A revolutionary new app is helping people across the world keep food out of landfill and money in their pockets. Too Good To Go is the Danish-based social impact company active across 19 countries including the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe and now, Australia.

After launching in Melbourne in September, the app is now available in Sydney too!

Too Good To Go is a free mobile marketplace where retailers, restaurants, bakeries and cafes can sell their surplus food – at the moment 100 million users are registered, saving the global economy billions in wasted food.

So how does it work? Well, it’s easy! Users download the app, and find “Surprise Bags” of food from restaurants and shops near their location. The Surprise Bags change constantly but a general outline of likely suspects are included in each restaurant or shop’s profile. Then you purchase your surprise bag for around half the ordinary price and head on in at pick up time.

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The concept is not dissimilar to recently opened Newtown retailer, Beyond Best Before, which sells products approaching or just past their ‘best before’ date for a fraction of the recommended retail price. Products range anywhere from gourmet black truffle potato chips imported from Spain, to cases of Fever Tree mixers for less than half price.

With Australia producing 7.6 million tonnes of food waste per year, at a cost of $36.6 billion, the launch of Too Good To Go gives shoppers an opportunity to save some money, score great food and groceries, and help to save the planet, a win-win-win.

Current users have been tagging the Too Good To Go Instagram account with the incredible deals they’ve scored – like a sushi dinner worth $50 for just $16, a whole bag of freshly caught whiting fish for a fraction of the price and a whole bag of handmade pastries and cupcakes for just $4.

To find participating venues, head to the Too Good To Go website.

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