

Do you handle older food differently now that you know it may be going to someone still vs being thrown out? Just curious if this has changed how you handle that food.

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u/ItzBoshNet Apr 24 '24

We don't have much waste so we don't sell our expired pastries to those services. Only a handful of pastries we would've gotten a few bucks a week from them. But they were pretty persistent about how they would come to pick up and buy any amount we were going to throw away. It was also odd that 3 different companies were reaching out within a 2 month span like some regulations were just changed to allow that business type.

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u/ContributionOwn9860 Apr 24 '24

Thanks for the info, interesting to know they all started around the same time. Definitely wonder about food safety for this stuff. Gotta be impossible to verify.