As part of the effort to reduce wasted food, a new app called “Too Good to Go” has been launched in the UK and several other countries in Europe. With this app, users will be matched with participating restaurants so they can order leftovers for pickup at a discounted price. Items will cost between 2 – 3.8 pounds. Users can also browse the restaurant list by city or even use the map-function to find locations nearby. This service has proved popular for local restaurants – independent to just small chain restaurants. Using this app will be a win-win situation as restaurants will make small profits, while minimizing food waste. If this service were to flourish, some hope that the change in perceptions on food waste will help pressure big companies to follow suit and reduce food waste for a better future.

Key Takeaways:

• You’ll get perishable goods—fruit, veggies, croissants that are still good for breakfast a few hours hence—for absurdly low prices, as the store tries anything to avoid tossing them out.
• You can order right from the app, then go pick up your bargain dish.
• “It is the bigger chains that have the large amounts of food waste but it is hard to even speak to the right people there.”

“”The ultimate goal is to use it for restaurants to solve their waste management problem, rather than it being about making profit,” Wilson told London’s Evening Standard.”

https://www.fastcoexist.com/3063260/an-app-for-ordering-cheap-leftover-food-from-restaurants-and-bakeries