Too Good to Go NYC 2022 Review

I ate New York City's leftovers for a whole week in order to test out the food saving app "Too Good To Go." Watch what happens when I order two surprise bags a day from restaurants and grocery stores all over NYC. We'll take a peek into each bag to see if this app is a good deal...or too good to be true.

Be sure to let me know what's in your surprise bag in the comments!

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[DreadfulUtopia]

I used it for the first time today in London and there wasn't a ton of options in my area, but the place I went to gave me a bag full of food and the lady at the counter even let me take extra doughnuts because "it didn't fit in the bag". It's definitely limited in variety. Mostly baked goods and sandwiches, so I wouldn't want to live off of it, but it's definitely nice to have the option when you need a lot of calories for not a lot of money.

[CarlAlex]

I am from Denmark where the concept and the app was invented. Some of your experiences would be unheard of here - Danish businesses dont just close when they have an appointment with you and I dont think many would have tried to sell you a bag like the first vegetable bag with content that was definitely not too good to go. I have never seen produce in a Danish store even near to being that far gone. The outmost leaves of the salad or kale might be a little bit withered when the store discards it, but the core will still be perfectly fine underneath.
The three most common bags are 1. Bread/cake - usually baked on the day you get the bag and cakes with wipped cream must be sold on the day they are made for health safety resons. 2. Vegetables and fruit that at worst is discarded for cosmetic reasons or tge store got a new delivery of produce and discards the old batch to make room for it. 3. food from buffets of all sorts since everthing perishible served on a buffet must be discarded at the end of the day for food safety reasons in Denmark.

If the store isnt able to fulfill your order they are supposed to cancel it in the app at least 2 hours before the pickup time starts and you get an automatic full refund.
The only bad experience I have had was when I got such a cancellation only 15 minutes before pickup time. When I asked the app provider why they didnt enforce the terms of sevice to the store they said they were sorry and gave me a voucher to use in the app for the amount I had paid in addition to getting the refund for the cancellation.

If I get more than I can reasonably consume I share it with my neigbours.

[AdeleiMarieJean]

I like to make dates into a treat; I put some crushed walnut inside them, put dark chocolate melted chocolate on top then I freeze it. Very yummy.

[SusannahPerri]

Kat, this is AWESOME, I've never heard of this! Thank you for the informative and fun video. I downloaded the app and hopefully there will be some good stuff here in the San Francisco Bay Area. ❤❤

[joesatana]

I love too good to go! checking on different neighborhoods is super fun and a great way to discover new places

[allyrooh]

One market chain in Missouri just got on in my area. So far I’m one good one bad. I will say it’s been fun. I would never drive far to get one of these bags, but I do order them from areas that I’m going to be in at the time of pick up. I got enough in one of those bags to feed my husband and I three meals plus dessert I consider that pretty good for $4.12. I enjoyed this video. Thanks for the review. I think if I was doing this for a week I would order from the grocery store on the first day, hoping to have some items to pull me through the bags that aren’t so terrific

[JD-frsd]

I tried two places. Both in Bx. One in Parkchester and one in South Bx. I personally felt like I wasn't solving a food waste issue but rather annoying them. Given these two experiences, I uninstalled the app. I just felt like I was paying for the chance to have someone else pick what I would eat and the selection was okay but I'm not quite sure I would select it myself.

I'm not sure if my expectations are too high or if I'm not choosing good locations.

[blackleague]

This app is awesome. I am here in NYC. Come order in the Bronx, the plates are heavy af, and one time the lady gave me 2 plates, I almost took her around the back and waxed them cheeks, but it was late cause this app makes you get the food very late at night. Sometimes its 1 am!

[OliPotato]

Thank you for this video! Butchers daughter Williamsburg is right down the street so I just ordered that on the app to try it out!

[Juststartingout]

I tried this once in Long Island. The concept is you get $15 worth of food at the end of the night for $5. So, I bought a couple and all I got was burned out crap rice sold to me at above retail price.

[jazzpants]

Oooooh, I liked the Pressed Juice place where you got the cauliflower soup!!! 😍😍😍

On the dates… besides baking, you can also put them in as sweetener for your almond milk smoothies.

[mike-m]

Btw it's not mo-key it's mo-chee

[rebeccaturner]

In the U.K, you can get select veggie options on the too good to go app.

[allanpeter]

I'm curious how the app is like on the vendor's side. I wonder if the reason is the vendors forgot to update app or maybe it is that smaller vendors dont really know how to use the app(if it is the brand marketers should do a better job training the people to use the app.Maybe the app can have more features to make it easier to update app)

[juliandeee]

I've tried Too Good To Go about 4 times now and in different areas of the city and I feel like I am getting exactly the amount of food I'm paying for. I went to a local pizzera last night right before closing, the order was 4.45 and I got 2 slices of pizza meanwhile the bar was still full of slices and they could've easily given me at least 4 slices. Serves have more layaway to use their discretion with this app so be prepared to waste your time.

[jacquespoulemer]

Hello my inebriated friend, if you make smoothies dates can be used in place of any and all sugars. Hope this helps. your stubbornly sober pal in Mexico Jacques

[sleepnomore]

You didnt tell us how was Roberta's!

[ScreenPrintR]

I'm not in NY., and the website doesn't show where. i.e. is it in my town or neighboring towns of NJ.

[samcasey]

The idea is great!

However, the problem with many of the participating suppliers is that they use tons of packaging material. See, for example, your cookies that were packed individually or in pairs in a huge plastic container.

What is also a shame is that the app is not well suited to people with food intolerances. I have given away kilos of food because the dishes contained ingredients that I cannot tolerate.

[maliciousinferno]

To me it seems this app would be better of coordinating donations or sales of all of this food to the less fortunate, rather than try and inconvenience those who can afford it to save a few bucks and eat random, possibly less healthy foods. Thanks for your review! A friend of mine just had a similar experience.